The practice of architecture manifests in myriad forms and engagements. Overcoming false divides, this volume frames the fertile relationship between the cultural and scholarly production of academia and the process of designing and building in the material world. It proposes the concept of the hybrid practitioner, who bridges the gap between academia and practice by considering how different aspects of architectural practice, theory, and history intersect, opening up a fascinating array of possibilities for an active engagement with the present. The book explores different, interrelated roles for practicing architects and researchers, from the reproductive activities of teaching, consulting and publishing, through the reflective activities of drawing and writing, to the practice of building. The notion of the hybrid practitioner will appeal strongly to students, teachers and architectural practitioners as part of a multifaceted professional environment. By connecting academic interests with those of the professional realm, The Hybrid Practitioner addresses a wider readership embracing landscape design, art theory and aesthetics, European history, and the history and sociology of professions.@en

Our contemporary service economy calls the divide between living and working, one of the dogmas of modernist urbanism, into question. People increasingly work from home, in dwellings that were never designed for this purpose. De scheiding tussen wonen en werken, een van de dogma’s van de modernistische stedenbouw, staat met de hedendaagse diensteneconomie ter discussie. Steeds meer mensen werken vanuit huis, in woningen die nooit voor dit doel zijn ontworpen.@en

In de moderne stad verplaatst zicht het leven van alledag zich steeds meer naar de binnenkant van gebouwen. De interieurs van de warenhuizen, markthallen, administratiegebouwen, musea of theaters worden onderdeel van de ervaring van de stedeling. Iedere binnenwereld van de stad heeft haar eigen karakter sfeer en representatieve architectonische taal waarmee de specifieke maatschappelijke betekenis wordt aangeduid. In de hedendaagse praktijk zijn deze verschillen grotendeels verdwenen; een logica van standaardisering laat verschillen in betekenis, maar ook in sfeer vervagen. Hoe spectaculairder de buitenkant van gebouwen, des te banaler schijnt hun binnenkant te worden. Dit nummer van OASE wil deze verdwijning niet registreren maar gaat daarentegen op zoek naar een reeks strategieën en ontwerpinstrumenten voor het publieke stedelijke interieur. De samenstellers gaan op zoek naar architectonische projecten voor binnenruimten die hun betekenis ontlenen aan een specifieke aanpak en een herkenbaar element van auteurschap vertonen. = In the modern city, everyday life is increasingly moving towards the inside of buildings. The interiors of department stores, market halls, administration buildings, museums or theatres are part of the experience of the urban dweller. Every inner world of the city has its own character atmosphere and representative architectural language that supports its specific societal significance. In contemporary practice, these differences have largely disappeared; the logic of standardization blurs differences in meaning, but also in atmosphere. The more the exterior of buildings is invested with spectacular gestures, the more banal their interiors seem to become. Rather than registering this disappearance, this issue of OASE examines a range of strategies and design instruments for the public urban interior. The editors look for architectural projects for interiors that derive their significance from a specific approach and show a recognizable element of authorship. @en

The idea of this lecture series is to enable various full professors, associate professors and researchers to present their positions held in architectural design within the faculty’s master track in architecture. Next to their collaboration in the actual lectures, the faculty staff each has handed in a contribution to this reader, in which the lecturers reflect upon both contemporary key problems within the field of architecture, and/or their own sources of inspiration and illumination.@en

The idea of this lecture series is to enable various full professors, associate professors and researchers to present their positions held in architectural design within the faculty’s master track in architecture. Next to their collaboration in the actual lectures, the faculty staff each has handed in a contribution to this reader, in which the lecturers reflect upon both contemporary key problems within the field of architecture, and/or their own sources of inspiration and illumination.@en