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Rotterdam Zuid
April 15, 2006Center Zuid could emerge between the two existing main poles: Ahoy and Kuip. Both are designed to be conveniently accessed by public transport and car, providing more than 3000 "free" parking lots right in the centre.
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This is Spijkenisse
March 15, 2006The question was: What is the soul of Spijkenisse? Compared with other cities of South-Holland, Spijkenisse has an outstanding performance in terms of shopping and is recognized as such by the people as well as the politicians.
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Terrorists Love Density
February 16, 2006Terrorists love density; they explore cities according to it. They attack the courses of daily life like subways or buses; they look for the shock-factor attacking weddings or funerals and their main targets are city elements like the police, the government, public transportation or religious institutions.
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Zaragoza - A Plan that Cannot Fail
February 15, 2006Not Paris, London or Berlin are the most vivid cities in Europe but Zaragoza, Utrecht, Turin and Marseille. These secondary cities still need to fight for their position and need an image to sell in order to arrive at the top of European Cities.
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Dubai Business Bay
February 15, 2006The assignment for Dubai Business Bay was two-fold:1. to find names and division-strategies for the districts of a masterplan2. to find an appropriate way of advertisement for the whole developmentBut, how do find unique names? How do find outstanding advertisement strategies? When every resort in Dubai is already highlighted as...
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Europan
February 01, 2006Europan, descended from the French competition PAN (Programme d'Architecture Nouvelle) is one of world’s largest architecture competitions just surpassed by the one for the Word Trade Center Memorial in New York.Founded in Madrid in 1988 on the initiative of professionals and public bodies of nine countries, Europan could count...
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War on Human Rights
December 01, 2005On 10 December 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted at the United Nations headquarter in New York, the same city that was the stage for the attacks of September 11 2001 on the World Trade Center.
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Estonia National Museum
November 15, 2005The design of the ENM is part of the Estonia’s nation building process. The ENM collection is based on Folklore, which has a big importance in the history of Estonia. To organize the museum we started from two different principles; the ‘wonder chamber’ concept as the origin of all the...
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The Golden Calf
September 15, 2005The assignment given by 3plex in Groningen was to create out of a very diverse set of materials a functioning Bar. Altar and the Bar are mainly seen as opponents, yet their existence is totally intertwined.