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Rotterdam's West 8 is not only one of the largest, but also one of the best-known and most active design firms working in Europe today in the field of "urban design and landscape architecture." The phrase suggests the firm's strongly interdisciplinary orientation between landscape architecture and town planning. Its projects are provocative, avant-garde in the typically Dutch manner, and not afraid of contact with popular culture. They were created in close collaboration with such architects as Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, and many others.
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Rotterdam's West 8 is not only one of the largest, but also one of the best-known and most active design firms working in Europe today in the field of "urban design and landscape architecture." The phrase suggests the firm's strongly interdisciplinary orientation between landscape architecture and town planning. Its projects are provocative, avant-garde in the typically Dutch manner, and not afraid of contact with popular culture. They were created in close collaboration with such architects as Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, and many others.

The founder and director of the firm and its most highly visible figure is Adriaan Geuze, who is curator of this year's International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. Classics such as the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam und Chiswick Park in London stand alongside spectacular temporary installations for the Spoleto Art Festival in Charleston (United States) and Expo.02 in Yverdon-les-Bains. Current projects include Buona Vista Park in Singapore, Luxury Village in Moscow, the outdoor installations for the Hurtigroutenterminal in Tromsø, and the South Bank Jubilee Gardens in London.
West 8 in Rotterdam gehören heute nicht nur zu den europaweit größten, sondern auch bekanntesten und aktivsten Gestaltern in "Urban Design & Landscape Architecture". Ihre Arbeitsweise zeigt eine starke interdisziplinäre Orientierung. Die Projekte sind provokant, typisch holländisch avantgardistisch und ohne Angst vor Berührungen mit der Popkultur. Sie entstanden in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Architekten wie Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas und Renzo Piano. Gründer, Leiter und exponierte Figur des Büros ist Adriaan Geuze, Autor dieses Buches.

Das Buch präsentiert Klassiker wie den Expo.02 Park in Yverdon-les-Bains und den Chiswick Park in London, vor allem aber aktuelle Projekte wie das Moscow Luxury Village, den One North Park in Singapur, die Jubilee Gardens in London sowie Madrid Rio, die spektakuläre Umgestaltung der Innenstadt der spanischen Hauptstadt.
Autorenporträt
Adriaan Geuze ist Gründer und Partner von West 8.