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Credits Exhibition
Parallel Cases

Curator: Ralf Pasel

Project manager: Jan Duursma

Project assistance: Marjolijn Vegter

Parallel Cases is a project by: Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Rotterdam University, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam

Parallel Cases was made possible by: RDM Campus, Port of Rotterdam, Pasel Kuenzel Architects

Exhibition design: Pasel Kuenzel Architects

Exhibition realization:
Woestijn in Blik

Project selection: Jan Fransen, Saskia Ruijsink, Ralf Pasel, Chris van Langen, Jan Duursma, Tim Rieniets, George Brugmans

Parallel Cases Projects

A Place In Heaven, A Place in Hell: Tactical Operations in Sao Paulo's Informal Sector
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Christian Werthmann, Fernando de Mello Franco, Byron Stigge, Joseph Smith Claghorn, Sara Dabbs, Melissa Nicole Guerrero, Lily Huang, Dae Hee Kim, Joon Hyun Kim, Thomas Kraubitz, Katie Powell, Rina Diwakar Salvi, Cynthia Ann Silvey, Dorothy Tang, Andrew Ten Brink, Megan Elizabeth Wright

Border Conditions: Transformations in the (Post-) Socialist Cities Kiev and Havana
Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft
Henriette Bier, Raviv Ganchrow, Oscar Rommens, Marc Schoonderbeek,
KIEV: Sara Bilge, Maria Ionescu, Ivo de Jeu, Seongheon Oh, Christian Meezen, Nadine de Ripainsel, Carolien Schippers, Dennis Wasch; HAVANA: Mahtab Akhavan, Ruben Bergambagt, Thomas Boerendonk, Yajun Chen, Koen van Diepen, Marcello Fantuz, Raul Forsoni, Ryan Forster, Andrea Guazzieri, Carolyn Leung, Geraldine Li, Niels Limburg, Valery van Nooijen, Qian Ren, Negar Sanaan Bensi, Gaofei Tan, Gurhan Ucaroglu, Victor Verhagen, Mandy Xu

Coexistence as Survival: Enhancing Informal Synergies in the Koli Community, Dharavi, Mumbai
First School of Architecture, Politecnico di Torino, + Hindustry urban research
Michele Bonino, Pierre-Alain Croset (Politecnico di Torino), Tomà Berlanda, Subhash Mukerjee (Hindustry)
Marco Boella, Alberto Bottero, Manuela Martorelli, Federica Patti, Francesco Stassi, Francesco Strocchio

Coexistence Project: Somewhere in Lima
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Ricardo Palma University, Lima
Soledad Herrera Garcia, Jose Luis Ching Ching, Javier Cabrera, Maria Candiotti, Gonzalo Feijoo, Astrid García, Angela Gutierrez, Rodolfo Hermoza, Gustavo Hirakata, Lourdes Iglesias, Aaron Jara, Luis Jurado, Maria Lopez, Diana Lostaunau, Pamela Mariluz, Gerson Najarro, Mayra Ortiz, Alejandra Perez, Carolina Salazar, Erika Uribe, Pedro Venegas, Gabriela Zavaleta

Crisis Squatting Strategy
Veritas University, Costa Rica
Sebastian Alfaro, Cesar Carrascal, Noboru Kawaguishi and Juan Carlos Sanabria, Victor Badilla, Mauricio Barboza, Mauricio Cortes, Alejandro Lang, Andrea Madrigal, Johanna Morales, Ernesto Perez, Monica Quiros, Marianne Quiros, Hazel Sanabria, Jose Andres Solis, Mariana Aguirre, Esteban Arias, Alejandro Camacho, Juan Diego Cardenas, Diana Cascante, Lizeth Castro, Augusto Devandas, Sergio Frugone, David Gutierrez, Alberto Molina, Laura Brenes, Alberto Castillo, Ana Cristina Guzman, Pamela Hector, Diana Gutierrez, Oscar Rodriguez, Ricardo Sevilla

Crossing Munich: Migration - Places, Images and Debates
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Dr. Sabine Hess
Eva Bahl, Natalie Bayer, Almir Bazdar Batski, Karin Bergdolt, Andrea Brkic, Linda Calderon, Julia Campos, Patrick Deinzer, Elisabeth Dietrich, Irena Eden & Stijn Lernout, Simone Egger, Agnes Fuchsloch, Clara Giacalone, Marina Ginal, Simon Goeke, Moritz van Gunsteren, Fabian Hesse, Caroline Hirschfeld, Ralf Homann, Slobodan Karamanić, Bernd Kasparek, Karin Kolber, Julia Kunz, Katharina Lippach, Claudia Maderer, Dennis Odukoya, Kerstin Pinther, Kathrin Reikowsky, Michaela Rohmann, Lisa Riedner, Asmir Šabić, Julia Säring, Ariane Schwager, Peter Spillmann, Lea Tesfaye, Magnus Treiber, Manuela Unverdorben, Matthias Weinzierl, Anna Witt, Philipp Zehmisch, Verena Zimmermann, Philip Zölls

(De)scripting Space: In Search of Social Consequences of Apartment Building Infrastructure
Artez, Arnhem Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
Harmen van de Wal, Christian Muller, Sander van Eerden, Dominic Dirkse van den Heuvel, Pieter Mulder, Robert van Leur, René Scholten, Martin van de Veen, Ron Verduin, Tim Versteegh, Ward Vogel, Theo Wenting

Displacement Settlements: Becoming Informal
Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Vana Tentokali, Tasos Kotsiopoulos, Fani Vavili, Sebastian Duque

Ethnic Streets in the World: An Illustrative Study of Existing Ethnic Areas, to Inform Future Urban Restructuring in Japan
Tokyo Polytechnic University
Kashihara Toru, Okabe Tomohiko, Kida Momoko, Katura Susumu, Kitai Kayoko
Suto Syuhei, Kakuta Nobuhiko,Kageyama Haruka, Uesugi Sachie, Takasu Tomoko, Takakura Shun,Konishi Ryouhei, Ueno Kouhei, Yamaguchi Mikaka, Kitawaki Yoshihiro, Kawamura Naoko, Hayakawa Kiyo, Oguti Tatsuki, Harigai Tadahiro, Tuchuya Shuhei, Naono Sachiko, Koyanagi Satoshi

Eurasian Informality
TU Delft, International New Towns Institute Almere
Prof. Arnold Reijndorp, Prof. Juval Portugali
Ekim Tan and participants of The Responsive CityMasterclass

european COMMUNITY of europeans
Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Brussel-Gent
Jan Maenhout (campus Brussel), Jiri Klokocka (campus Gent), Jan Schreurs, Karel Wuytack
Sofie Aerts, Bieke Berten, Griet Boodts, Bert Calcoen, Michaël Callant, Tom Cole, Nieke De Bel, Bart Dehaene, Michael De Keulenaer, Ruben De Leersnyder, Astrid De Meersman, Steven De Pauw, Pieter de Volder, Anneleen Dhondt, Kim D’Hont, Bert Foucart, Kristof Gaens, Yves Guldentops, Ilke Huyghe, Evelien Impens, Sara Lemmens, Els Lenaerts, Stefanie Mahieu, Bas Meulman, Katrien Nagels, Jef Pottier, Ann Steegmans, Kobe Stroobants, Anke Van Nuffel, An Verstraeten, Tristan Verleyen

Field Guide to New Jersey Communities
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Prof. Georgeen Theodore, Associate Director, Infrastructure Planning
Angela Anderson, Steven Antonino, Gregory Bassiely, Jonathan Foster, Candido Gude, Kelvin Lam, Jennifer Massotti, Cynthia Montalvan, Rafael Paredes, Samu Szemerey, Pedro Torres, Joseph Vivino

Global Studio
University of Sydney; University of Rome LaSapienza; Columbia University in association with Istanbul Technical University and Middle Eastern Technical University (2005); University of British Columbia (2006); University of the Witwatersrand (2007/08)
Anna Rubbo, Global Studio Convenor

Happy Go Lucky: Structure and Incident
Brandenburgisch Technische Universität Cottbus
Prof.dipl.ing. Heinz Nagler, dipl.ing. Konstanze Noack
Simon Davis, Marleen Michaels

InBetween
Timisoara Polytechnic University
PhD Arch Radu Radoslav
Bogdan Isopescu, Clara Piscoi, Roland Rigler, Sergiu Sabau, Maria Sgircea, Alexandra Spiridon, Anca Tomescu, Paul Valeanu

Indian Star, Little Spots for the Small Ones
Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
Rob Hootsmans, Isa Baud, Neelu Boparai, Helena Casanova, Klaas van der Molen, Chris van Langen, Marco de Jong

Interdependence UK_Open City
School of Architecture, University of Sheffield
Renata Tyszczuk
Olivia Beamont, Edward Fowler, Richard Holland, Martin Lydon, Hugh Millar, Judith Ng, Alastair Parvin, Patrick Skingley

Kassioum: A Spontaneous Settlement in Damascus
TU Dresden
Prof. dipl.ing. Heiko Schellenberg, dipl.ing. Iris Gleichmann
Tobias Dechow, Amadeus Dorsch, Jörg Vorwerk, Matthias Wunderlich, Michael Zeichardt

King Street Dynamism: Tactics for Revitalizing a Multicultural Neighborhood
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Jeffrey Hou, PhD
Erin Berg, Sarah M Ferreter, Victoria Eliz Halligan, Erica Huang, Michael Allen Lewis, Heide S Martin, Rachel Miller, Jordan W Monez, Yosuke Oi, Bradley J Pavlik, Michael A Pickford, Eric J Scharnhorst, Josho Somine, Rubi Del Rocio Vazquez Cruz, Katherine H Wimble, Jie Yang

Leaping the Fence: Olympic Legacy Now
Royal College of Art, London
Jurgen Bey, Nigel Coates
Alison Hesketh, Kieren Jones, Will Shannon, Ottilie Ventiroso, Oliver Wainwright
 
Mapping the Middle Landscape: Planned Community
Vassar College
Tobias Armborst
Sami Rubenfeld, Eric Schwartau, Tyler Davidson, Marco Gorini, Lia Simonds, Luke Stern, Harry Kelly, Daniel McPhee, Julia Carlton, Kate Conlow, Evan Franzel, Lenny Holt, Jesse Munitz-Alessio, Matthew Nunn, Michael Reback, Michelle Turck

Nairobi on the Ground
ETH Studio Basel (ETH Zurich) with School of Architecture, University of Nairobi and Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Manuel Herz, Shadi Rahbaran, Ligia Nobre, Ying Zhou
Gideon Aschwanden, Sarah Birchler, Vincent Bowman, Silvio Brunner, Jürg Burger, Chi-Yan Chan, Emily Farnham, Sondra Fein, Ralf Figi, Simon Filler, Andres Herzog, Benny Ho, Jens Jaschek, Daniel Klos, Andreas Kopp, Atsuko Koyama, Mee Hae Kwon, Yusun Kwon, Reto Näf, Nicola Nett, Christoph Rauhut, Jeannine Roschi, Hannes Rutenfranz, Nino Soppelsa, Martina Vogel, Corinne Weber, Karin Wegmann, Samuel Zumsteg

OpenBerlin: An Alternative Model for the Just Use of Space
Institute for Architecture, Technical University Berlin
Chair for Urban Design and Architecture, Prof. Jörg Stollmann
Mathias Heyden, Jörg Stollmann
Konrad Braun, Johanna Claus, David Schumm

Open City Rotterdam?
D-ARCH, ETH Zurich
Prof. Kees Christiaanse, Nicolas Kretschmann, Martina Baum, Simon Kretz
Aregger Marco, Brandeis Alvarado Chavarria Noemi, Brunner Dominique, Caduff Martin, Chiang Tian, Christen Regula, Fahrni Sarina, Forrer Basagoitia Chris, Giovane Raffaele, Grissmann Johannes, Hadjiev Grigor, Hintermann Sarah, Hofer Thomas, Jandowsky Vincent, Jenal Seraina, Keles Özgür, Lienert Roger, Lütolf Daniel, Magnone Monica, Maniglio Sabrina, Manolakis Theo, Müller Dorothée, Pape Daniel, Prestele Lukas, Renz Nicole, Ritter Severin, Roos Patrizia, Rudschewski Monika, Schaffhuser Lukas, Schaub Sabine, Schenkel Isabelle, Schumacher Roberto, Schädler Priscilla Maria, Studer Tanja, Thaler Matthias, Trachsel Simon, Vitali Nadia, Vogel Luzia, Wamister Stephanie, Züger Sarah

Post-Generic City: Pearl River Delta
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Laurence Liauw, Prof. Doreen Heng Liu, Kathy Law, Francis Yuen, Alex Han Li

Redesigning of Zhongxin
Department of Architecture, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Lo-e Tsao, Lo-e
Wei-ju Chang, Chung-kai Hsien, Wen-chieh Chang, Shu-ya Fan, Chen-fu Teng, Chien-chu Li, Wei-jen Ke

Refugee Spaces: Nation State versus City Networks
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Regina Bittner, Wilfried Hackenbroich, Kai Vöckler, Aida Miron, Geisa Bugs

Reinventing Suburbia After the Crisis: The Case of Weston Ranch, Stockton, California
University of California, Berkeley
Nezar Alsayaad, Nicholas De Monchaux, Richard Fernau, Natalia Echeverri with Ivan Valin

Responsive City Game
TU Delft, International New Towns Institute Almere
Prof. Arnold Reijndorp, Prof. Juval Portugali
Ekim Tan and participants The Responsive City Masterclass

SEED_Emergent Housing Initiative
Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Clemson University; Welding Department of Architecture, Tri-County Technical College; Pernille Christensen, Visiting Professor Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Douglas Hecker, Associate Professor School of Architecture; Martha Skinner, Assistant Professor School of Architecture; Paul Phelps, Welding Program Coordinator
Adam Berry, Nick Christopher, Maria Davis, Ayaka Tanabe, Dustin White, Jonathan Hanna, Kenneth Koschnitzki, Owen McLaughlin, Nathan Miller, Scott Ogletree, John Piascik, Aaron Taylor, Ryan Yonce

Shoafat RC
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Senan Abdelqader, Liat Brix Etgar, Yael Padan, Eran Tawil, Yaniv Turgeman

Spatial Limbo
Tamkang University, Taipei
Min Jay Kang
Yung-Yu Chen, Chiung-Hsien Ho, Chun-Yen Chen, Shih-Shiang Lin, Jun-Yao Ke

Startankstelle
Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Prof. Joachim Blank
Roozbeh Asmani

Swimming Pool Shelters
TU Berlin
Matthias Ballestrem
Astrid Smitham, Tilla Baganz

The Arsenal of Exclusion
Maryland Institute College of Art
Daniel D'Oca
Lynley Bernstein, Kat Buckley, Ingrid Burrington, Mimi Cheng, Claire Cote, Kyle De Lotto, Daniel D’Oca, Maria Duke, Heather Goad, Leanne Guaneri, Katie Hale, Leah Horowitz, Amelia Jordahl-Bueti, Ryan LeCluyse, Ashley Mack, Meghan Milostan, Becca Morrin, Kat Nammacher, Neal Reinalda, Zev Schmitz, Carrie Schneider, James Singewald, Becky Slogeris, Michael Spears, Rob Starr, Jonathan Taube

Translating Krasnova
ETH Zürich, EPFL
Kees Christiaanse
Guillaume De Morsier, Oscar Buson

Urban Green: A Study on Community Garden Projects in Berlin and Rotterdam
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus
University Rotterdam
Jan Fransen, Talja Blokland
Christina Liesegang, Sonja Pöhlmann

Urban Surfers, Neighborhood fans&Co: Young People Constructing Cities and the Network of Urban Public Spaces
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover commissioned by Wüstenrot Stiftung
Studio Urbane Landschaften prof. dr.ing. Hille von Seggern, dipl.ing. Anke Schmidt, dipl.ing. Börries von Detten, dipl.Sozialwiss. Claudia Heinzelmann, dipl.ing. Henrik Schultz, dipl.ing. Julia Werner with consultancy of Prof. dr. Ulfert Herlyn, Timm Ohrt, Stadtplaner

Urban Tactics: When I think of Rio de Janeiro...
TU Eindhoven
Dr.ir. Bruno de Meulder, D.P.L.G. Sophie Rousseau, Dr.ir. Irene Curulli
Zineb Seghrouchni

Urban Transformation of Pyongyang, North Korea
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Eve Blau, Richard Sommer
Dongwoo Yim

Use the Potentials of Your City! Recyling Neukölln, Berlin
Institute for Architecture, Technical University Berlin
Chair for Urban Design and Architecture, Prof. Jörg Stollmann
Mathias Heyden, Jörg Stollmann
Adrian Birkenmeier, Anja Malone, Carolin Rachel, Jinjin Wang, Josefine Krause, Kristian Pollborn, Ricardo Paris, Shoko Itano

When I was six: Dubai Metrozone
Institute for Architecture, Technical University Berlin
Chair for Urban Design and Architecture, Prof. Jörg Stollmann
Joachim Schultz (assistant professor)
photography:
Rebal Knayzeh, iii+i Studios Collective, Alexandra Böcker, Andreas Rauch, David Serrao, Andrea Wycisk

WOC - Working on Cities: Ghana*ATL
Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design; Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam; KNUST - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ralf Pasel, Franziska Sack, Alonso Ayala Aleman, Ellen Geurts, Aloysius N. Bongwa, George Intsiful
Sandra van Dijk, John de Groot, Henk Jan Imhoff, Remy Jansen, Jens Jorritsma, Roos Limburg, Sandor Marks, Ab Oosterwaal, Immanuel Sirron-Kakpor, Anne van der Heide, Rik Mertens, Pieter Waijer, Edwin Tukker, Denny Surya Martha, Lisa Christine Hosale, I Nyoman Gede Maha Putra, Sri Hidayah, Liang Thay Siek, Mutia Razali, Dyah Afrianti, Aldrin Baral Plaza, Vincent Kizito Rwigamba, Charmae Pyl, Capuyan Nercua, Mwinlanaah Yuonayel, Michael Twum-Barimah, Daniel Adomoko-Mensah, Ruth-Anne Ankrah, Deborah Suong Sory, Emmanuel Fobi Asaber, Elvis Asiedu, Emelia Gyasiwaa Agyiri, Robertsen Azantilow, Eledi Joyce Angnayeli, David Amugi, Bernard Opoku, Adeline Mawupemor Woyome, Harriet Naa Odarley, Kemetse E Francisca, Armah Avee, Walter Semordzi

News

Archive

The City on the Political Agenda

29 Sep 2009

by Michelle Wilderom

The opening weekend of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Open City:...

More than 1200 visitors at the opening of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam

26 Sep 2009

Squatcity-urbaninform Competition
WINNERS have been announced!

25 Sep 2009

In the course of the Symposium "The Future of the Informal" at the 4th International...

Building the Bridge

06 Sep 2009

Photo: Michelle Wilderom

This week, the construction of the new bridge to the 4th IABR's main exhibition started! ...

Urban Meetings

18 Sep 2008

What are the main issues for urban managers in the 21st century, how does urban development connect...

Calendar

Archive

[limited access] or the open city?

20 Nov 2007

lecture Kees Christiaanse at LSE, London more...

Open City lectures in Zurich

16 Sep 2008

The program: 18/09 Introduction I: on the Open City by Kees Christiaanse,...

Making Cities Work (documentary)

08 Oct 2008

The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam...

Presentation Open City on Urban Age South America Conference

03 Dec 2008

On 3 December, Urban Age inaugurates an intensive two-day conference on the future of global cities...

Refuge Urbanism: IABR workshop in Istanbul

15 Jan 2009

Workshop, January 15-16, 2009 Hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul In the Summer of 2008, Can...

Public Symposium

05 Mar 2009

Open City: Designing Coexistence is an international architecture and urban design symposium,...

Open City Symposium in Zurich

07 Mar 2009

On March 5, 2009, the ETH Zurich and the IABR hosted a symposium entitled Open City: Designing...

Workshop Reciprocity

06 May 2009

Location: Indonesian Architects' Institute Jakarta chapter, Jakarta Design Center, Jakarta,...

Paraisopolis, São Paulo

08 Jun 2009

In collaboration with the 4th IABR sub-theme Squat, curated by Rainer Hehl and Jörg Stollmann, the...

Kick off cross-media project VPRO and 4th IABR

03 Sep 2009

On 3 September, the Dutch broadcaster VPRO will host a festival-evening in Amsterdam to launch...

Buitenhof

13 Sep 2009

On 13 September, 4th IABR's Urban Century opens with the Dutch talk show Buitenhof. Politician...

Tegenlicht: Amsterdam Makeover 2040

14 Sep 2009

VPRO

Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have...

A Sense of Belonging and the Open City

15 Sep 2009

Kristian Koreman - ZUS

This year’s “Internationale Keuze Debat”, the conference traditionally organized...

Screening "Grand Paris, the President and the Architect"

15 Sep 2009

Bregtje van der Haak’s latest documentary, Grand Paris, the President and the...

Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Addis Ababa

17 Sep 2009

To cope with an influx of migrants, the Ethiopian capital must build apartment buildings at...

Draadstaal

20 Sep 2009

The satirical TV program Draadstaal devotes an entire edition to the theme of the city. ...

Holland Doc Radio: Looking for the next Wibaut

20 Sep 2009

City Councilor Floor Wibaut was one of the most dynamic politicians active in 20th century...

Tegenlicht: Grand Paris: The President and the Architect

21 Sep 2009

French President Sarkozy has ambitious plans for the Paris of the future and is looking for the...

Metropolis: New to the City

21 Sep 2009

VPRO

Over a period of six months four migrants are being filmed in four different cities in the world...

Holland Doc: Stayin’ Alive In Jo’burg

22 Sep 2009

In 2010, one of the sites for the World Football Championships will be in Johannesburg’s...

Wallpaper* Future 30 Architects Directory 2009

24 Sep 2009

Wallpaper* magazine presents some of the most exciting emerging global architectural talent in an...

Andere Tijden: Who is Building? Wibaut!

24 Sep 2009

Andere Tijden focuses on Floor Wibaut – Amserdam's dynamic and socially conscious city...

Live Radio Villa VPRO

24 Sep 2009

Live radio coverage of the opening of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. ...

Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Detroit

24 Sep 2009

Detroit, stad in vrije val from VPRO Eeuw van de Stad on Vimeo (in Dutch) Once the...

urbaninform Symposium

25 Sep 2009

Still some places available - for enquiries: cvanvlodrop@iabr Micro- and Macro-scale...

Radio: De Avonden

26 Sep 2009

A radiophonic version of the special IABR-dedicated issue published by the literary magazine De...

Sunday afternoon documentary on Amsterdam: The New Rijksmuseum

27 Sep 2009

The New Rijksmuseum (120 mins.) by Oeke Hoogendijk (2008) Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary...

The VVD in The Free State of Amsterdam

28 Sep 2009

The VVDs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...

Lars Lerup in conversation with George Baird

28 Sep 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

Tegenlicht: I am Gurgaon: The New City in India

28 Sep 2009

Four million people in one huge gated community, a satellite of New Delhi: Is Gurgaon the latest...

Vancouver – Rotterdam: A Tale of Two Cities

29 Sep 2009

Larry Beasley, former Co-director of Urban Planning for Vancouver, will be giving a lecture as a...

Companies and businesses in the Free State of Amsterdam

29 Sep 2009

An evening organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Stories, ideas, presentations about the future of...

Public Lecture by George Baird
'The Politics of Public Space'

29 Sep 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

IDFA Film
'Megacities'

30 Sep 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...

International Urban Design Conference, Morgen/Tomorrow

30 Sep 2009

Within the framework of The Free State of Amsterdam and in memory of the founding father of modern...

Makeable City Rotterdam/the Free State of Amsterdam.

01 Oct 2009

Curators Wouter Vanstiphout and Zef Hemel on their Rotterdam and Amsterdam entries, respectively,...

Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Jakarta

01 Oct 2009

Jakarta has been blighted by permanent traffic jams and spatial-planning incompetence....

10th N-AERUS Conference

01 Oct 2009

Conference on ‘open cities’ IHS -Making Cities Work The institute for Housing and...

IABR Open Podium
Sara Vrugt

02 Oct 2009

Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears at the IABR as host or...

Public Lecture by Kees Christiaanse

02 Oct 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

Open City Talk & Tour
Tim Rieniets

03 Oct 2009

photo by Michelle Wilderom

A guided tour of the Forum exhibition by and with an introduction from co-curator Tim Rieniets (CH)...

Sunday afternoon documentary on Amsterdam: Amsterdam Global Village

04 Oct 2009

Amsterdam Global Village (245 mins.) by Johan van der Keuken (1996). Every Sunday afternoon, a...

Biennale Cycling Tours

04 Oct 2009

Together with the 4th IABR, Rotterdam ArchiGuides organizes cycling tours, combined with a visit to...

Film Program Rotterdam Classics
'City For Sale'

04 Oct 2009

The Rotterdam Municipal Archives and film theater Lantaren/Venster present, in the series...

IDFA Film
'Megacities'

04 Oct 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...

Destination AMS

05 Oct 2009

Lecture by The Free State of Amsterdam curator Zef Hemel on the future of the city. The evening...

Lars Lerup in conversation with Xaveer de Geyter

05 Oct 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

Student Design Contest Finals

06 Oct 2009

Presentation and judging of entries for the student design contest on the future of the city....

Public Lecture by Elma van Boxel and Kristian Koreman, ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]

06 Oct 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

Het Nieuwe Diep: Vrijstraat (Free Street)

07 Oct 2009

Urban development firm ZUS talks to guests about its designs for a new water park between the...

IDFA Film
'The Show Must Go On'

07 Oct 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...

Lars Lerup in conversation with Michelle Provoost

07 Oct 2009

Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...

Amstel Discussion

08 Oct 2009

Oost-Watergraafsmeer Precinct talks to guests about the future of the Amstel River and its banks...

Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Istanbul

08 Oct 2009

The invasion of large numbers of conservative and religious people from the countryside into...

Open City Lecture and Debate: Lars Lerup
"One Million Acres and No Zoning"

08 Oct 2009

Lars Lerup: Open City and the American Suburb Lecture by Lars Lerup (US), architect, author and...

IABR Open Podium
Speedism

09 Oct 2009

Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears as host or hostess of a...

Northern Banks of the IJ: Experiments at Noorderveld

09 Oct 2009

Urhahn Urban Design talks to guests about its design for the Vliegenbos and environs area in...

Foaming at the Edge

09 Oct 2009

Presentation by Lars Lerup (US) of the Biennale Master Class ‘Foaming at the Edge’...

Open City Talk & Tour
Interboro

10 Oct 2009

Photo by Michelle Wilderom

A guided tour by and with an introduction by Daniel D'Oca partner of Interboro (US),...

Incidental Event
documentary "Cities of Preferences"

10 Oct 2009

Thomas Schellings Model

By Mathan Ratinam, Toni Schade and Andrea Zalewski, Moving Image Lab at Columbia (MILC) Cities...

Sunday afternoon documentary: De stad was van ons [The City was Ours]

11 Oct 2009

De stad was van ons [The City was Ours] (110 minutes) by Joost Seelen (1996). Every Sunday...

IDFA Film
'The Show Must Go On'

11 Oct 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...

Biennale Cycling Tours

11 Oct 2009

Archiguides

In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...

Amsterdam as Limited-traffic Zone?

12 Oct 2009

A discussion on Amsterdam as a limited-traffic zone. Is a street more attractive without cars, and...

The CDA in The Free State of Amsterdam

13 Oct 2009

The CDAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...

Opening YOUR CITY,
Young people are making Rotterdam Zuid

13 Oct 2009

On Tuesday 13 October 2009 Your City: Young people are making Rotterdam Zuid an initiative of...

IDFA Film
Repetition and Optical Vacuum

14 Oct 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...

Philosophers in the The Free State of Amsterdam

14 Oct 2009

An evening on philosophy as an urban phenomenon. What are philosophers perceptions of the city? How...

Open City Lecture and Debate:
Shuddhabrata Sengupta

15 Oct 2009

Shuddhabrata Sengupta - Foto: bbc2009.no

On Thursday 15 October, the Open City Lecture and Debate are devoted to "Fear", one of...

Kop Amstelscheg: Landscape of freedom

15 Oct 2009

MUST stedebouw talks to guests about its design for the Amstelscheg area. The evening program...

IABR Open Podium - Rotterdam (In)tolerant

16 Oct 2009

Associated projects: For Security Reasons Debate in cooperation with Showroom MAMA as part of the...

Sloterplas: Land of plenty

16 Oct 2009

B+B Urban Development and Landscape Architecture talks to guests about its design for the...

Theatre Tehran - Wunderbaum

17 Oct 2009

Enjoy the presentation Theatre Tehran and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City:...

Theatre Tehran - Wunderbaum

18 Oct 2009

Enjoy the presentation 'Theatre Tehran' and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City:...

IDFA Film
'Repetition' and 'Optical Vacuum'

18 Oct 2009

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...

Biennale Cycling Tours

18 Oct 2009

The theme of this week's cyle tour is "Parallel Cases." In cooperation with the 4th...

Sunday Afternoon Documentary

18 Oct 2009

Hoe Nikita een Paard Kreeg [How Nikita Got a Horse] (23 minutes) by Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden...

The PvdA in The Free State of Amsterdam

20 Oct 2009

The PvdAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...

IDFA Film – Our Street

21 Oct 2009

At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled...

Western Banks of the IJ and Harbour: Transience as Strategy

21 Oct 2009

Rietveld Landscape I Atelier de Lyon talks to guests about its design for the Westelijk Havengebied...

The Homeless in the Free State of Amsterdam

22 Oct 2009

Discussions with the homeless on Amsterdam. How do they use the city, and what is their perception...

Open City Debate – VROM presents: Design and Politics #1

22 Oct 2009

This debate deals with the confrontation between designer and administrator.  Felix Rottenberg...

Woonstad Debate – Who makes the city?

23 Oct 2009

photo by George Brugmans

A debate within the framework of the 4th IABR and organized by Woonstad Rotterdam city corporation,...

Open Podium – Working together to create the city of tomorrow

23 Oct 2009

photo Maakbaarheid

Every friday afternoon a local "cultural ambassador" acts as a host or hostess for a...

The Oostelijke Eilanden: Endangered Freedom

23 Oct 2009

Bureau Karres en Brands landscape architects talks to guests about its design for the Oostelijke...

Open City Talk & Tour – Crimson Architectural Historians

24 Oct 2009

A guided tour by and with an introduction from Crimson Architectural Historians, sub-curator of the...

Conny Janssen Danst

24 Oct 2009

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Conny Janssen Danst dancers will surprise visitors to the NAi with short dance performances. They...

VPRO Film – Amsterdam Makeover 2040

24 Oct 2009

Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have...

IDFA Film
'Our Street'

25 Oct 2009

At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled...

Sunday Afternoon Documentary:
Radio Danielle and Johnny Meijer

25 Oct 2009

Radio Danielle (27 minutes) (1987) and Johnny Meijer (50 minutes) (1993) by John Appel. Every...

Biennale Cycling Tours

25 Oct 2009

Archiguides

In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...

Expats in The Free State of Amsterdam

26 Oct 2009

A conversation with Amsterdam expats. What is their perception of the city? What do they want from...

Film and Discussion in the Free State of Amsterdam

27 Oct 2009

The debate planned for this evening has been cancelled. Instead of the debate: Film and d...

Duivendrechtse Veld: From District to Free City

28 Oct 2009

Studioklok talks to guests about its design for the Zuidoost area and Amstel I, II and III. ...

IDFA Film – Petition - The Court of Complainants

28 Oct 2009

Mère et fille drap rue

The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...

Amsterdam City Streets Night

29 Oct 2009

Consumers, businesses and shopping street manager Nel de Jager on the future of typical Amsterdam...

Open City Lecture and Debate:
Roberta Brandes Gratz

29 Oct 2009

Lecture by author, journalist and activist Roberta Brandes Gratz (US) about the works of author and...

The Significance of Jane Jacobs for a Living City

30 Oct 2009

Trancity is organizing a "lecture marathon" about the core themes in the work of...

IABR Open Podium

30 Oct 2009

Every Friday afternoon, a local "cultural ambassador" appears as host or hostess of a...

Nieuwe Meer: Awareness

30 Oct 2009

Gller Gller architecture urbanism talks to guests about its design for the Nieuwe Meer and environs...