Dick van Gameren on TU Delft, housing design and learning from the past
I'm talking with Dick van Gameren - the dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft in the Netherlands, a Professor of Housing Design and architect and partner at Delft-based office - Mecanoo.
In this conversation we take a look inside TU Delft education with the reflection on times when Dick was a student himself. But the main architectural topic is housing design with the current housing shortage as a background.
- What makes TU Delft unique and outstanding?
- Why shouldn't the architecture school prepare students for their professional career?
- What are the circumstances of the current housing crisis?
- How can we provide high quality, long-term housing solutions?
- What is your opinion on building artificial islands, densifying the cities or building in Dutch open land?
- What are the valuable traditional dutch patterns in housing design that we should be conscious about?
More information:
Book “Dutch Dwellings - The Architecture of Housing” by Dick van Gameren:
https://www.naibooksellers.nl/dutch-dwellings-the-architecture-of-housing-dick-van-gameren.html
Interview from 2019 on student life, education system and his role as a dean:
https://www.bnieuws.nl/read/interview-dick-van-gameren
Funenpark, Amsterdam:
https://www.archdaily.com/167460/myriad-syntax-and-tunga-dick-van-gameren-architecten
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Enjoy listening!
Klaudia Lachcik
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