Public debate Track Changes in Rotterdam

The Track Changes debate series, which took place at the São Paulo Architecture Biennale in November 2013, comes home to the Netherlands with an evening for the public.

In Brazil, an international group of architects, urban planners, economists, developers, politicians and architectural historians discussed the major shifts societies undergo in periods of economic, political and social crisis and the role architects and planners should play in such contexts. Three themes, “What’s your crisis?”, “Bottom-up is not enough” and “We the people”, guided the discussions.

On Friday 7 March, speakers including Michelle Provoost (Crimson Architectural Historians), René Boer and Mark Minkjan (Failed Architecture), Hedwig Heinsman (DUS architects), Rients Dijkstra (Maxwan architects and urbanists; Dutch government advisor on infrastructure and the city) and Indira van ’t Klooster (A10 new European architecture) will discuss the outcomes of Track Changes and their significance for Dutch architecture and planning. The debate will take place from 7.30 to 9.30pm in the auditorium.

More information on: http://www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/track-changes-debat

Related links:

• Exhibition Track Changes in Rotterdam 1-30 March 2014
• Track Changes, 'Dutch' debates in São Paulo
• Report on Track Changes at the São Paulo Architecture Biennale