Rem Koolhaas:: Conversations with Students

By Rice University and Rem Koolhaas

This book presents a recent lecture and seminar given by architect Rem Koolhaas at the Rice University School of Architecture. In this compact volume, Koolhaas addresses the urban and architectural implications of extra-large construction, using as examples three of OMA's important large-scale projects: the Zeebrugge Ferry Terminal in Belgium, the Tres Grande Bibliotheque in Paris, and the Karlsruhe Center for Art and Media Technology in Germany. Tackling questions about the difficult state of urbanism and modernism in contemporary Europe, America, and Asia, this slim volume forms a concise and coherent explanation of the theories and polemics of Koolhaas and OMA. This beautifully designed book serves as an inexpensive alternative and companion to Koolhaas's recent S, M, L, XL.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885232020
• ISBN13: 9781885232021
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

An interesting apoach to Koolhaas pedagogy

This book results in a very interesting overview about the problems of the big-scale in the hybrid buildings, with the privilege of been told in the first person by one of the most important builder of the contemporany city.