The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) is a bi-annual international event bringing together international knowledge and experience in various design disciplines (
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
,
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
, and
landscape architecture), and presenting this knowledge and experience to a broader audience.
Unlike other events such as the
Venice Biennale of Architecture
Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian
Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...
, the IABR is a thematically designed research biennale; each edition addresses a pressing issue, from the perspective of current (Dutch) practices within an international context, and always with a focus on the future of the city.
The IABR implements its agenda by means of international research projects, exhibitions, master classes, workshops, conferences, lectures, debates, essays, a website, blogs, a catalogue, book, brochures, film, DVD, etc. Since the fourth edition, in 2009, the IABR has increasingly combined its research projects with concrete urban planning assignments. Particularly in the cities of Rotterdam, Istanbul and São Paulo, the biennale is actively involved in the actual development of the city.
Editions
* 2003 – Mobility: A Room with a View, curator
(Mecanoo)
* 2005 – The Flood, curator
Adriaan Geuze
West 8 is an urban planning and landscape architecture firm founded by Adriaan Geuze and Paul van Beek in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1987. It is known for its contemporary designs and innovative solutions to urban planning problems using lighting, ...
(West8)
* 2007 – Power: Producing the Contemporary City, curator
Berlage instituut
* 2009 – Open City: Designing Coexistence, curator
Kees Christiaanse
Kees Christiaanse (born 1953, Amsterdam) is an architect and urban planner from the Netherlands. After working with Rem Koolhaas, he started two firms, KCAP (Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners, in Rotterdam) in 1989 and Architects and Planner ...
(KCAP, ETH Zürich)
* 2012 – Making City, curator team Joachim Declerck,
Henk Ovink, ZUS (Kristian Koreman, Elma van Boxel), Asu Aksoy, MMBB/Fernando de Mello Franco and George Brugmans
* 2014 – Urban by Nature, curator Dirk Sijmons (H+N+S, TU-Delft)
* 2016 – The Next Economy, chief curator
Maarten Hajer
Maarten Allard Hajer (born 8 August 1962) is a Dutch political scientist and regional planner. Since 1 October 2015, Hajer has been Faculty Professor of Urban Futures at Utrecht University, where he leads the Urban Futures Studio.
He was a Prof ...
(University of Amsterdam, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
External links
Internationale Architectuur Biennale RotterdamInterview with IABR–Director George Brugmans on ArchinectReview of the 5th IABR: Making City on Urbanista.orgLandscape Architecture Magazine on IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE–UNCUBE Magazine on IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE–
Architecture festivals
Events in Rotterdam
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