Lecture/Debat/symposium | 04/07/13 17:00 - 19:00
More than 20 years after the founding of the Rotterdam architectural office MVRDV, the first monograph on its realised buildings is being published. MVRDV Buildings deviates from convention by considering architectural works from the user’s perspective. The New Institute will host a launch of the book on Thursday 4 July. The event is part of a series running parallel to the summer exhibition programme The Ruin. > Read more...
Lecture/Debat/symposium | 28/05/13 16:30 - 19:00
The New Institute in Rotterdam hosted the annual L'Enfant Lecture. The lecture was organised by the American Planning Association (APA) and was part of a professional study tour in the Netherlands to explore how protection methods can be used and applied to coastal regions throughout the United States. The lecture "Planning Adaption for Climate Change" was presented by Renée Jones-Bos. > Read more...
Lecture/Debat/symposium | NAi Rotterdam - Auditorium | 03/11/11 20:00 - 22:00
This Architects Talk shed light on energy-efficient design on the scale of urban developments. The Swedish architect Stellan Fryxell and the German architect Joachim Eble, both of them trailblazers in the realm of sustainable urban development, talked about the integration and recycling of flows of water, waste and energy on the scale of an urban district. They exemplified their design approaches using two textbook cases of sustainable urban development. Fryxell elaborated on his design for Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm ’s largest urban development scheme, while Eble presented his plan for EVA Lanxmeer, an eco-friendly residential district in Culemborg. The two architects entered afterwards into a discussion, moderated by Arjan van Timmeren. > Read more...
Vrijburcht is a collective residential project with private commissions. The participants seized the opportunity of exercising maximum influence on their housing and living environment. Besides the appartments several facilities were realised, like a childcare centre and a café. > Read more...
The Boswijk is a care centre for the elderly with dementia, designed in close collaboration with the client and with a strong vision as starting point. The centre was to be of a scale that related to its users, and not to be like a traditional nursing home. In spite of their dementia, the patients should be able to live their lives as it always was. > Read more...
06 Nov 2012 | In Turkey, urban renewal turns out to be a euphemism for thoughtless demolition and new construction. People who’ve lived in their homes for generations are told they inhabit a slum that needs redevelopment. It’s often many years before they’re offered a much smaller apartment in a tower with very limited amenities in a new neighbourhood devoid of any context. And with a big debt on top of it. How do people then respond? > Read more...
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