Bøger af Paul Meurs

Designed by architects Jan Duiker and Bernard Bijvoet in 1925, the former Zonnestraal Sanatorium is an icon of the Nieuwe Bouwen style, the Dutch branch of the International Style of modernism: as one of the genuine highlights of twentieth-century architecture, it has been considered for the UNESCO World Heritage List. The complex, whose name means "ray of sunshine," was originally created as a treatment center for tuberculosis patients. By the early 1960s, the buildings, which had been constructed for limited use in concrete, steel and glass, were in ruin. After four decades of research and planning, its restoration is nearing completion under the supervision of the architects Hubert-Jan Henket and Wessel de Jonge. This publication traces the former sanatorium's past, emphasizing the battle for recognition of the Zonnestraal site's importance, its complex restoration process and providing a critical dossier on the general management of modern monuments.

In today's city, mobility is not just a logistical or technocratic task but one of the key conditioning factors of urban development. With city users moving ever faster from place to place, the cityscape becomes defined by infrastructure and traffic flows. Rotterdam, the world's largest port, has been informed by movement and displacement throughout its history--and thus serves as a prime model for In Transit's textual and visual charting of the links between mobility and urban development.