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Promising Young Architects 2019

On 14 and 15 November 2019 The Flanders Architecture Institute, Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brussels organize a two-day exchange programme for young architects from The Netherlands and Belgium.

Aldo Rossi, design and research Kop van Zuid Rotterdam, 1982. In: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, AIR, inv.nr. AIRR2.1.

We invite twenty architects from the Netherlands and Belgium to join us in Rotterdam on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 November for an inspiring programme. Hoping to bring architects from both countries together by getting acquainted with each other and to reflect on their practice and ways of doing. In doing so, the exchange intends to provide basis for future collaborations.

Memory & Oblivion
The third iteration of the programme will advance the proposition that to forget or remember urban histories is an ostensibly deliberate and contested design question. A two-day programme will explore the potential of architecture to decide upon which histories of the city are to be preserved or eradicated, included or excluded, and made visible or hidden for future generations.

The south of Rotterdam will serve as case study to address these questions. Major parts of the southbank of the city are currently subject to demographic and spatial changes, catalysed and supported by governmental initiatives. A preoccupation with what the city aspires to be, rather than its present state, demographics and histories seems to be prevalent in major parts of the city of Rotterdam. In an attempt to get to know each other more closely, the intensive programme will instigate conversations about the role and responsibilities of architects in these urban renewal operations.

Programme

The intensive two-day programme in Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, consists of presentations and walks with various voices - architects, planners, residents, policy makers, amongst others - involved in these questions. We’ll provide ample opportunities to exchange ideas and get acquainted with each other’s work and practices over lunches, dinners and drinks.

Registration for this event is no longer possible (FULLY BOOKED)