NAi Publishers: OASE

OASE is an independent, international, bilingual (Dutch / English) journal featuring architecture, urban design and landscape design. What distinguishes OASE from related publications is the depth and scope of reflection directed at the topic in question. Each issue is devoted to a contemporary theme, thus providing a significant contribution to the international debate on the aforementioned fields of study. In a diversity of essays and background articles, a select group of nationally and internationally recognised authors from the world of architecture and urban design focus on research and theorisation within their chosen disciplines. Guaranteeing the scholarly and scientific validity of the journal, moreover, is the active participation of architecture faculties at major universities in Delft, Louvain and Ghent.

> Published three times a year
> The journal in which a reflective and critical position on architecture, urban design and landscape architecture occupies centre stage.
> Since october 2003 OASE is published every four months by NAi Publishers by order of the OASE foundation
> With support from the Netherlands Architecture Fund (Rotterdam), Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), Stichting Geertruida Gerharda Bolhuis (Groningen), Delft University of Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Ghent University.

> www.oase.archined.nl

OASE 80

Karl Belen, Filip Geerts, Nancy Meijsmans/Bart de Zwart, Sandra Parvu, David Pele¬man, Patricio Del Real, Kelly Shannon, Marinke Steenhuis, Hans Teerds and Paola Vigano
Tom Avermaete, Klaske Havik, Hans Teerds (eds.) and Nancy Meijsmans (guest editor)

OASE 80
On Territories

Design: Karel Martens and Werkplaats Typografie, Paperback, Illustrated (b/w), 144 pages, size: 17 x 24 cm
English/Dutch edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-724-9, € 25.00

In association with Die Keure

With the support of the Netherlands Architecture Fund, the Flemish Community of Belgium

There has probably never been such an intense debate about the layout of the countryside as the one that is currently raging. There are serious concerns about the landscape, which is being rapidly transformed by urbanization and everything associated with this process, and not only in the Netherlands but also far beyond its borders. Everyone has something to say in this society-wide debate, from local to national governments, from environmental factions to the road-user’s lobby, and from those who are professionally involved to concerned private parties. In many cases it is a battle between idealized images and economic models, between agricultural reality and urban park landscapes, between ecological concerns and mobility.

This issue of OASE explores the potential significance of architectonic design for transformation processes on the regional scale. Besides considering the instruments that are available to the designer to fulfil this task, the authors also consider how the design can exercise a ‘positive’ influence on such processes.

The various contributions shed light on the potential significance of territory in contemporary design practice and offer critical reflection on the topical discourse that has evolved over recent years.