a+t 33-34 Hybrids III. Residential Mixed-Use Buildings
Following in the footsteps of the successful Hybrids series, this double issue of a+t introduces a new line of investigation, presenting a collection of 20 new projects that are also accompanied by a compilation of classic hybrid buildings. These structures encourage the interaction of a variety of urban uses while also successfully combining private residential activities within the public realm. In particular, this hybridisation goes beyond mix-use programmes, as it reflects the combination of public and private interests in housing, public space and civic facilities. In so doing, it also provides a suitable response to concerns about land scarcity, high-costs, sustainable development and urban revitalisation. Offices with works featured include: MRVDV, VMX, Steven Holl Architects, OMA, Ito AA – b720 Arquitectos, OMA, Block Architects, Neutelings Riedijk Architects, FAA+XDGA, Gehry Partners and Gigon /Guyer.

Paperback / 320 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / november 2009

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a+t 32 Hybrids II. Low-Rise Mixed-Use Buildings
Specific in their use and design, hybrid structures are able to combine different programmes and encourage a variety of urban uses that blend private activities with the public realm. Building on an earlier volume examining the uses and applications of hybrids, this edition brings together a new collection of ten low-rise, mixed use building projects. Unlike vertical hybrids, these horizontal hybrids are able to disguise themselves in the landscape, separate into independent elements and renounce iconic character in favour of invasive qualities. Illustrated throughout with photographs, technical notes and drawings and computerised images, highlights include: Nieto Sobejano's Neuer Augustinerhof, Nuremberg; OMA's Bryghusprojektet, Copenhagen; Dominique Perrault's EWHA Campus Seoul; EM2N's Toni Areal, Zurich; and Steven Holl Architects' Vanke Centre in Shenzhen.

Paperback / 168 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / maart 2009

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a+t 31 Hybrids I. High-Rise Mixed-Use Buildings
Following the series Density, In Common and Civilities, the intention is to present a new focus on life in common and on buildings that keep up society’s pulse.
At this point, te aim is to address the investigation on hybrid buildings, as they are structures able to combine different programmes and encourage the interaction of a disparate sequence of urban uses, combining private activities with the public realm. Furthermore, hybridation goes beyond mixing programs: the term refers as well to the combination of public and private interests in housing, public space and civic facilities and responds to three major concerns of our society:
- The land scarcity and its high value.
- The need of intensifying land use in order to contribute to sustainable development.
- The need of densifying uses in order to revitalise urban centres or, in other words, the urgency to set up devices able to exert a strong centripetal force on their surrounding elements and activities, so that they counteract the effect of the centrifuge force produced by mainly private interests, that incite the city sprawl.

Paperback / 160 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / november 2008

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a+t 30 Civilities II
Civic facilities are more than just utilitarian areas like libraries, kindergartens and sports fields, they also behave as focal points for cultural life and service nodes – driving activities that extend far beyond their initial designation. Civilities II examines a selection of projects that are closely related to their location; some form part of urban regeneration projects, some are located in the middle of private territory, while others support life in an otherwise unsupportive environment. 15 projects are examined such as Hayworth Tompkins', Colin Street Centre, London, RCR Architectes' Biblioteca, Barcelona, Peripheriques Architectes' Láutre Canal, Nancy, and Jakob + Macfarlane's FRAC Centre, Orleans. All are clearly photographed and accompanied by plans, models and explanatory texts..

Paperback / 160 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / maart 2008

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a+t 29 Civilities I
The term civilities relates to the conventions that regulate community life; it is as well the addition of civic + facilities. The new a+t series will begin under this name and will attempt to present a new focus on life in common and buildings that keep up society’s pulse. This topic embraces therefore all kinds of constructions and programs implying shared relations, converging activities and experiences to be exchanged.
Civic facilities are more than just utilitarian areas like libraries, gymnasiums, health centres, nurseries, youth clubs, sports fields. They behave as focal points for cultural life, service nodes, gathering venues and driving forces of activity, extending their influence far beyond the walls that host them. They are places where human encounters are produced and a flow of activity rises, regenerating the surrounding area, both in the compact city and in the disperse suburbs.

Paperback / 176 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans

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a+t 27 In common III
Dit nummer in de reeks over collective ruimtes bevat de volgende projecten: Parkeing, Alcala de Henares, Madrid (Ecosistema Urbano); Round blur, Torino (nicole_fvr/ 2A+P architettura); Open spaces that are not parks (with empasis on youth (Muf Architecture / Art); Barking Town Square, London (Muf Architecture / Art); Whitecross street market, Islington (Muf Architecture / Art); Prag's boulevard, Copenhagen (Kristine Jensens Tegnestue); Frederiksberg squares, Copenhagen (SLA); Urban garden, Noerresundby (SLA); Auto-Silo das portas do sol (Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus); Hafencity, Hamburg (Benedetta Tagliabue, Miralles Tagliabue, EMBT Arquitectos Asociados); Adlershof park, Berlin (buro Kiefre, Gabriele Kiefer); Stripscape, Phoenix (Arizona State University School of Architecture, School of Design and City of Phoenix); Marsupial bridge, Milwaukee (La Dallman Architects); Solarium, La Chapelle St-Luc (BASE paysagistes); Sport court, Sarcelles (Combarel-Marrec); Smartpark, East Stroudsburg (Kira Appelhans, Maura Rockcastle); Place du kursaal, Dunkerque (Luc Delemazure architectes); Walter Sisulu dedication square, Soweto (stdioMAS architects + urban designers); Shanghai carpet, Shanghai (tom Leader Studio); The Shenzhen case: public spaces by urbanus; Diwang City Park, Diwang Park B (Urbanus); Bao'an Plaza (Urbanus); Public Art Plaza (Urbanus); Dongmen Public Plaza (Urbanus); Sungang Central Plaza (Urbanus).

Paperback / 160 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans

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Next. Collective Housing in progress
This new volume by a+t publishers is part of the Density series on collective housing. ‘Next’ focuses mainly on infills of the consolidated urban fabric. All projects have won first or second prizes in international competitions and fill in the existing city or regenerated urban voids with different former uses. 30 European and American projects by 29 different young architectural practices are analyzed; amongst these are BIG + Topotek1, atelier Kempe Thill, Maccreanor Lavington, and babled nouvet Reynaud.

Paperback / 320 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / mei 2010

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The Public Chance. New Urban Landscapes
Aurora Fernandez Per, Javier Arpa
A thick volume packed with thirty urban projects, ‘The Public Chance' forms in some respects a follow up to the earlier series ‘In Common'. This new collection focuses on additional designs for collective public spaces and in so doing offers a renewed vision of both new interventions and earlier presented and now completed projects. Works presented have been divided into four thematic sections, respectively: peripheral voids, waterfronts, industrial areas and infrastructure, and are generously illustrated with colour photographs, plans, elevations and technical details.

Hardcover / 420 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / augustus 2008

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Density Projects. 36 New concepts on collective housing
Aurora Fernandez Per, Javier Arpa
Presented here are recent collective housing projects - in phase of development or execution through 2007 - that are characterised by their use of densification models in combination with good architecture. Many of the projects incorporate other uses, alongside residential ones in their programmes. This contributes both to density and intensity of use in respective environments, in turn creating new urban nuclei and providing a solution to strained resources. Fully illustrated with plans, diagrams and elevations, ‘Density Projects' includes works from the likes of; BIG, Jean Nouvel, Kohn Pedersen Fox, MGM, No.MAD, Stephen Holl, Studio Gang Architects and VMX architects.

Paperback / 400 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans / 2008

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DBook / A Visual Analysis of 64 Collective Housing Projects
Aurora Fernández Per, Javier Mozas, Javier Arpa
D BOOK comprises a group of 64 collective housing projects, analyzed according to their contribution to the dense city.
After the release of Density. New collective Housing, D Book represents a leap forward in the diffusion of architectural examples which promote the compact development of urban settlements.
The unorganised invasion of the environment is often justified by the expensive price of urban land and the need for larger homes. Moreover, the freedom to choose one’s residence is no minor argument for those who have dreams of green prairies with the promising independence of a single-family home, of the semi-detached home or even a row house, as opposed to that routine of stairs and lift. To complete that landscape, large consumer centres that are strategically placed next to motorways offer drivers a world of low-priced pleasure.

Paperback / 440 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans

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Density. New collective housing / condensed edition
Javier Mozas, Aurora Fernández Per
From 2002 to 2004, the architecture and technology magazine a+t did a study on collective housing. The results of this study became the basic material of four issues falling under the generic theme of “Density.”

The first compilation, produced as a book in October 2004, has become a reference for publications on mass housing and urban planning. This new version, condensed but nonetheless including all the projects and comparative indicators of the first edition, is the result of a desire to make the publication easier to consult and handle, and of hopes of maintaining attention on the importance of density in the future of cities.

• 10 urban plans
• 65 built projects
• plans at scale 1:500
• details at scale 1:20
• comparative analysis considering layout and housing form

Paperback / 448 pagina's / tekst Engels, Spaans

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a+t 26 In common II
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a+t 25 In common I
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a+t 24. New materiality II
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a+t 23 New materiality I
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a+t 17 Memory II
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a+t 16 Memory I
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a+t 15 Sensitive Materials II
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a+t 14 Sensitive Materials I
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a+t 10 Standard
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