Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture is a new look at ecological thinking and a contribution to its historiography.  Including work by Jaap Bakema, Aldo van Eyck, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling and many others.

Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture

Ecology is now a well-known concept in architecture and urban planning. The research installation Habitat: Expanding Architecture, on show from 19 October, highlights one of the first moments in which ecological thinking was introduced in architectural discussions: the tenth CIAM congress in Dubrovnik, 1956. 

Press release Habitat: Expanding Architecture

How do we preserve and share Dutch design heritage? What form should a collection of Dutch design take? And what does this mean for developments in design and digital culture today? This autumn, Het Nieuwe Instituut spotlights the memory of design disciplines. Three different presentations and an extensive events programme each examine the remains of our material and spatial design culture from their own perspective.

Lest We Forget

Habitat: Expanding Architecture captures a key moment in the history of architecture and urban planning: the tenth CIAM conference at Dubrovnik in 1956. Here the concept 'habitat' was a central theme: a broader understanding of architecture through a new ecological approach.

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