book
Steps Toward a Configurative Discipline
Van Eyck, Aldo
Forum (vol. 3), 1962
housing precedent
Van Eyck's theoretical framework for creating architecture that mediates between individual and collective; informs the module aggregation logic
Van Eyck’s theoretical essay establishes the configurative discipline that informs the module aggregation logic. The Amsterdam Orphanage serves as a precedent for how the mat typology supports community-scale occupation through spatial continuity, flexible clustering, and a balance between shared and private zones.