Volume 8 (2017) Water as Catalyst

We contemplate water in all of its many different manifestations. From Scarpa's poetic use of water in the redesign for the Foundation Querini Stampalia in Venice and Luis Barragán's reflecting pools to Kraanspoor, the reuse of waterfront infrastructure in the Amsterdam docks, the Moses Bridge's provision of access to a restored 17th century waterline, the reuse of torpedo stations in the Baltic Sea, to lifted foundations and floating communities designed for rising sea levels. Water has served as an inspiration, a material, a (destructive) force, an auditory experience, a catalyst for architecture and design.