The Future Of Architecture

To mark his 80th year, acclaimed Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger invited colleagues and students alike to reflect on the future of architecture, acknowledging it as ‘the discipline par excellence that has lent itself to the representation of a new, better world’. In this pamphlet, Hertzberger, Anna Heringer, Jean-Philippe Vassal and other contributors recognise the need to change our lifestyle and the way we build today if we want to preserve the planet for future generations. Their discussions are optimistic, making the case to abandon all preconceptions and imagine a new way of practising architecture that is not a derivative or feeble reflection of today’s reality.