http://opencity.iabr.nl Open City Agenda lecture Kees Christiaanse at LSE, London more... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/limited_access_or_the_open_city.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/limited_access_or_the_open_city.php The program: 18/09 Introduction I: on the Open City by Kees Christiaanse, curator 25/09 Introduction II: on the Open City by Tim Rieniets, co-curator 02/10 Community... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Open_City_lectures_in_Zurich.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Open_City_lectures_in_Zurich.php The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam commissioned IABR to produce a documentary illustrating the importance of urban... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Making_Cities_Work.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Making_Cities_Work.php On 3 December, Urban Age inaugurates an intensive two-day conference on the future of global cities in São Paulo, the largest city in one of the world’s most urbanised... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/urban_age.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/urban_age.php Workshop, January 15-16, 2009 Hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul In the Summer of 2008, Can Altay and Philipp Misselwitz invited leading urban experts and researchers to... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/refuge_urbanism.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/refuge_urbanism.php Open City: Designing Coexistence is an international architecture and urban design symposium, hosted by Prof. Kees Christiaanse’s chair in collaboration with the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/public_symposium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/public_symposium.php On March 5, 2009, the ETH Zurich and the IABR hosted a symposium entitled Open City: Designing Coexistence. Organized as a public dialogue on the major themes of the 4th... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/symposium_zurich.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/symposium_zurich.php Location: Indonesian Architects' Institute Jakarta chapter, Jakarta Design Center, Jakarta, Indonesia. Anchoring workshop for Reciprocity contributors on 7th May 2009,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/workshop_reciprocity.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/workshop_reciprocity.php In collaboration with the 4th IABR sub-theme Squat, curated by Rainer Hehl and Jörg Stollmann, the Secretary for Social Housing (SEHAB) of the Municipality of São Paulo... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/paraisopolis.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/paraisopolis.php On 3 September, the Dutch broadcaster VPRO will host a festival-evening in Amsterdam to launch Urban Century (Eeuw van de Stad), a cross-media project that begins on 13 September.... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/kick_off_VPRO.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/kick_off_VPRO.php On 13 September, 4th IABR's Urban Century opens with the Dutch talk show Buitenhof. Politician Adri Duivesteijn and project developer Coen van Oostrom will discuss the future of... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/13Sep_Buitenhof.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/13Sep_Buitenhof.php Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have to keep on developing to survive on the global stage. But the question is how... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/14sep_tv_tegenlicht_amsterdam.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/14sep_tv_tegenlicht_amsterdam.php This year’s “Internationale Keuze Debat”, the conference traditionally organized by the Rotterdam City Theater as part of its International Theater Festival,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15sep_debate_rotterdamse_schouwburg.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15sep_debate_rotterdamse_schouwburg.php Bregtje van der Haak’s latest documentary, Grand Paris, the President and the Architect—on Dutch Architect Winy Maas’s vision for future of Paris—is part... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15sep_grand_paris_preview.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15sep_grand_paris_preview.php To cope with an influx of migrants, the Ethiopian capital must build apartment buildings at breakneck speed, but it has no experience in constructing high-rise buildings. ... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/17sep_villavpro_addis_abeba.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/17sep_villavpro_addis_abeba.php The satirical TV program Draadstaal devotes an entire edition to the theme of the city. 20 September, approx. 8:25 pm, Channel 3 http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/20sep_tv_draadstaal.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/20sep_tv_draadstaal.php City Councilor Floor Wibaut was one of the most dynamic politicians active in 20th century Amsterdam. Is there anyone out there ready to follow in his footsteps? ... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/20sep_radio_hollanddoc_nieuwe_wibaut.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/20sep_radio_hollanddoc_nieuwe_wibaut.php French President Sarkozy has ambitious plans for the Paris of the future and is looking for the right architects. Tegenlicht (the Dutch documentary program "Backlight")... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21sep_tv_tegenlicht_grand_paris.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21sep_tv_tegenlicht_grand_paris.php Over a period of six months four migrants are being filmed in four different cities in the world while trying to find their way in and coming to terms with a completely new way of... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21sep_tv_metropolis.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21sep_tv_metropolis.php In 2010, one of the sites for the World Football Championships will be in Johannesburg’s infamous downtown, where tens of thousands of illegal African immigrants have taken... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/22sep_hollanddoc_stayin_alive_in_joburg.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/22sep_hollanddoc_stayin_alive_in_joburg.php Wallpaper* magazine presents some of the most exciting emerging global architectural talent in an exhibition of bespoke designs, exploring affordability, sustainability,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/wallpaper_futurethirty_exhibition.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/wallpaper_futurethirty_exhibition.php Andere Tijden focuses on Floor Wibaut – Amserdam's dynamic and socially conscious city councilor during the Interbellum. 24 September, approx. 5:25 pm, Channel... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_andere_tijden_wibaut.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_andere_tijden_wibaut.php Live radio coverage of the opening of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. 24 September, approx. 4 pm, Radio 1 http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_radio_villavpro_live.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_radio_villavpro_live.php Detroit, stad in vrije val from VPRO Eeuw van de Stad on Vimeo (in Dutch) Once the prosperous center of U.S. car manufacturing, the city of Detroit has now fallen on hard... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_radio_villavpro_detroit.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24sep_radio_villavpro_detroit.php Still some places available - for enquiries: cvanvlodrop@iabr Micro- and Macro-scale Urbanism in Addis Ababa and São Paulo With more than half of the world’s... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Squat-Symposium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/Squat-Symposium.php A radiophonic version of the special IABR-dedicated issue published by the literary magazine De Gids. 26 September, approx. 8 am and approx. 8 pm, Radio 6 http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/26sep_radio_de_avonden.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/26sep_radio_de_avonden.php The New Rijksmuseum (120 mins.) by Oeke Hoogendijk (2008) Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program has been put together by the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep27_VAfilm_new_rijksmuseum.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep27_VAfilm_new_rijksmuseum.php The VVDs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep28_VA_vvd.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep28_VA_vvd.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep28_berlage_george_baird.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep28_berlage_george_baird.php Four million people in one huge gated community, a satellite of New Delhi: Is Gurgaon the latest Ponzi Scheme or the model for the future megacity that will soon emerge all over... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/28sep_tegenlicht_gurgaon_india.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/28sep_tegenlicht_gurgaon_india.php Larry Beasley, former Co-director of Urban Planning for Vancouver, will be giving a lecture as a visiting critic. His 30 years of experience and commitment serve as the point of... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_air_lecture_beasley.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_air_lecture_beasley.php An evening organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Stories, ideas, presentations about the future of Amsterdam. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_VA_business.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_VA_business.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_berlage_lecture_baird.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/sep29_berlage_lecture_baird.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30sep_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30sep_idfa_film.php Within the framework of The Free State of Amsterdam and in memory of the founding father of modern Amsterdam urban design practice, councillor Floor Wibaut (1859 -1936), the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30sep_conference_morgen_tomorrow.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30sep_conference_morgen_tomorrow.php Curators Wouter Vanstiphout and Zef Hemel on their Rotterdam and Amsterdam entries, respectively, for the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2009. A comparison.... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct1_VA_makeable_city_rotterdam.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct1_VA_makeable_city_rotterdam.php Jakarta has been blighted by permanent traffic jams and spatial-planning incompetence. Jakarta’s governor Fauzi Bowo has now forged an ambitious plan to get the city moving... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/1oct_radio_villavpro_jakarta.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/1oct_radio_villavpro_jakarta.php Conference on ‘open cities’ IHS -Making Cities Work The institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and The Network Association of European... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/N_Aerus_conference_oct1-3.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/N_Aerus_conference_oct1-3.php Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears at the IABR as host or hostess of a performance, presentation or discussion relating to the theme of the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/2oct_open_podium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/2oct_open_podium.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct2_berlage_kees_christiaanse.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct2_berlage_kees_christiaanse.php A guided tour of the Forum exhibition by and with an introduction from co-curator Tim Rieniets (CH). Subsequent access to the entire exhibition Open City: Designing Coexistence... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/3oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/3oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php Amsterdam Global Village (245 mins.) by Johan van der Keuken (1996). Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program has been put together by the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct4_VAfilm_global_village.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct4_VAfilm_global_village.php Together with the 4th IABR, Rotterdam ArchiGuides organizes cycling tours, combined with a visit to a Biennale exhibition. There are two different alternating cycling tours, led... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php The Rotterdam Municipal Archives and film theater Lantaren/Venster present, in the series Rotterdam Classics, a film program at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_LVfilm_rotterdamclassics.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_LVfilm_rotterdamclassics.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/4oct_idfa_film.php Lecture by The Free State of Amsterdam curator Zef Hemel on the future of the city. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct5_VA_destination_ams.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct5_VA_destination_ams.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct5_berlage_lerup_de_geyter.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct5_berlage_lerup_de_geyter.php Presentation and judging of entries for the student design contest on the future of the city. Student nominees present their designs. Award ceremony hosted by Maarten van... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct6_VA_students_design_contest_finals.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct6_VA_students_design_contest_finals.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct6_berlage_lecture_zus.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct6_berlage_lecture_zus.php Urban development firm ZUS talks to guests about its designs for a new water park between the Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Docklands), Indische Buurt, Zeeburgereiland, IJburg,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct7_VA_het_nieuwe_diep.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct7_VA_het_nieuwe_diep.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special series... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/7oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/7oct_idfa_film.php Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10.4030399 Start: 7:00 PM Reservation: www.berlage-institute.nl Tickets: €... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct7_berlage_michelle_provoost.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct7_berlage_michelle_provoost.php Oost-Watergraafsmeer Precinct talks to guests about the future of the Amstel River and its banks. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct8_VA_amstel_discussion.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct8_VA_amstel_discussion.php The invasion of large numbers of conservative and religious people from the countryside into Istanbul has had a huge impact on the cosmopolitan character of the city. 8 and 9... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/8oct_radio_villavpro_istanbul.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/8oct_radio_villavpro_istanbul.php Lars Lerup: Open City and the American Suburb Lecture by Lars Lerup (US), architect, author and professor in architecture and urbanism affiliated to Rice University, School of... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/8oct_lecture_debate.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/8oct_lecture_debate.php Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears as host or hostess of a performance, presentation or discussion relating to the theme of the week. This... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/9oct_open_podium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/9oct_open_podium.php Urhahn Urban Design talks to guests about its design for the Vliegenbos and environs area in Amsterdam-Noord. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct9_VA_northern_banks.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct9_VA_northern_banks.php Presentation by Lars Lerup (US) of the Biennale Master Class ‘Foaming at the Edge’ organized by the Berlage Institute. The Master Class is held from 25 September until... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/9oct_foaming_at_the_edge.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/9oct_foaming_at_the_edge.php A guided tour by and with an introduction by Daniel D'Oca partner of Interboro (US), sub-curator of the Community exhibition of the 4th IABR. Subsequent access to the entire... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/10oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/10oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php By Mathan Ratinam, Toni Schade and Andrea Zalewski, Moving Image Lab at Columbia (MILC) Cities of Preferences is a short documentary about the spatial organization of... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/10oct_incidental_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/10oct_incidental_film.php De stad was van ons [The City was Ours] (110 minutes) by Joost Seelen (1996). Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program has been put... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct11_VAfilm_the_city_was_ours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct11_VAfilm_the_city_was_ours.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special series... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/11oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/11oct_idfa_film.php In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam ArchiGuides will be organizing bicycle tours combined with a visit to a Biennale... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/11oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/11oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php A discussion on Amsterdam as a limited-traffic zone. Is a street more attractive without cars, and how can these areas remain accessible? The Department of Infrastructure, Traffic... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct12_VA_limitedtraffic_zone.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct12_VA_limitedtraffic_zone.php The CDAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct13_VA_cda.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct13_VA_cda.php On Tuesday 13 October 2009 Your City: Young people are making Rotterdam Zuid an initiative of Stichting Kijk op Zuid and AIR begins. In the months ahead young people will... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/your_city.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/your_city.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special series... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/14oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/14oct_idfa_film.php An evening on philosophy as an urban phenomenon. What are philosophers perceptions of the city? How do they view the future of Amsterdam? On openness, modern citizenship, and d... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct14_VA_philosophers.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct14_VA_philosophers.php On Thursday 15 October, the Open City Lecture and Debate are devoted to "Fear", one of the themes of the Event Program of the 4th IABR. In his lecture entitled... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15oct_lecture_debate.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/15oct_lecture_debate.php MUST stedebouw talks to guests about its design for the Amstelscheg area. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct15_VA_kop_amstelscheg.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct15_VA_kop_amstelscheg.php Associated projects: For Security Reasons Debate in cooperation with Showroom MAMA as part of the For Security Reasons exhibition. In a so called "speed lecture"... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/16oct_open_podium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/16oct_open_podium.php B+B Urban Development and Landscape Architecture talks to guests about its design for the Sloterplas area and environs. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct16_VA_sloterplas.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct16_VA_sloterplas.php Enjoy the presentation Theatre Tehran and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City: Designing Coexistence. In this presentation, which Wunderbaum created for the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/17oct_theatre_tehran.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/17oct_theatre_tehran.php Enjoy the presentation 'Theatre Tehran' and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City: Designing Coexistence. In this presentation, which Wunderbaum created for the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_theatre_tehran.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_theatre_tehran.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_idfa_film.php The theme of this week's cyle tour is "Parallel Cases." In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam ArchiGuides... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/18oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php Hoe Nikita een Paard Kreeg [How Nikita Got a Horse] (23 minutes) by Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden (2006) Haven: omzwervingen in de nacht [Harbour: Wanderings in the Night] (70... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct18_VAfilm_how_nikita_got_a_horse.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct18_VAfilm_how_nikita_got_a_horse.php The PvdAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct20_VA_pvda.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct20_VA_pvda.php At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled a special series of film documentaries about the city, which will be shown at... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/21oct_idfa_film.php Rietveld Landscape I Atelier de Lyon talks to guests about its design for the Westelijk Havengebied and adjacent districts. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm.... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct21_VA_western_banks.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct21_VA_western_banks.php Discussions with the homeless on Amsterdam. How do they use the city, and what is their perception of it? With the Vereniging van Dak- en Thuislozen (Association for the Homeless)... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct22_VA_the_homeless.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct22_VA_the_homeless.php This debate deals with the confrontation between designer and administrator.  Felix Rottenberg will confront Henk Ovink (VROM), Wouter Vanstiphout (Crimson Architectural... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/22oct_lecture_debate_design_and_politics.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/22oct_lecture_debate_design_and_politics.php A debate within the framework of the 4th IABR and organized by Woonstad Rotterdam city corporation, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Housing corporations,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/23oct_lecture.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/23oct_lecture.php Every friday afternoon a local "cultural ambassador" acts as a host or hostess for a performance, presentation or discussion that relates to the theme of the week,... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/23oct_open_podium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/23oct_open_podium.php Bureau Karres en Brands landscape architects talks to guests about its design for the Oostelijke Eilanden. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct23_VA_oostelijke_eilanden.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct23_VA_oostelijke_eilanden.php A guided tour by and with an introduction from Crimson Architectural Historians, sub-curator of the Maakbaarheid (“makeability”) exhibition of the 4th IABR. Subsequent... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_open_city_talk_and_tour.php Conny Janssen Danst dancers will surprise visitors to the NAi with short dance performances. They will dance fragments from 4HANDS and RUIS, among others. In 4HANDS sign language... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_conny_janssen_danst.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_conny_janssen_danst.php Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have to keep on developing to survive on the global stage. But the question is how... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_vpro_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/24oct_vpro_film.php At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled a special series of film documentaries about the city, which will be shown at... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/25oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/25oct_idfa_film.php Radio Danielle (27 minutes) (1987) and Johnny Meijer (50 minutes) (1993) by John Appel. Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program has been... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct25_VAfilm_radio_danielle_johnny_meijer.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct25_VAfilm_radio_danielle_johnny_meijer.php In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam ArchiGuides will be organizing bicycle tours combined with a visit to a Biennale... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/25oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/25oct_biennale_cyclingtours.php A conversation with Amsterdam expats. What is their perception of the city? What do they want from Amsterdam? Including Ann Demeester (director of De Appel) and Axel Rger... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct26_VA_expats.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct26_VA_expats.php The debate planned for this evening has been cancelled. Instead of the debate: Film and discussion in the  Free State of Amsterdam ... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct27_VA_sp.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct27_VA_sp.php Studioklok talks to guests about its design for the Zuidoost area and Amstel I, II and III. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct28_VA_duivendrechtse_veld.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct28_VA_duivendrechtse_veld.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a specia... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/28oct_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/28oct_idfa_film.php Consumers, businesses and shopping street manager Nel de Jager on the future of typical Amsterdam city shopping streets. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct29_VA_streets_night.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct29_VA_streets_night.php Lecture by author, journalist and activist Roberta Brandes Gratz (US) about the works of author and city activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), and the significance of her ideas on the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/29oct_lecture.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/29oct_lecture.php Trancity is organizing a "lecture marathon" about the core themes in the work of famous city philosopher and sociologist Jane Jacobs. A program for urban... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30oct_jane_jacobs.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30oct_jane_jacobs.php Every Friday afternoon, a local "cultural ambassador" appears as host or hostess of a performance, presentation or discussion relating to the theme of the week. This... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30oct_open_podium.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/30oct_open_podium.php Gller Gller architecture urbanism talks to guests about its design for the Nieuwe Meer and environs. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct30_VA_nieuwe_meer.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/oct30_VA_nieuwe_meer.php Rotterdam North is a true "Jane Jacobs neighborhood": corner stores, artists' studios, a communal garden and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere on the streets. Meet the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/31oct_bike_and_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/31oct_bike_and_film.php IDFA 2009 Preview Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program has been put together by the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov1_VAfilm_idfa_2009_preview.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov1_VAfilm_idfa_2009_preview.php The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival for film documentaries. At the request of the IABR, the IDFA compiled a special... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_idfa_film.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_idfa_film.php In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam ArchiGuides will be organizing bicycle tours combined with a visit to an exhibit at the... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_biennale_cyclingtours.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_biennale_cyclingtours.php Nearly 50 years after the publication of the first edition of Jane Jacobs' impassioned plea for the living city, Death and Life of Great American Cities, the first Dutch... http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_incidental_event_jane_jacobs.php http://opencity.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_calendar/nov01_incidental_event_jane_jacobs.php The D66s vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program runs from 8 to 10 pm. Admission is free. Shell canteen in the... http://opencity.iabr.nl