The Future of the Office The Future is not what it used to be.
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The Future of the Office The future is not what it used to be.
by van der Architects Martin van der Linden + Takeshi Miura A Work Vitamin publication Tokyo 2005
Contents 1. Introduction: On the Method and the purpose of all of this. 2. The future is not what it used to be. 3. Architects’ ABC and 123. 4. The office and his typewriter. 5. And now it is Me-time. 6. Life in transition is paradise like. 7. HEll ‘o Goodbye
In loving memory of Frans Linckens.
Meta language.
Introduction
The Future is not what it used to be.
Windows of opportunity.
Quod erat faciendum.
Computer love.
A match made in heaven.
The method.
The birth of the skyscraper.
Yesterday’s city.
Reductio ad absurdum.
Economic materialization.
Four me’s.
We are alone.
Listen carefully I will say this only once..
Every man and woman is a star.
Towers of fortune.
Auge’s ethnology of solitude.
All alone.
Technology is obvious.
Life in transition is like life in paradise.
A day in the life.
The moon is not what it used to be.
Buyer’s market.
The third policeman.
History is not what it used to be.
Towers of fortune.
The Future now.
I am my return on investment.
Mies and me’s.
Detail to detail.
Click for your future here
The death of the future.
About the Authors
Martin van der Linden Bsc. Pg. Dip Arch. Msc EPD
Takeshi Miura BA, SCI-Arc MArch 2
Architect, Engineer and Entrepreneur. Studied in The Netherlands, Japan, and the UK. Taught architecture and methodology at Waseda University in Tokyo. Previous publications include eBusiness and Workplace Redesign (Routledge 2002).
Architect and Designer. Studied in Japan, France, Morocco and the USA. His projects have been exhibited and awarded in several architectural competitions.