City Adrift

Sereh Mandias

City Adrift

Situated Architecture

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Abstract

In 1946, the plan for rebuilding Rotterdam after the second world war was formally established. Its name, the Basisplan (General Plan), was entirely appropriate for a plan whose defining quality was its neutrality. By reducing the urban plan to lines and spots, it became spatially neutral; architecture became liberated from urban design. To understand what Rotterdam looks like today, this article examines how this freedom has been translated into architecture in different ways at different times.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rotterdam Ripresa
Subtitle of host publication	Future Fragments for the Neoliberal City
Editors	Marius Grootveld
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Architectura & Natura Press
Chapter	2
Pages	26-32
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-94-6140-073-4
Publication status	Published - 2023

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