INDEPENDENT SCHOOL 
FOR THE CITY
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UPCOMING COURSES

The Independent School for the City is a school in, of, and for the city. It builds on the conviction that strategies for the city - architectural and economic, spatial and social - should be based on real, first hand, empirical research. The Independent School for the City offers a variety of post-graduate educational programmes ranging from shorter one-day workshops and masterclasses, one or two-week studio's to an intensive 3 month programme on contemporary Urbanism. Below we'll give you and overview of our upcoming activities.

A studio with Stad in de Maak, working on an actual case study. Taking place on 19, 20, 26 & 27 June 2026.

Lifehouse: Community Led Property Development

For over twelve years, Stad in de Maak / City in the Making has set up temporary sites in and around Rotterdam that act as focal points for communities – places where people can gather, live, work, support each other, and feel rooted. Now, City in the Making is seeking to set up their first permanent site. No longer on borrowed time, or in borrowed property, but secured for times to come! In this studio we aim to help City in the Making explore how an abandoned warehouse can be transformed into a “lifehouse” – an institution or place at the heart of a neighbourhood that empowers communities. Together we'll be looking for ways to get this started, designed and financed and, moreover, to keep it going, even when the lights around us go out. This studio is  fully booked

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