Placemaking Week Europe 2024 - Rotterdam: Full Schedule

Welcome to Placemaking Week Europe 2024 - Rotterdam Edition!

16:00 CEST

City Tour: Rotterdam Introduction: Urban Vibe Tour

Tuesday September 24, 2024 16:00 - 17:30 CEST

Capacity: 20 people (first come, first served)

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

Why is Rotterdam so un-Dutch? This tour introduces you to the typical Rotterdam scene, with stunning modern architecture and social experiment. Countless cultures influence the vibrant urban life. Historian Ferrie Weeda explains how Rotterdam has been continuously reinventing itself for over 150 years. The result is a city of contrasts - often the product of conflict. Big scale icons like Erasmus bridge, Markthal and Cube Houses contrast with charming parks and picturesque districts like Delfshaven. Huge port industries on one side, alternative sustainable experiment on the other. In this tour you will learn about Rotterdam's strong civic pride, based on a history of struggling, adopting and resilience.

Speakers

Ferrie Weeda

Tuesday September 24, 2024 16:00 - 17:30 CEST
Rotterdam City Hall Coolsingel 40, 3011 AD Rotterdam

Creating Place & Making It Last, City Tour

11:45 CEST

Diving into Afrikaandermarkt, Part 1: Field Trip

Wednesday September 25, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Outdoor Point 1

Schedule:
- Departs at 11:45 SHARP from the Keilepand Outdoor Point 1
- Returns to Keilepand by 14:30 in time for the afternoon sessions

Capacity: Limited to 15 (first come first serve)

Description: Visit and learn about Rotterdam's most culturally diverse market and grab a bite to eat (on your own). We'll also use a Market Place Audit tool to assess how the market works as a public space and discuss some initial ideas on-site that we will further develop during an interactive workshop scheduled for Friday @ 11:45 in the Keilepand Mezzanine (Diving into Afrikaandermarkt, Part 2: Workshop).

By foot and tram, it takes about 45 minutes each way, so we're encouraging participants to use bicycles or share Ubers to get to the market and have more time there.

Market meeting point: Since we may be traveling to the market separately, we'll meet there in front of Cafe Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein Street 1, at 12:30 pm.

Speakers

Steve Davies

Principal, Place Solutions Group

I am a Co-Founder of Project for Public Spaces. Since 2018, I have been an independent consultant. I am currently President of the Placemaking Fund and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Urban Placemaking and Management program at Pratt Institute. My current interests include public... Read More →

Wednesday September 25, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Outdoor Point 1 Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam

Creating Place & Making It Last, Outdoor Activity

12:30 CEST

Power of Design

Wednesday September 25, 2024 12:30 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Steps

This session will delve into the co-evolution of spatial and institutional dynamics in urban development, highlighting how design entrepreneurship acts as a catalyst for urban transition. We choose the Luchtsingel project in Rotterdam, initially launched as temporary urban infrastructure that revitalized local development before becoming permanent, as our case study. This city-making initiative combined public (crowdfunding and community-building practices), bureaucratic (the City Initiative), and professional (the 5th IABR) forces, providing a rich context to identify the actors and their strategic actions throughout the transition process. By dissecting these interactions, we aim to uncover the mechanisms that drive changes in urban landscapes and influence policy-making. The session will offer researchers, professionals, officials, the public, and communities insights into how emergent design decisions can lead urban transitions by interacting with socio-cultural and spatial-political conditions. Our goal is to encourage the transformative potential to nurture more urban experiments for sustainable development. We aim to provide both theoretical frameworks and actionable insights at PWE ‘24, to understand and drive urban change through design experiments.

Note: This session will use headphones for audio

Speakers

Yun Sun

PhD Researcher, University of Groningen

Wednesday September 25, 2024 12:30 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Steps Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam

Creating Place & Making It Last, Short Session

14:30 CEST

"From Flying Carpets to Concrete Change: Saving Schouwburgplein from a Temporary Fate!"

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

The Blue Carpet on Schouwburgplein

Meeting Point: The Blue Carpet on Schouwburgplein (3012 CL Rotterdam, Netherlands)

This workshop focuses on Rotterdam's Schouwburgplein, exploring strategies to transition temporary interventions (such as the Flying Grass Carpet, programming, events, stage, flower boxes, etc.) threatened by budget cuts into sustainable, lasting transformations. This session aims to address the challenge of transitioning from temporary placemaking initiatives to lasting, permanent changes, using Rotterdam's Schouwburgplein as a prime example. Currently facing financial constraints, the United Schouwburgplein Association struggles to sustain programming, jeopardizing community engagement. The temporary intervention Flying Grass Carpet, now in its 7th year, faces uncertainty due to halted plans for redesign and implementation, exacerbated by budgetary issues. Moreover, leakage in the underlying parking garage and the deteriorating roof/floor of the square necessitate urgent action. Participants will collaborate in brainstorming sessions, focusing on the necessary hardware, software, and organizational structures to revitalize the square for future generations. The collective insights will culminate in a comprehensive proposal to be presented to the Municipality of Rotterdam, seeking support for the revitalization efforts.

Speakers

Bart Cardinaal

Place maker, archtect, HUNC

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
The Blue Carpet on Schouwburgplein 3012 CL Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Outdoor Activity

14:30 CEST

Small Big Stories: Co-designing an Inclusive City

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall)

This session explores the role and potential of placemaking to drive social inclusion. We share insights of InclusiveCity, a DUT funded research project, exploring critical placemaking in 15 Minutes City transitions in 5 living labs across Europe (Rotterdam, Oslo, Vienna, Rome and Budapest). In a world with growing inequalities and urban challenges, it is necessary to dig into our daily practice as placemakers and review aspects of inclusion and trust, leaving no one behind. How can or cannot Placemaking be a tool to benefit local communities and create lasting social change?

InclusiveCity partners invite practitioners, academics, and decision makers to a collective discussion revising aspects of inclusion in public space design and placemaking projects. Concrete examples and tools will support the open dialogue, while the Theory of Change (ToC) framework will help to unpack the buzzwords of inclusion and participation.

What will you learn:
-Unpacking buzzwords by pinning placemaking to more complex community objectives
-Practical methods for bringing “invisible” voices and community assets into your work
-Critical reflections on placemaking and inclusion, to better distinguish “tokenism” vs real power redistribution towards the community and its needs.

Note: This session will use headphones for audio

Speakers

Ariela de Oliveira

superwien urbanism zt GmbH

Roland Krebs

superwien urbanism zt GmbH

Levente Polyak

Director, Eutropian

Levente Polyak is urban planner, researcher, community advocate and policy adviser. After studying architecture at Budapest University of Technology, urbanism at the Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris and sociology at ELTE Budapest, and EHESS Paris, he was visiting lecturer at the Moholy-Nagy... Read More →

Milagros Hurtig

Researcher, NTNU

Helene Gallis

Senior Advisor on social sustainability, Fragment AS

Helene Gallis is a Norwegian awardwinning entrepreneur, environmentalist and placemaker. Her work focusses on green public spaces that facilitates diverse stakeholder interaction while increasing urban biodiversity. Her experience includes international research projects, consultancy... Read More →

Kim Weger

Project Manager, Natural State

I work with participation and social inclusion, exploring how the theories of deliberative democracy can be applied within placemaking projects. At Natural State, I manage national and international projects connecting people, ideas, and research, and translating sustainability theories... Read More →

Theresa Koenig

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

14:30 CEST

The Collaborative Art of Creative Placemaking

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

New Lab Large Hall

Creative Placemaking focusses on the cocreated program and design of our public spaces via art and culture. The key is to power squares, parks and streets with a diverse a group of local communities as possible. In this way we stimulate inclusivity in our cities from the hearts of our cities.

Creative Placemaking combines the sectors of city development, with that of the arts and civil engagement. This is no small feat. It demands new forms of collaboration, new ways of thinking and innovations in organizational systems.

In this workshop Donica Buisman (founder and CEO of RAUM in Utrecht) will tell more about how she implemented and tested Creative Placemaking at the cultural square of RAUM and the obstacles that she faced. Jeroen Laven (Domain Manager of Culture, Inclusive Living and Media for the municipality of The Hague) will share experiences and challenges in creative placemaking in his work for The Hague. The workshop will be moderated by Bert Determann (cultural placemaking specialist with a long history in working for theaters).

We will explore how we can deepen the innovations that are necessary to make successful and lasting Creative Placemaking possible. We will work on three themes (work together, make it last & create impact) in three rounds (innovations, obstacles & solutions) and with three perspectives (software, orgware & hardware).

Speakers

Donica Buisman

founder/ director, RAUM

Donica Buisman is the founder of RAUM and owner of State of Flux. RAUM is a new cultural living lab in Utrecht that works on more inclusive, adaptive and challenging public spaces. It is situated in the midst of Leidsche Rijn, the biggest new housing development site in the Netherlands... Read More →

jeroen laven

domeinmanager cultuur, media, inclusief samenleven, Gemeente Den Haag

Bert Determann

Determann

Wednesday September 25, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
New Lab Large Hall 's-Gravendijkwal 58-b, 3014 EE Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

16:15 CEST

Imagine the city of Happy Proximity

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST

Katoenhuis Art Hall

The Happy Proximity Fresk is an engaging, thought-provoking and playful workshop created by Chaire ETI researchers (from IAE Paris Sorbonne University). It is a collaborative and creative activity to help participants self-reflect on their daily routines and the spatial and temporal dimensions of their lifestyles at a city, territory, or neighbourhood scale. Participants are invited to play fictitious personae and map their personal weekly activities on a canvas structured around the six social functions (organized by distance to their home, transportation mode and frequency.) It functions as an empowerment mechanism to trigger participants' desires and motivations to transform some of their living habits (usually built over time and therefore mostly never challenged) or practices or the local urban policies if they are decision makers or stakeholders of the city community or governance.

Speakers

Seunghoon Han

City Designer, Chaire ETI

Chiara Martinuzzi

Research Project Manager, Chaire ETI - IAE Paris, Sorbonne Business School

Diego Sánchez

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST
Katoenhuis Art Hall

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

16:15 CEST

Local Actions, Lasting Vision: Building Places Together

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST

New Lab Large Hall

Join us for an insightful panel on applying placemaking to kickstart long-term and large-scale city projects. This session will reveal how diverse collaborations can drive the success and sustainability of urban projects. Participants will gain valuable insights into how global expertise, academic involvement, local government, artists, and community engagement can come together to drive lasting change.

The session will present the implementation of a pilot project that shows how a long-term and large-scale plan developed by the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro can begin to be translated into meaningful interventions at the neighbourhood level through placemaking and collaboration - featuring experts from the City of Rio de Janeiro, C40 Cities, Superwien Urbanism and LabIT/PROURB UFRJ on a project also supported by IDB.

Additionally, the Centre for Central European Architecture (CCEA) project "Prague Magistrala: Unlocking Potential of Urban Highways" will showcase the revitalization of a 20th-century transport corridor into the vibrant New Prague Boulevard, illustrating how infrastructure repurposing can enhance public spaces and foster community-driven democracy. The project started as a bottom-up initiative and is advocating for a better liveable place for local communities.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn practical strategies and innovative approaches for creating and sustaining vibrant urban spaces.

Speakers

Yvette Vašourková

CCEA

Matěj Draslar

agps Architecture

Aline Xavier

Architect - Planning Strategies Coordinator, Rio de Janeiro City Hall

Adriana Sansao Fontes

Architect and Professor, UFRJ

Ariela de Oliveira

superwien urbanism zt GmbH

Roland Krebs

superwien urbanism zt GmbH

Vivian Monteiro Malta

Urbanist and Architect, C40

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST
New Lab Large Hall 's-Gravendijkwal 58-b, 3014 EE Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

16:15 CEST

Patient Capital - Key to Social Sustainability

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST

Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall)

Note: This session will use headphones for audio

Speakers

Hans Karssenberg

Partner / Board Member, Stipo

Hans Karssenberg (1970) is founding partner of STIPO, an interdisciplinary team for better cities. He leads complex urban area development towards human scale, great public space, mixed use, sustainable and inclusive quality, always in close co-creation with all stakeholders. He is... Read More →

Celine Janssen

Sarah van de Velde

Clementine Robert

NANTES METROPOLE

Simone Baksteen

Annius Hoornstr

Theo Stauttener

Partner, Stadkwadraat B.V.

Theo Stauttener (1967) leads projects, conducts negotiations and takes care of strategic development at location development. His focus is in financial management and risk management in developing new areas or restructuring. In addition, he works as a professor of various courses... Read More →

Wednesday September 25, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST
Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

11:45 CEST

Algorithm of the City

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 12:20 CEST

Keilepand Steps

Note: This session will use headphones for audio

Speakers

Jesse Jorg

Urban creative Jesse Jop Jorg is involved in many projects that are designed to shape and color the city. He worked for several departments at the city of Amsterdam including the Bureau Art Factories, Placemaking Oosterpark and Art & Culture Amsterdam North, before becoming project... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 12:20 CEST
Keilepand Steps Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam

Creating Place & Making It Last, Short Session

11:45 CEST

Learning From Failure: Intentions, Expectations & Risks

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Cube (Main Hall)

For any project to be a success, a placemaker has to find common ground between different aspirations and priorities by being the driver towards a common goal and outcomes. In a university context, students have to balance the requirements of their course in addition to satisfying the needs and expectations of the stakeholders they are working with.

In this session we will explore and develop the tools to measure success, be it learning outcomes forstudents in an educational context or spatial and social outcomes for communities. Success and failureare closely linked, and can be simultaneous. A project that was an utter failure in terms of delivery can provide the best educational outcome for a student or practitioner, and vice versa. A short term failure might lead to long term gain by planting the seed for something greater to happen. Equally, a short term success can easily evaporate.

Through case studies we will explore the good, and not so good, of placemaking. Through interactive workshop discussions we will identify potential risks and opportunities that will assist students and professional placemakers alike to benchmark their output by framing expectations against defined criteria providing invaluable learnings for future projects.

Speakers

Andrew Shaw

Lecturer/Researcher, Breda University of applied sciences

As an educator in the Bachelor Specialisation of Urban Life & Placemaking at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, I have a broad interest in the ways cities work and the human interactions that happen within them.I will be joining Placemaking Week for the 2nd time... Read More →

Sven Kohlschmidt

Urban Planner, planner at urbanista in Hamburg, co-founder of the collective Simeri Laboratorio Urbano and sessional instructor at University of Calgary - School of Architecture Planning and Landscape and HafenCity University in Hamburg

Chrysanthe Staikopoulou

Director, Jan Kattein Architects

Giulia Sicignano

Architect and Urban Planner, STIPO, AMAT

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Cube (Main Hall)

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

11:45 CEST

Pioneering Culture-led Development

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall)

Panel discussion to mark the launch of the book 'Heart, Head, Hands: A Guide for City Makers – Four Steps to Culture-led Development'. The book highlights the importance of cultural and creative spaces to the identity of cities and proposes a strategy for uniting real estate, culture, and government through a Culture-led Development framework.

This session will spotlight the framework's key stages: Initiate, Organize, Finance, Consolidate. After a short interview with the author Rinske Brand and the introduction of the framework, three pioneers in culture-led development (also showcased in the book) will share their stories and take questions from the audience. Their focus will be on exploring the keys success factors, navigating pitfalls, and distilling invaluable lessons learned during these culture-led developments.

Note: This session will use headphones for audio

Speakers

Folkert van Hagen

Group A Architects

Charlotte Ernst

Hof van Cartesius

Gabrielle Muris

Werkspoorkwartier, Utrecht, Netherlands

Rinske Brand

Founder, BRAND The Urban Agency

Rinske Brand operates at the intersection of culture, society, and urban development. As an entrepreneur, researcher, author, and speaker, she contributes to forward-thinking insights and practices shaping the future of cities. She is the founder of BRAND The Urban Agency, serves... Read More →

Jerin Sage

Director of Placemaking, Flint, US,

Jerin Sage is a Flint born creative and multidisciplinary artist with over 20 years invested in bettering the greater Flint area through community building, innovation, and leadership. Jerin wears many hats… he is the Director of Placemaking at The What's Up Downtown Project, a... Read More →

Greg Fiedler

President and CEO, Flint, US

has been CEO of GFAC for 30 years. Greg has 45 years of experience in corporate management and administration, 37 years of experience in non-profit management, and has been a performing artist for 58 years. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His experience includes... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Center Stage (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

11:45 CEST

SNFCC- Thinking Big & ‘Small’

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Katoenhuis White Hall

How does a mega-project, in term of architecture, offering and visitation create meaningful micro- connections on a community level? The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is housing two of Greece’s most historical institutions, the Greek National Opera and the National Library of Greece alongside one of the city’s’ newest and most innovative green areas, the Stavros Niarchos Park. Boasting its Renzo Piano state of the art premises and having expanded the city’s cultural map beyond the metropolitan center of Athens the SNFCC is simultaneously considered by many an extension of their house’s yard. Practices, experiments, and challenges in creating a landmark that feels like a place for all.

Speakers

Athena Balopoulou

Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Christina Vasilikou

Chief Visitors Experience & Special Events Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Gabriella Triantafyllis

Chief Programming & Production Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Katoenhuis White Hall

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

11:45 CEST

Urban Alchemy: Turning Empty Spaces into Vibrant Places (FISHBOWL)

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall)

This session delves into the transformative potential of urban challenges, focusing on how vacant office buildings and department stores can be reimagined as vibrant, sustainable spaces. By examining five successful reuse projects from Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany, participants will gain insights into practical strategies and tools for revitalizing commercial areas. The session features a diverse panel of experts, including representatives from municipalities, investors, concept developers, and urban social designers, who will share their experiences and perspectives on creating lively communities and smart business cases.

Participants will benefit from engaging in an interactive "fishbowl" discussion, allowing them to contribute to and expand the "method box" of solutions for urban transformation. By learning from real-world case studies in cities such as Hanau, Lübeck, Berlin, and Amsterdam, attendees will acquire valuable knowledge to enhance their strategies for future urban development projects.
Reasons to Join:

- Discover innovative approaches to transforming urban spaces into sustainable hubs.
- Engage with a diverse group of experts and peers in a dynamic discussion format.
- Gain practical insights from successful case studies to apply to your own projects.
- Contribute to shaping the future of urban development and sustainability.

Speakers

Annette Ritter

Head of Brand Development & Place Branding, Lübeck und Travemünde Marketing GmbH

Claudia Moll

Experience Design Managerin, destinetCHANGE

Hello, I am a German consultant for culture and tourism. I want to live in a world with vibrant spaces where you can feel the stories and emotions of people and the purpose of a place. My favorite thing to do is to create tourism experience spaces that have real added value for our... Read More →

Anouk Braune

Simon Roth

Stadt Hanau / BAUprojekt Hanau GmbH

Qendresa Rexhepi

Urban Social Designer, nice here. & Sparks

Tobias Temmen

Thursday September 26, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

14:30 CEST

Living Memories: Oral Histories and Urban Renewal Right to place - examples of Placemaking & Recovery of Historic Public Building

Thursday September 26, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall)

Speakers

Akil Scafe Smith

Director - Resolve Collective

Akil is a director of RESOLVE Collective, an interdisciplinary design collective that combines architecture, engineering, technology, and art to address social challenges. They have delivered numerous projects, workshops, publications, and talks in the UK and across the world, all... Read More →

Denean Rowe

Project Manager, Town and Country Planning Association

I am a project manager at the Town and Country Planning Association. My main duty is managing London's free advice service - Planning Aid for London. We provide free advice and training on Town Planning so that people from underserved communities can participate meaningfully in the... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

14:30 CEST

Public & Private Sector: Making Placemaking Last

Thursday September 26, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

Gemaal op Zuid Main Space

This session digs into the dynamics between the public and private sectors in sustainable placemaking. By examining cases from throughout Europe, we will critically assess the business case for placemaking, and what strategic partnerships can do to elevate local initiatives and foster sustainable change without losing touch with grassroots communities.

The panel will discuss:
-What role do businesses play in sustainable social infrastructure and tactical urbanism?
-Who is responsible for placemaking and how should its use and impact be measured?
-Can strategic public-private partnerships create places for people and drive positive change?
-How can we achieve sustainable long-term collaborations at the local level?

Through an interactive session with participants, we will explore the benefits and challenges of public-private partnerships, their impacts on communities, and strategies for achieving lasting positive outcomes. This will include a debate focussed on concrete examples of placemaking practice, exploring whether placemaking is repackaging existing offers or establishing a new discipline that challenges the status quo and promotes people-focused urban development. Participants will gain insights into concrete examples of public-private partnerships, effective organizational models, and how to continue to manage partnerships over the long term.

Moderators

Renee Schoonbeek

Senior Adviseur Stations & Stedelijke Ontwikkeling, Arcadis Nederland B.V.

I am a result-driven urban planner a with a wealth of experience in both public and private sectors. I am uniquely qualified in community-based planning, urban placemaking, and building public-private partnerships while delivering large complex projects and engaging diverse stakeholders... Read More →

Speakers

Einar Kleppe Holthe

Gergana Ilieva

Architect, The Collective foundation

Gergana is an architect who focuses on cultural heritage preservation. She is a member of the "Collective" foundation, which works on revitalizing urban spaces through strategic, community-based interventions. Gergana’s experience includes projects such as "Rivers of the city... Read More →

Kate Hart

Kristian Riis

Mark Davy

Founder - Future City

Mark Davy is the Founder of Futurecity, a global multi-disciplinary placemaking agency set up in 2007 to promote culture-driven placemaking. A former artist Davy has promoted culture as the guiding narrative for the regeneration and development of towns, cities and regions. Mark... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Gemaal op Zuid Main Space

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel

16:15 CEST

Co-Creating Social & Green Places for Outdoor Work

Thursday September 26, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST

Gemaal op Zuid Orangerie

Outdoor work and appealing workspaces outdoors foster creativity, social interactions, and well-being, while enriching a city's network of public spaces. This workshop focuses on collaboratively designing green and sociable outdoor work areas and raising awareness about their importance.

The session highlights the overlooked aspect of placemaking and vibrant cities: work and workplaces. As an example, 1 out of 10 companies are located in one of the 3800 business parks in the Netherlands and almost a third of the jobs can be found in such environments.

In the session participants get insights about the benefits of outdoor work by the founder of Outdoor Office Day Ioana Biris and how the movement promotes sustainable urban design, a more creative working culture, well-being and nature connection. Päivi Raivio & Daniel Bumann from Parkly, an innovative urban furniture company creating green and social places, will present how green modular pocket parks have changed outdoor spaces in work and study environments and present solutions for turning grey spaces into vibrant places.

The interactive workshop session focuses on co-creating guidelines and ideas for great, connected outdoor working environments. A light hand book will be published after Placemaking Week by the session team.

Speakers

Paivi Raivio

Designer, Co-Founder, Parkly

Päivi Raivio is an urban designer, artist and placemaker. She is a Placemaking Europe Leader.Päivi is the co-founder of RaivioBumann and Parkly - two companies which operate in Helsinki but also work internationally.RaivioBumann is a creative studio for placemaking, urban co-creation... Read More →

Daniel Bumann

Ioana Biris

Nature Desks/ Outdoor Office Day

Thursday September 26, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST
Gemaal op Zuid Orangerie

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

16:15 CEST

Exploring Placemaking for Social Sustainability

Thursday September 26, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST

Hillevliet 90 Grounded (3rd Floor)

In this co-creative workshop we will explore Placemaking tools for Social Sustainability.

Hosted by ARTTENDERS, Rotterdam and JES Socialtecture, Hamburg, you`ll benefit from the fruitful combination of two perspectives: holistic knowledge and hands-on project expertise. The aim of our session is to explore social sustainability in placemaking. What does it actually mean? How do we achieve it? What can we specifically do to improve social connections? In 75 minutes we will focus on Social Life and it`s impact on placemaking.

Learn from ARTTENDERS experience in Rotterdam`s Social Design projects and it`s unique approach to integrate diverse people. Learn from the SOCIALTECTURE Principles of Life which describe the way Social Life works.

Together we will dip our toes into the pool of Social Design and Socialtecture. We will immerse ourselves in a joyful, intense co-creation providing us with a new perspectives on how we see and create places.

You will leave the workshop with a new insights on Social Life. You will be equipped with tools you can adapt to your own needs.

“Placemaking for Social sustainability” will empower us to make places that enhance community cohesion, encourage togetherness and lead to a sustainable Social Life.

Speakers

Faye Ellen

Founder, Arttenders B.V.

Amber Leijen

Indra Musiol

Julia Erdmann

Geschäftsführerin, JES Socialtecture GmbH & Co.KG

Thursday September 26, 2024 16:15 - 17:30 CEST
Hillevliet 90 Grounded (3rd Floor)

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

17:00 CEST

Money in Place Led Development (Excell Only)

Thursday September 26, 2024 17:00 - 17:30 CEST

Keilepand Garden House

In this concise 15-minute presentation, Bart Cardinaal will explain the discounted cash flow method to his 16-year-old daughter Twila, making this complex financial concept accessible and engaging for placemakers. The discounted cash flow (DCF) method is essential for investors and developers worldwide to assess project feasibility and returns.

For placemakers, mastering this method is key to understanding the possibilities of placemaking in large-scale developments. Bart Cardinaal will explain the DCF method in a relatable way by teaching it to his 16-year-old daughter, Twila, showing its value both professionally and personally.

Participants will gain practical financial skills that are directly applicable to their work and everyday life. And don't expect any pretty pictures or drawings in this session—just hardcore Excel and percentages! This presentation is a must for PWE '24, offering attendees crucial insights and skills to enhance their placemaking projects. The straightforward, hands-on approach ensures everyone walks away with a solid understanding of the DCF method.

Speakers

Twila Cardinaal

Bart Cardinaal

Place maker, archtect, HUNC

Thursday September 26, 2024 17:00 - 17:30 CEST
Keilepand Garden House Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam

Creating Place & Making It Last, Short Session

11:45 CEST

Diving into Afrikaandermarkt, Part 2: Workshop

Friday September 27, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST

Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall)

This is a deeper dive into the findings from the Wednesday session Diving into Afrikaandermarkt, Part 1: Field Trip*

This workshop explores the hidden power of Market Squares as dynamic, multi-use public spaces, using the Afrikaandermarkt as an interactive case study. The market is located on Afrikaanderplein, a large park in the middle of the multi-ethnic Feijenoord neighborhood in Rotterdam South.

We'll first explore the big picture with a short presentation, "Squares are the Hearts of Communities, Markets Their Soul: How Cities Put Them Together and Thrive." Then, people who attended the field trip on Wednesday will report back some of their ideas and opportunities for the Afrikaanderplein based on their Market Place Audits results. We'll then set pen to paper, breaking into a few small groups to explore the placemaking potential of the square and market and identify the potential for Rotterdam to further public engagement about this site.

*This workshop is recommended even if you missed the field trip on Wednesday, as we will cover the general principles of placemaking for market squares and demonstrate how to apply them to the local site.

Speakers

Steve Davies

Principal, Place Solutions Group

Friday September 27, 2024 11:45 - 13:00 CEST
Keilepand Mezzanine (Main Hall) Keilestraat 9f, 3029 BP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

14:30 CEST

Empathy as a Catalyst: Enhancing Stakeholder Collaboration in Placemaking for Systemic Change

Friday September 27, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

Keilepand Cube (Main Hall)

Join us for a workshop focused on cultivating empathy to drive systemic change in placemaking. This session addresses several critical challenges: the fields within the "quadruple helix"—academia, industry, government, and civil society—often struggle to collaborate effectively, define their roles in urban transformation, and ensure that placemaking efforts are genuinely inclusive and reflective of the communities they serve. By bridging these challenges and aligning aspirations, the workshop aims to foster more cohesive, impactful, and inclusive collaborations. Participants will gain practical skills to enhance empathy in their professional and personal interactions, making it easier to work across these diverse fields and engage with the full spectrum of community stakeholders. We will be using tools such as empathy mapping, role-playing, and incorporating approaches from systemic thinking to deepen your understanding of collaborative innovation, community engagement, and ensuring that all voices are heard in the placemaking process. The Greek office of STIPO and Among, two NPOs based in Greece, bring together their knowledge and experience to offer an interdisciplinary and experiential workshop that will provide theoretical insights and practical tools that the participants could bring back to their own context.

Speakers

Vivian Doumpa

Co-Founder, Coordinator, Creativity Platform NGO - Tópio Program

Vivian Doumpa is an urban planner and geographer from Thessaloniki, Greece living and working between Greece and the Netherlands. She is coordinator of Tópio, a project by Creativity Platform NGO, where together with her team she works as a creative placemaker, with a special focus... Read More →

Thalia Rizou

Dimitra Zouni,

Iris Perouliou Sergaki

Friday September 27, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Keilepand Cube (Main Hall)

Creating Place & Making It Last, Workshop

14:30 CEST

Public Innovation & Participation for Urban Shift : Two Systemic Approaches from Nantes & Milan

Friday September 27, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST

Roodkapje Black Box

The climate, social and ecological challenges are urging us to make a major urban shift, therefore questioning collectively our practices and urban lifestyles. Through the cases of Nantes and Milan, we’ll explore how those two cities are facing those crucial stakes and how they are shifting their practices for more transversal, participative and sustainable urban policies.

For more than 15 years, the Metropolis of Nantes has been a frontrunner in promoting and making citizen participation an integrated and systemic process within the design of its public policies and urban renewal projects. We’ll present how Nantes Metropolis implemented an unprecedented large-scale citizen debate on its urban fabric at the metropolitan level last year, and the challenges we are now facing.

In 2018, the City of Milan created a design team within AMAT (its Environmental, Territorial and Mobility Agency) with the ambition to revolutionize public spaces in Milan, with a human scale vision. We’ll discuss the approach and results but also the obstacles and lessons learned from this process. The secret of “Officina Urbana” is not to become archistars, but to create a team of archistreet(fighter)s and placemakers, to enable everyone to have an impact on the public sphere.

Moderators

Bart Cardinaal

Place maker, archtect, HUNC

Speakers

Demetrio Scopelliti

Architect & Urban Design Advisor, Director, AMAT - City of Milan

An architect who loves cities, Demetrio’s job is to shape better cities, which he sees as collective pieces of art made by the people, for the people, through time. His research and study focuses on the contemporary urban condition and future trends. He believes in architecture... Read More →

Giulia Sicignano

Architect and Urban Planner, STIPO, AMAT

Clementine Robert

NANTES METROPOLE

Friday September 27, 2024 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Roodkapje Black Box Delftseplein 39, 3013 AA Rotterdam, Netherlands

Creating Place & Making It Last, Panel