Bas Princen

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1. Bas Princen
  Bio
  Bas Princen (b. 1975) is an artist who lives and works in Rotterdam. He studied Design for Public Space at the Design aca-demy in Eindhoven, and Architecture at the postgraduate Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. His most recent publication ‘reservoir’ was published by Hatje Cantz on the occasion of his solo show at deSingel in Antwerp. In 2004 he was awarded the Charlotte Köhler Prize, and in 2010 he won the Silver Lion, together with Office KGDVS, at the Venice Biennale.
  [last updated in 2011]
  issues 1–110 are available in PDF format
  OASE 84
  Models
  The Idea, the Representation and the Visionary
  2011
  Abstract
  In recent decades models have made a contribution to architectural discourse that should not be underestimated. Christophe Van Gerrewey considers the models in OMA’s oeuvre and ascertains that …
  Authors
  Bas Princen, Krijn de Koning
  
  Anne Holtrop, Bas Princen, Hans Teerds, Job Floris, Krijn de Koning
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  Editorial
  Models. The Idea, the Representation and the Visionary
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  In the editorial, the editors of this OASE address the specific qualities of the model, separate from the often empirical way it is used in the professional domain of architecture. They emphasize …
  
  Anne Holtrop, Bas Princen
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  Thomas Demand
  A Conversation with Anne Holtrop and Bas Princen
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  The work of the German artist Thomas Demand consists of large photographs he takes of temporary, life-sized paper structures he assembles in front of his camera. Once the photo is taken, the paper …
  
  Bas Princen
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  Bas Princen
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  Bas Princen’s contribution consists of images found and collected by the photographer that serve as inspirations for his photographs. They are images that attempt to render ideas about space …
  
  issues 1–110 are available in PDF format
  OASE 79
  The Architecture of James Stirling 1964–1992
  A Non-Dogmatic Accumulation of Formal Knowledge
  2009
  Abstract
  OASE 79 is devoted in its entirety to the architecture of the British architect James Stirling (1926–1992), who played a prominent role in the architecture discourse of the 1980s due to his striking …
  
  Bas Princen
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  James Stirling, Buildings (2009)
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  issues 1–110 are available in PDF format
  OASE 76
  Specificity
  2008
  Abstract
  What makes a building specific? What is the importance of a clear-cut relationship between architecture and its surroundings? What does the term ‘context’ mean for architecture in this day and age? …
  
  Bas Princen, Mark Pimlott
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  Utopian Debris
  A Conversation between Bas Princen and Marc Pimlott
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1. 06/03/2023
  BK Talks on 16 March 2023 about 'Design with Soil: Urbanizing the living surface'
  On 16 March 2023 the TU Delft will host a debate inspired by OASE 110.
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2. 21/02/2023
  Call for Abstracts OASE 117. Village Variations
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3. 31/01/2023
  Now available: OASE 113. Authorship
  What does the author’s ‘owning’ of a project mean? And does this sense of ownership still prevail in contemporary architecture culture? Other more open forms of cooperation and co-creation are emerging alongside the concept of individual singular authorship.
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4. 02/12/2022
  Presentation OASE 112 on 8 December 2022 in Rotterdam, NL
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5. 24/11/2022
  Call for Abstracts OASE 116
  Carmen Portinho in front of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (source: Wikimedia Commons)
  ‘The Architect as Public Instellectual’
  Deadline: 23-12-2022
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6. 15/10/2022
  Now available: OASE 112. Ecology & Aesthetics
  Through a series of concrete projects, the contributions in this issue explore the field of tension between architectural aesthetics and issues of energy, technology and materiality. Ecological practices in architecture must not only be effective in providing solutions, but inevitably raise questions of beauty, affection and perception as well.
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7. 23/05/2022
  Call for Abstracts OASE #115. Interferences: Migrating Practices in Europe
  
  Call for Abstracts OASE #115 about “Interferences: Migrating Practices in Europe”, written by Justin Agyin, Kornelia Dimitrova, Christoph Grafe and Bernard Colenbrander. Deadline is June 19, 2022. Read the full text of the OASE #115 Call for Abstracts in the PDF.
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8. 20/05/2022
  Now available: OASE 111. Staging the Museum
  Museums stage public encounters between visitors, objects and stories. This is not limited to a tour through the exhibition spaces, it starts already with monumental or ‘tresholdless’ entrances.
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9. 01/04/2022
  Now available: sold-out OASE issues as e-book!
  To meet the demand for some populair sold-out editions of OASE, 5 issues have been scanned and re-released as e-books. It concerns OASE numbers 45, 54, 63, 65 and 78. These are for sale via nai010 Publishers for € 14,95 per issue.
  More sold-out issues will be released digitally in the near future, so keep an eye out for your favorite issue!
  
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10. 23/01/2022
  Now available: OASE 110. The Project of the Soil
  This issue of OASE makes a critical analysis of how soil connects to urban planning and urban design, and how it can adjust those practices in exploring new agendas.
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