Inside Density Français / Anglais

The call for papers for the " Inside Density " colloquium, organised by NeTHCA in November 1999, evoked papers addressing issues of density, congestion and networking. The aim of the colloquium was to explore the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of density and to criticize the nave use of density indexes as markers of good planning. The colloquium brought together an international range of renowned scholars, promising young researchers and practising architecte. This volume, co-edited by Hilde Heynen and David Vanderburgh, presents the best texts, most of them English, some of them French, that resulted from the colloquium. It contains contributions by key-note speakers Pascal Amphoux and Mark Wigley, as well as papers from Tom Avermaete, Dieter De Clercq, Alexander D'Hooghe, Marc Glaudemans, Leslie Kavanaugh, Bernard Kormoss, Hubert Lionnez/Robert Zancan, Oliver Mathieu/Li Mei Tsien, Anne Mie Depuydt/Erik Van Daele, Kai Vckler, Sarah Whiting, Paola Yacoub/Michel Lasserre... L'appel contributions pour le colloque " Inside Density ", organis par NeTHCA en novembre 1999, mentionnait les questions relatives la densit, la congestion et la mise en rseaux. L'objectif du colloque tait d'explorer les enjeux thoriques du concept de densit et de critiquer l'usage naf des indices de densit comme critres d'efficacit de la planification. Le colloque a runi un large ventail de chercheurs renomms ou mergents ainsi que d'architectes professionnels. Ce volume, publi sous la direction de Hilde Heynen et de David Vanderburgh, rassemble les plus intressantes contributions de ce colloque, dans leur langue originelle franaise ou anglaise