Netherlandish Architecture as an Export Product
Ter gelegenheid van de uitgave van het boek The Low Countries at the Crossroads, Netherlandish Architecture as an Export Product in Early Modern Europe, samengesteld door Koen Ottenheym en Krista de Jonge, wordt er in Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam een studiedag gehouden over de Europese uitstraling van de architectuur uit de Nederlanden in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw op 9 mei aanstaande. In onze tijd geniet Nederlandse architectuur internationaal veel aanzien. Rem Ko
Towards a second life of the Abattoirs of Casablanca
On 26 March, the Cities of Casablanca and Amsterdam, together with Casamemoire, presented ‘L'Batwar - Story of a Transformation’ in the former abattoirs in Morocco’s largest city. The book portraits the history of the architecturally fascinating municipal slaughterhouses, situated between the city centre and the neighbourhood Hay Mohammadi. Many factory workers and their families were living in this neighbourhood with a strong social cohesion, where political resistance lead
Brainstorm and recommendations for an African Urban Agenda
In the context of the 4th EU-Africa Summit that took place in Brussels on 2 and 3 April, a group of around 40 leasing specialists and thinkers from international organisations, pan-African organisations, academia, civil society and the private and public sector gathered in the beautiful BOZAR building in the afternoon of 3 April, to discuss what route the EU-Africa collaboration could follow to stimulate inclusive development in the African urban reality. After intensive and
Launching Lard Buurman’s Africa Junctions
Over the last 6 years, Dutch photographer Lard Buurman visited 14 cities in 12 countries on the African continent. His careful compositions of the everyday life in the urban context give an interesting insight on how these cities work. Between 12 April and 3 May, the exhibition Africa Junctions is presented by Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and Looiersgracht 60, a new project space for art, design and architecture in Amsterdam. On 23 April, his Buurman’s book Africa Juncti
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