The Independent School for the City organizes various public events, addressing topics that respond 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

Back to school with... Marina Otero Verzier - FUTURE STORAGE: ARCHITECTURES TO HOST THE METAVERSE

A series of three evening lectures on Tuesday 18 October, 08 November and 22 November 2022 taking place from 19:00 - 21:00. Get your tickets here

For the first edition of Back to School with...  we've invited architect and researcher Marina Otero Verzier to curate a series around the topic of architecture for data storage and digital infrastructures following the title "Future Storage: Architectures to host the Metaverse."

In this series we will explore architecture paradigms for storing data attuned to socio-ecological challenges and the growing price of energy. We will analyze current trends and innovations in data storing architectures and behaviors that could reduce dependence on data center growth: From macro data centers ceding terrain to decentralized egde computing and micro centers,  to data centres operating as a thermal urban infrastructures, and gardens being models for more-than-human data storing architectures. With contributions by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Christopher Schlaeffer, Niels Schrader, Jorinde Seijdel and Roel Backaert. More info and tickets 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.

School's Out! #29 with Adam Nathaniel FurmaN & Joshua Mardell

25 November 2022, 18:00 - 22:00. Tickets available for 5 euro. Get them here

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