ANTHROPOCENE
STUDIOS
To See the world in a Soybean
A studio about the spatial impact of the food industry in the Netherlands, imagining a a post-animal protein Dutch landscape. Taking place on 22, 23, 29 & 30 May 2026.
Lowtech solutions for indoor climate adaptation
The +2,5 Degree City. An exchange between Cairo and Rotterdam. Taking place on 26, 27 & 28 November 2025
International Workshop Cairo
Empowering the Informal City - Climate Justice in Cairo's Self-Built Neighbourhoods. 15 - 18 September 2025
To See the World in a Soybean
A four day exploration on the global impact of the Rotterdam port through the soybean. Fri 16 & Sat 17 + Fri 23 & Sat 24 May 2025.
Into the Woods
A hands-on studio that explored strategies for radical greening our cities by creating a micro forrest, with Peter Veenstra and Ronald Buiting. Fri 14, Sat 15, Fri 21 and Sat 22 March 2025.
The +2,5 Degree City Studio
Workshop exploring the predicted effects of a 2,5°C temperature rise on the Netherlands with Dirk Sijmons and Herman Kossmann. 06 – 24 May 2024.
The Polder of Babel 2024
A Community of Learning, specifically developed for employees of the Municipality of Rotterdam. 18 January, 27 February 2024, 21 March 2024 and 11 April 2024.
Urban Wool
A craftivsm workshop with textile artist Beatrice Waanders that took place on 08, 09 and 10 December 2023.
The +2,5° City: Life in an Extreme Climate
14/15/19/21 & 22 April 2023 - An education studio exploring the impact of 2,5 degree temperature rise on life in the city.
Into the Woods
A ONE-WEEK STUDIO EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR RADICAL GREENING OUR CITIES WITH PETER VEENSTRA OF LOLA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, THAT TOOK PLACE FROM 18 - 22 OCTOBER 2021 IN ROTTERDAM.
Citizens of the Anthropocene
A two-week studio exploring four philosophical viewpoints towards the Anthropocene and what it means for our urban surroundings, taking place from 16 - 27 March 2021
EVENTS
School's Out! #56 with Robin Winogrond
A lecture as part of a series of the School's Out! landscape lectures, curated by Peter Veenstra and Leire Calvillo. Friday 27 February 2026.
School's Out! #54 with Peter Veenstra
A talk by Peter Veenstra of LOLA Landscape Architecture, followed by drinks and tunes. Friday 28 November 2025
Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture
A lecture by architect Derek Hoeferlin (St. Louis, United States) on the importance of designing alternative river landscapes based on ecology and resilience. With an introduction by Fransje Hooimeijer. Tuesday 21 October, 17:00 - 19:00
Veganland: Food for Thought
An evening with Kadir van Lohuizen and Berno Strootman about the global food crisis and the transition towards a vegan society as a possible way out. Taking place on Tuesday 20 May, 19:00 - 21:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Fieldclub #2: The Nursery, how to grow a tree
A field trip into the Nurseries of Boskoop in collaboration with MacGuffiin Magazine and Pleasant Place. Saturday 19 April 2025, 09:30 - 17:00
School's Out! #47 with Adam Greenfield
School's Out! #47 with writer and urbanist Adam Greenfield. A talk about his latest book "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire", drinks and a short movie. Friday 31 January 2025, 19:00 - 22:00
School's Out! #48 with Catherine Mosbach
School's Out! #48 with landscape architect Catherine Mosbach. A lecture, drinks and a short movie. Friday 28 February 2025, 19:00 - 22:00.
International Symposium: Never Demolish !?
Symposium about the pros and cons of a total demolition moratorium, with Peter van Assche, Wouter Deen, Sanne van Manen, Dimitri Minten, Ludwig Engel and Kristiaan Borret. Thursday 14 March 2024, 13:00 - 17:30.
Back to School with... One Planet Port
A series of three evening lectures that explore a sustainable and just future for the port of Rotterdam, taking place on Tuesday 13 February, 5 and 26 March 2024. Before the lectures, the audience enjoyed a simple dinner all together.
Online lecture by Mark Lynas
Online lecture by Mark Lynas, author of major environmental bestseller books. Taking place on Friday 21 April 2023, 14:00 - 15:00. Link to video stream here
International Symposium: The Future of Green Heritage
International New Town Day - 22nd November 2023
School's Out! #37 with Eva Pfannes
Friday 24 November 2023. Doors open at 18:00. Events starts at 19:00. Tickets available for 5 euro. Get them here
School's Out! #31 with Lisa Doeland
Lisa Doeland is a philosopher and the author of a.o. Apocalypsofie. Her interests lie in ontology and waste, hauntology, dark ecology, the uncanny, capitalism and desire and apocalyptic thought.
OUTPUT
This is Tomorrow - Rotterdam in a +2,5 World
Contribution by the Independent School for the City to the International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam - The Nature of Hope. 29 June to 13 October 2024.
Never Demolish
A report of the international symposium Never Demolish!? Organised in Spring 2024, together with the International New town institute
CITIZENS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Contribution by the Independent School for the City to the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021, together with Dirk Sijmons and Herman Kossmann.
The Anthropocene Covid19 Timeline
When COVID struck, the Independent School for the City began compiling a weekly report, attempting to piece together a global picture. News reports from around the world served as raw material. The result is this timeline of the covid period showing how the pandemic developed and the effects it had on different aspects of the economy, culture, politics and other elements of the environment we live in.