Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, 2021
The exhibition NOW! has been set up but cannot be opened to the public due to the lockdown. However, 150 students, two academies and one IABR are hell-bent on bringing you its content.
NOW! FROM APRIL 5 THROUGH MAY 26 ON INSTAGRAM:
@downtoearth_now
picture: RAvB
NOW! Designing in times of climate crisis
IABR–DOWN TO EARTH asks the question: Where can we land? In response, the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design (RAVB) and the Graphic Design (BA) and Non Linear Narrative (MA) departments of the Royal Academy of Visual Arts (KABK) dedicated their education programs in the autumn of 2020 to an exploration of how designers can relate to the climate crisis and what action they can take.
How can we design our lives and our living environment in such a way that the future is sustainable? How do we deal with the shortcomings of "modernity as a project"? What values should we embrace and what should we say goodbye to?
picture: RAvB
For additional information about NOW! please click here
picture: Melany van Twuijver
From September 2020 until the summer of 2021, the IABR will present a series of relatively small exhibitions and other activities. We will also find safe ways to organise a limited number of events, such as work sessions and lectures.
Read the introduction to DOWN TO EARTH by chief curator George Brugmans here
Read more about DROUGHT IN THE DELTA, the first exhibition of DOWN TO EARTH, here
Read more about WHOSE ENERGY IS IT, ANYWAY?, the second exhibition of DOWN TO EARTH, here
Read more about METEOPOLIS, the first partner exhibition of DOWN TO EARTG, here
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