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Archis #3 on open source with the article:
A COMMUNISM OF IDEAS
Towards an architectural open source practice
Dennis Kaspori
http://www.archis.org/archis\_old/english/archis\_art\_e\_2003/art\_3b\_2003e.html

The role of the architect in the building process would seem to have been reduced to that of a visagiste. The complete absence of any architect in the recent parliamentary enquiry into fraud in the construction industry should probably not be seen as evidence of their irrefutable morality, but as proof that they play hardly any part in Dutch spatial planning. The architect is happily doodling away indoors while the big boys are outside building huts.

It is high time Dutch architects applied their famous pragmatic inventiveness not only to their designs but also to the organization of their practice, and regained a significant role in spatial planning. In recent years, a great deal of effort has been expended on