Eurodak, an event for the homeless held on January 1, marked Rotterdam’s start to 2001, the year the city is Cultural Capital of Europe together with Porto. The organisers of Rotterdam 2001 Cultural Capital have presented a hefty volume containing the programme for the coming year.
illustratie uit programmaboek, ontwerp Atelier Van Lieshout
In February it will be decided if an updated and improved version of RE-Making NL is to be included in the programme. RE-Making NL is an exhibition about physical planning in the Netherlands and was previously on show in Hanover.
The list above contains only those programme events directly related to architecture, urban design, and garden and landscape architecture. Consult the programme book for information about other programme events. More detailed information about the various events, such as exact venue, opening hours and admission prices, are listed on the Rotterdam 2001 web site and the weekly noticeboards that will be displayed around the city.
illustratie uit programmaboek, ontwerp Harmen Liemburg en Richard Niessen
Symposium
September 19-22/ 4th European Biennale of Urban Design (De Doelen)
Events
January-September / Water Project 2001
Events include a design atelier and exhibition.
February 17-September 30/ Bamboo above the City
A platform made of bamboo will be constructed on the roof of the college of education in Rotterdam. Here one can enjoy the view and learn about bamboo.
April-September / AVL-Ville: Freestate and Open-Air Museum
Since 1995 Artist Joep van Lieshout has been building a village for himself and his staff. In AVL-Ville it will be possible to live and work in self-sufficiency. AVL-Ville has its own flag, unit of currency and constitution. (Vierhavenstraat/Keilestraat 43e)
April 10-September 23 / From Pendrecht to Pendrecht
Various activities in and dealing with Pendrecht.
April-October / Cultural City Tour
Each month the 17 boroughs on the periphery of Rotterdam are organising a guided tour of their district to highlight issues such as the districts' origins.
May-June / Hidden Gardens in Rotterdam
Private gardens are opened to the public. (Arboretum Trompenburg)
September-October / The Green City
International event for architects and urban designers on the role and position of green in the city.
Design Competition
January-December / International Building Exhibition Hoogvliet Theme is WIMBY, welcome into my backyard. (Hoogvliet)
Symposium
September 19-22/ 4th European Biennale of Urban Design (De Doelen)
Events
January-September / Water Project 2001
Events include a design atelier and exhibition.
February 17-September 30/ Bamboo above the City
A platform made of bamboo will be constructed on the roof of the college of education in Rotterdam. Here one can enjoy the view and learn about bamboo.
April-September / AVL-Ville: Freestate and Open-Air Museum
Since 1995 Artist Joep van Lieshout has been building a village for himself and his staff. In AVL-Ville it will be possible to live and work in self-sufficiency. AVL-Ville has its own flag, unit of currency and constitution. (Vierhavenstraat/Keilestraat 43e)
April 10-September 23 / From Pendrecht to Pendrecht
Various activities in and dealing with Pendrecht.
April-October / Cultural City Tour
Each month the 17 boroughs on the periphery of Rotterdam are organising a guided tour of their district to highlight issues such as the districts' origins.
May-June / Hidden Gardens in Rotterdam
Private gardens are opened to the public. (Arboretum Trompenburg)
September-October / The Green City
International event for architects and urban designers on the role and position of green in the city.
Design Competition
January-December / International Building Exhibition Hoogvliet Theme is WIMBY, welcome into my backyard. (Hoogvliet)
The programme has been put together after taking stock of the wishes, ambitions and needs of Rotterdammers and institutions and organisations in Rotterdam. This resulted in ten subjects that form the basis for the Rotterdam 2001 programme, the many faces of Rotterdam. One of the ten subjects is 'Urban Living and the City as House'. This is the collective name for a large number of events and exhibitions devoted to architecture and art, which will be held throughout Rotterdam in 2001. Yet there are other programme events that concern architecture, and so here follows a complete list of programme elements related to architecture.
Exhibitions
March-April / Alexander Inside-Out
Residents of the Rotterdam district of Prins Alexander open their houses to the public.
March-May / Museum Villas
Exhibition about the so-called museumpark villas. (Chabot Museum)
from March 24/ Sonneveld House Museum
Opening of Sonneveld House, which has been restored to its 1933 condition. (Museumpark)
April-September / Parasites
Exhibition of Parasites: Prototypes for Advanced Ready-Made Amphibious Small-Scale Individual Temporary Ecological Houses. Parasites recently received the IFD Prize. (Las Palmas)
April 11-September 23/ 6.5 Million Dwellings
Exhibition to mark the centenary of the Dutch Housing Act. (Las Palmas)
April 11-September 23/ Home in Rotterdam
Twenty dwellings that are illustrative of innovations in twentieth-century housing can be visited.
April 28-July 1/ Breeze of Air
Exhibition about innovative concepts for city gardens in Rotterdam. (Witte de With)
May-December / Exhibition of Photography
in Rotterdam and Porto (Nederlands Foto Instituut)
May 1-October 31/ Towards a 'new' city in 2020
Schoolchildren from Capelle aan de IJssel design their ideal Capelle. (Oude Muziekschool, Capelle aan de IJssel)
May 12-September 9/ J.J.P. Oud – Philip Johnson: A Dialogue
Major exhibition about Oud, exhibition design by Johnson. (Netherlands Architecture Institute)
June-July / Coming soon!
The results of three important design competitions for young architects and urban designers (Archiprix, Europan and Prix de Rome) together in one exhibition. (Van Nelle Design Factory)
June 21-September 21/ De Boompjes
Four teams, consisting of combinations of clients and architects from Baltimore, Hamburg, Barcelona and London, were asked to make design proposals for the redevelopment of De Boompjes. The results are displayed on location.
August 23-26 / Archipelago
Artist Alan Parkinson designed a large inflatable structure that, from the inside, looks like a futurist city. (De Stoep cultural centre, Spijkenisse)
September / Autodensity
Presentation of a two-year project in which students from Rotterdam's Academy of Architecture studied car mobility in architecture and urban design. (Academy of Architecture).
September / Sensing Mobility
Presentation of the results of a workshop by the Academy of Architecture Rotterdam and the ESAP in Porto on the development of the riverbanks in both cities. (Academy of Architecture)
September-November 18/ Willem Nicolaas Rose
Exhibition about the work of Rose (1801-1877), whose projects included an expansion plan for Rotterdam. (Netherlands Architecture Institute)
October 5-February 10, 2002 / Happiness City Space
The exhibition consists of an installation that illustrates the relationship between happiness, city and space in the latter half of the 20th century in various places throughout Europe. (Netherlands Architecture Institute)