In recent years, new questions concerning the urban territory have emerged, such as the re-use of landscapes of industrial production, the phenomenon of shrinking cities, and the urgent demand for sustainable development on the scale of the territory. Contemporary theoretical investigations, like the recent discourse on landscape urbanism, aim at developing a new paradigm for dealing with the design of territories and urban landscapes. OASE On Territories investigates the ‘architecture of the territory’, as first defined by Gregotti in the 1960’s. By these means, OASE critically reflects on the current discourse on landscapes and territories, and offers valuable insights and approaches for design.

Tom Avermaete, Klaske Havik, Hans Teerds, Nancy Meijsmans (eds.) OASE #80: On Territories. (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2009)