The world is on move. We communicate and travel faster, further and more frequently. We move and even migrate more times in our lives. This desires access. Access Requires physical improvement that has dramatic implications on architecture. It also demands political and societal flexibility - in planning, real state, urbanism and architecture. It requires changeable buildings, changeable urbanism and changeable real estate. Such a package can turn the world into an exhilarating, accelerating space.
Preface, Vedran Mimica
Introduction
On the move, Winy Maas — Free Migration City, Manuel de Rivero, Berlage Institue Rotterdam — The Lite City, MVRDV — Smitshoek, Barendrecht, MVRDV — Brabantstad, MVRDV — Containercity, Rotterdam, MVRDV —
Projects
The Accelerating City, Winy Maas — Infra Ecology, Doepel, Lofvers, Van Bergen, Academie voor Bouwkunst, Rotterdam — A20, Rotterdam NL, MVRDV/BNE — Soundscape, Penelope Dean, Berlage Institue Amsterdam — A6 Boulevard, Almere, MVRDV — Flight Forum Business Park, Eindhoven, MVRDV — Park Forum, Eindhoven, MVRDV — Grand Central Station, Brussels, MVRDV — Ponte Parodi, Genova, MVRDV — Doubledecks, Düsseldorf, MVRDV —Mobiloskop, Papenburg, MVRDV — Jacq P. Thijsselaan, Oegstgeest, MVRDV — Idee Suisse, Zürich, MVRDV
Devices
The Evolutionary City, Winy Maas — The Functionmixer, MVRDV — The Regionmaker, MVRDV with Berlage Institue Rotterdam — The Regionmaker: Hyper Cataluña, MVRDV — The Regionmaker: RheinRuhrCity, MVRDV — The Inframaker, Iftah Arad, Berlage Institue Rotterdam — Access Optimizer, Petar Zaklanovic, Berlage Institue Rotterdam
Workshop
FiveMinutesCity, Winy Maas — Port to the World, Gijs de Waal — AutoMobile City, Mélanie L'Hermitte and Primoz Borin — Fractal City, Matej Kainz, Ursula Oitzl, Camille Droulers and Thomas Moncrette — Taxi City, Marta Badia, Ivan Blasi, Marina Cervera and Miha Zavrsnik — X Minutes City, Katarina Luketina and Antun Sevsek — Conquer and Command, Juan Carlos Castro Domínguez, Vedran Jukic, Xavier Ribera Soler and Ward Vansteelandt — L.A.N.Y. City, Eduardo Chirinos Delgado, Miguel Moreira Gomes Da Costa, Jure Glasinovic and Maria Ines Da Silva Antunes Moreira
Afterthoughts
Final Debate, Berlage Institue Rotterdam — The Metropolis. Between Speed and Stasis, Jean-Louis Cohen — 5MN SITY, Fiona Meadows — Crashing Cities, Xavier Costa — A 5 Minutes Town. Traffic and Transport, Roel Meilof — Travel is Dead, Long Live Travel, Marc Verheyen