Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas has been part of the international avant-garde since the
nineteen-seventies and has been named the Pritzker Architecture Prize
for the year 2000. This book, which builds on six canonical Koolhaas
projects, traces the discursive practice behind the design methods used
by Koolhaas and his office OMA. It uncovers recurring key themes--such as
wall, void, montage, trajectory, infrastructure, and shape--that have
structured this design discourse over the span of Koolhaas's oeuvre. The
book moves beyond the six core pieces, as well: It explores how these
identified thematic design principles manifest in other works by
Koolhaas as both practical re-applications and further elaborations.

In
addition to Koolhaas's individual genius, these textual and material
layers are accounted for shaping the very context of his work's
relevance. By comparing the design principles with relevant concepts
from the architectural Zeitgeist in which Koolhaas has operated, the
study moves beyond its specific subject--Rem Koolhaas--and provides novel
insight into the broader history of architectural ideas

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