Placemaking Week Europe 2024 - Rotterdam

Capacity: 1 groups of 15 (first come, first served)

Starting point: City Hall, Coolsingel 40, 3011 AD Rotterdam
Ending Point: City Hall, Coolsingel 40, 3011 AD Rotterdam

The weather is changing. Rotterdam increasingly faces flooding due to heavy rainfall, but at the same time, summers are getting hotter and drier. How do we as a city deal with sometimes too much, and sometimes too little water. During this tour, you will be guided past various climate-adaptive measures that the city, with, for or by residents, has taken to keep the city liveable. In addition, you will also learn everything about the municipality's climate adaptation programme.

Capacity: 20 people

Starting Point: New Lab @ HBS - Front Entrance


Discover how we’re transforming the Oude Westen into a climate-proof neighborhood. Through community-driven projects, we’ve turned paved areas into green, rain-absorbing spaces. With gardens, green roofs, and water storage systems, we’re building resilience against climate change.

Together with the Municipality, Aktiegroep Oude Westen, Wolbert van Dijk, and the local residents, we’ve completed nine projects over the past seven years. By tapping into the talents and enthusiasm of the community, we’re not just greening the neighborhood—we’re bringing people together.

Join us to see how these efforts come to life, as featured in the book Climates.