Non-standard architecture is bespoke architecture. The building of today is designed with digital tools and is produced by means of digitally controlled product ion methods. This leads to a revolution in the conception of the nature and reahzation of the design. Moreover, it prompts a whole new debate about what is beautiful in architecture. Is repetition still beautiful, or will formal variatioii and uniqueness be perceived as beautiful? Tailor-made architecture based on computer-driven production methods means that ah the constituent building components are by definition unique. The economic rationale for using repeating elements becomes defunct.
In this quide Kas Oosterhuis describes his practice and considers his designs in the context of recent social developments, especially in the field of ICT. Two paradigm shifts take centre stage:
from architecture based on mass production to architecture based on industriahly produced made-to-measure components, and from a static architecture to a dynamic and interactive architecture.
Architect Kas Oosterhuis and visual artist hlona Lénárd founded the ONL (Oosterhuis Lénárd] bureau in 1990. They speciahize in the construction of large-scale sculptural buildinqs. Oosterhuis describes their high-profihe reahized projects such as the Saltwater Pavihion, the iWEB Pavihion, the Cockpit combined car showroom and acoustic barrier and the CET mixed-use development in Budapest from the desiqner's perspective, in which visíon and practice, theory and reahity, and intuition and logic are closely hinked.
As a Professor of the Practice at Delft University of Technooqy, in 2000 Kas Oosterhuis estabhished the independent Hyperbody research group. Ile also oversees the recenthy opened protoSPACE laboratory for immediate design and engineering.
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