2011

In OASE 86, the architecture of the baroque is revisited and assessed with specific regards to its relevance for modern and contemporary architecture. On the basis of several historical studies, this issue examines how the complex geometric compositions, surface treatments and semantic operations of the baroque might be connected to contemporary design practice. To that end, the authors turn their attention to relatively underexposed practices, such as the Bohemian baroque of Santini Aichel and the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor, and examine the reception of the baroque by modern architects such as Hans Scharoun and Luigi Moretti. The way in which the baroque figures as a fertile medium for recent architectural practice in Europe is investigated in interviews with Hermann Czech and Christ & Gantenbein, and assessed in studies of the work of Robbrecht & Daem and Valerio Olgiati.

Editors of this issue
Christoph Grafe, David de Bruijn, Job Floris, Ruben Molendijk, Tom Vandeputte

Editors
Anne Holtrop, Bruno Notteboom, Christoph Grafe, David de Bruijn, Gus Tielens, Hans Teerds, Job Floris, Klaske Havik, Tom Avermaete, Tom Vandeputte, Véronique Patteeuw

Authors
Maarten Delbeke

Design
Karel Martens, Stefano Faoro, Werkplaats Typografie

December 2011
English/Dutch
Paperback/Illustrated (color)
170 × 240 mm