Events
The Independent School for the City organizes various public events, addressing topics that responds to current relevant issues in urbanisation, and offers a platform to other organisation dealing with the city. The events are accessible to all 'urban' professionals in Rotterdam and beyond.
Upcoming Events
School's Out! #27 with TJEERD VEENHOVEN
30 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:00 - 22:00. Tickets available for 5 Euro here
For the first School’s Out! after the summer break, we have invited Tjeerd Veenhoven to give talk about his work! Tjeerd is a Dutch industrial designer who, with his practice Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven (STV), develops and designs sustainable materials and products from organic residual flows for applications in interiors, apparel and building project. Tjeerd is an accomplished lecturer on design thinking, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability. He is also part of the Tactical Design and Fashion groups at the ArtEZ School of the Arts, where he is leading various research initiatives on lignin, cellulose and mycelium. More info here
School's Out! #28 with Site Practice
28 October 2022, 18:00 - 22:00. Get your tickets here for 5 euro
Site Practice is an architecture and design studio based in Mumbai and Amsterdam and was founded by Anne and David in 2018. The studio approaches each project by committing to a collaborative design process engaging with makers and users from various backgrounds and disciplines. By engaging with the process of making and construction they explore material, cultural and ecological conditions, creating places and objects that have a strong emphasis on detail and become moments of quality in our daily lives. On the 28th of October, they are going to talk about their approach and current projects. More info here.
Previous Events
Previous School's Out!
Other previous events
27 April 2022
Schools Out! #26 with Jasper van der Linden and Ludovica Cassina of BC Architects
29 April 2022
Schools Out! #25 with Verity-Jane Keefe
25 March 2022
School's Out! #24 with Samir Bantal
25 February 2022
Schools Out! #23 with Alessandra Covini & Giovanni Bellotti of Studio Ossidiana
28 January 2022
Schools Out! #22 with Alison Killing
29 October 2021
Schools Out! #21 with Herman Kossmann
24 September 2021
Schools Out! #20 with Jan Willem Petersen
25 June 2021
School's Out! #19 with Adriaan Geuze
28 May 2021
School's Out! #18 with Malu Borja of Al Borde
30 April 2021
School's Out! #17 with Zvi Efrat
26 March 2021
School's Out! #16 - Maaskant Award Ceremony for Michelle Provoost
26 February 2021
School's Out! #15 with Pascale Sablan
29 January 2021
School's Out! #14 with Kilian Kleinschmidt
27 November 2020
School's Out! #13 with Carlijn Kingma
30 Oktober 2020
School's Out! #12 with Jord den Hollander
25 September 2020
School's Out! #11 with Reinier de Graaf
June 2020
School's Out! ON AIR - Corona Perspectives
29 February 2020
School's Out! #10 with Momoyo Kaijima
24 January 2020
School Party + talk by Sam Jacob
29 November 2019
School's Out! #9 with Petra Blaisse
25 October 2019
School's Out! #8 with Alfredo Brillembourg and WLDRF
27 September 2019
School's Out! #7 with Liza Fior
28 June 2019
School's Out! #6 with Georgeen Theodore
31 May 2019
School's Out! #5 with Peter Barber
26 April 2019
School's Out! #4 with Dore van Duivenbode
29 March 2019
School's Out! #3 with Lesley Lokko
22 February 2019
School's Out! #2 with Dirk Sijmons
25 January 2019
School's Out! #1 with Maria Lisogorskaya
24 June 2022
School Party 2022
15 & 16 April 2022
Housing Futures - A weekend on spatial strategies for alternative forms of living in collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut.
29 November 2021
Minorities” and “Telling the Story” - international expert meeting with the International New Town Institute
16 October 2020
Taking Back Housing! - Online international symposium with International New Town Institute
05 March 2020
Worldmaking - Cities and Architecture on the Cold War Frontier
Tuesday 21 January 2020
Public Lecture Central District by Platform Wederopbouw Rotterdam
22 November 2019
American planning association Benelux Meetup
3 October 2019
New Territorial Narratives - Symposium on photography as a research tool. With Urban Reports, Theo Baart and the Nederlands Fotomuseum.
26 September 2019
Post 65: Verkenning naar erfgoed uit 1965–1990
11 July 2019
Book presentation: City of Comings and Goings by Crimson
6 June 2019
Expert Meeting 'Wie betaald de stad' with Vers Beton
31 May 2019
Workshop Rotterdamse Dakendagen
11 April 2019
‘Dutch Designs for a Cycling Country’, Presentation of results organised by Board of Government Advisors
10 April 2019
Expert meeting with Ben Judah
9 April 2019
Platform Wederopbouw, focus group reconstruction of the Rotterdam Central District area.
7 March 2019
Archiprix Rotterdam Meeting and presentation on M4H, Nieuw Mathenesse
14 February 2019
Groeikernenkring with the International New Town Institute
26 January 2019
Workshop ‘Pouring Concrete Planters’ by Maria Lisogorskaya (Assemble) & Tomas Dirrix
16 November 2018
TU Delft Minor ‘House for the future’ presentation of results
15 November2018
International New Town Day 2018, ‘New Town Boom Town’
19 October 2018
Opening event Independent School for the City.
