Nagele NOP
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Nagele [NOP]
1988
| The village of Nagele in the Noordoostpolder is a striking example of postwar planning in the Netherlands: a new village on new land. The village was designed for agricultural labourers and was designed and built in a single grand gesture by architects such as Aldo van Eyck, Gerrit Rietveld and Mien Ruys. Although the original design of the village was extremely modern, the village has not been able to avoid rural developments that the designers could not have foreseen: the intensification of mobility, an increase of scale and mechanization in the agricultural sector, and the arrival of immigrants. Nevertheless, the original concept, which is no less rigid than that of the Bijlmermeer (Amsterdam, see Territorium), appears to have survived.
Cary Markerink and Theo Baart have been following the changes in Nagele since 1984. Theo Baart's first visit was for the commission of the Rijksmuseum Postwar Housing in the Netherlands. After finishing the Rijksmuseum commission, Cary and he started working together in Nagele. In 1988 they published Nagele [N.O.P]
which includes text by Anneke van Veen.
The follow-up appeared in 2006 Nagele [revisited].
PhotographyCary Markerink & Theo Baart
TextAnneke van Veen
Design
CG Designers [Hans van der Kooi]
265 * 240mm | 96 pages
Publisher
Fragment, Amsterdam
Nagele NOP
is made possible by support from, among others. Ministry of WVC, Municipality of Noordoostpolder, Province of Flevoland, Anjerfonds Flevoland, Association 'Village interest' Nagele
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