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FARMAX: Excursions on Density
The Netherlands has the highest population density in the world, with 350 people to every square kilometre. Yet it is characterised by low-density developments typically consisting of low-cost housing, low-rent offices and other elements, "lightweight urban matter lacking a clear form of organisation" which gives the whole country a uniform profile. Using a minimum amount of text and maximum number of illustrations, this book attempts to rethink the Dutch land- and cityscape: "Farmax essentially means compressing a population vertically and horizontally so as to give that population more space." It argues for a less uniform distribution of density - more open 'nature' areas alternating with 'stacked landscapes,' multi-level, mixed-use developments (an idea put into practise in the Dutch Pavilion at Expo 2000).
Edited by Winy Maas and Jacob van Rijs with Richard Koek
010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1998
ISBN 90-6450-266-8 |
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