| | Amazon.com: Dutchtown: A City Center Design by OMA/Rem: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Compared to such high-profile OMA achievements as Euralille and Generic City, Koolhas' scheme for Almere is an interesting departure as it succeeds both in the contexts of old Dutch towns and contemporary metropolitan design. |
 | | Ironically Koolhaas is known as an admirer of America's laissez-faire approach, (he particularly likes Atlanta's chaos)but that's completely foreign to the Dutch, who live in Europe's most crowded country and carefully plan every square inch of their territory. |
 | | As a result, OMA and Koolhaas have developed a real plan for a real city center for a real Dutch town, so instead of some kind of "Delirious Almere", an integrated project is proposed that works with the already existing city instead of contradicting or negating it. |
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