Volume 19: Architecture of Hope

Arjen Oosterman

Archis

In a world buzzing with satellite aerials, news flashes and status updates, this second Al Manakh a special issue of Volume Magazine provides an essential and comprehensive guide to the Gulf region during turbulent times: the worldwide financial crisis. The credit crunch is a stress test for the different development models in the region as nations prepare for a post-oil economy. This transition provides several challenges: economic re-profiling, food security, environmental exposure, multiculturalism and demographic growth. Al Manakh delves into these challenges by profiling six cities in five countries bordering the Gulf (UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia). From this common ground, Al Manakh builds an inside-out perspective with local authors reflecting on their own situation and expectations. Guiding voices include editors Rem Koolhaas and Todd Reisz (OMA), Lilet Breddels and Arjen Oosterman (Archis/Volume), Daniel Camara and Mitra Khoubrou (Pink Tank), Ole Bouman (NAi). Al Manakh is for those seeking an alternating viewpoint on the growth of the Gulf not one just from the air, but one also on the ground. Keywords: Koolhaas Rem Koolhaas Dubai Gulf GCC Doha Bahrain KSA Saudi Arabia Almanakh Todd Reisz Qatar Abu Dhabi Riyadh Makkah Jeddah UAE

Volume 23: Al Manakh Gulf Continued

Rem Koolhaas

Todd Reisz

Mishaal Gergawi

Bimal Mendis

Tabitha Decker

How do we materialize peace? On the level of fundamental and basic needs, global society more or less knows what is wrong, and what to do about it. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience in relief and first aid organizations, as there is with architects. We're ready to intervene in conflict areas, to fight for peace, but what are we to do next? Experts seem agreed on strategies, but are the architects and politicians ready for the long-haul?

Volume 26: Architecture of Peace

Mark Wigley

Ole Bouman

Esther Charlesworth

Wouter Vanstiphout

The Western world is heading towards a life expectancy of over 100 years or more, and other parts of the world are soon to follow. Visions of a continent full of geriatric hospitals and nursing homes come to mind. Currently the West is in a phase of 'age acceptance'. The better half of the older population has to be reintegrated into society, and be reconnected with production to allow for the care of the other half. But another perspective looms on the horizon: doing away with aging altogether. Medical and material research is heading in the direction of solving deterioration. Perhaps it is just another take on the sustainability revolution.

Volume 27: Aging

And many others

Geoff Manaugh

AA Bronson

Arons & Gelauf

Paul Meurs

Deanne Simpson

Volume 37 - is This Not a Pipe. Tube or Not Tube

Volume 46: Shelter

Volume 47: The System

Arjen Oosterman Ed.

Here as the Centre of the World

Unknown, Author

Jaap Bakema and the Open Society is the first extensive publication on the Dutch architect and the remarkable production of his office Van den Broek and Bakema. His ideas on the open society are extremely relevant to the current debates about how to involve citizens in city building and creating alternative systems to crumbling welfare states. This historical document will highlight both his most relevant and less known work through texts, archival materials and photography. The book contains interviews with his contemporaries such as John Habraken and Herman Hertzberger and essays that each emphasize a different aspect of his work and the context in which it came into being.

Jaap Bakema And The Open Society

Dirk Van Den Heuvel Ed.

When asked to design the capital of a young African republic, Rodrigo Tomás sees the opportunity of a lifetime. Eager to outshine his famous father he accepts, but he soon discovers that not all is what it seems… Chronicling the trajectory of an architect craving recognition, 'The Masterplan' delivers a fictional reconstruction of an architectural dream blown to dust by bigger forces. A personal story comes to reveal a larger story – of an emerging nation’s struggle with colonial residue, the growing Chinese influence in Africa and the fraught workings of a global real estate market.

The Masterplan

Literature & Fiction

Reinier De Graaf

Contemporary

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