Europan 15 x Productive Rotterdam

Rotterdam wants to lead the way in the renewal of the productive city and in the development of innovative living and working environments. This fits in with her tradition of architectural experimentation and her widely supported belief in the social and economic development power of architecture. As she is growing, the city aims to build 50,000 new homes in the next decade. The question is how, as Rotterdam is looking for ‘good growth’: building a compact, circular, productive, healthy and inclusive city with equal opportunities for everyone.

Europan NL and the Rotterdam Architecture Institute (AIR) have set up a partnership for Europan 15. Together with the City of Rotterdam and private partners, Europan 15 investigates ‘good growth’ of the city through innovative ideas of young design teams. Five Rotterdam locations have been selected that are each exemplary for the current challenges the city faces. With the innovative ideas of young design teams for the sites, the city of Rotterdam wants to boost her rich tradition in architectural experiment. The express ambition of the competition is to award the five winning teams a follow-up contract in line with their design proposals.

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Publication Europan 15 NL available now

06-12-2022 Publication Europan 15 NL available now Available now: The publication Europan 15 'In the midst of the unpredictable - searching for productive Rotterdam'. It's the continuing story of the Europan 15 NL competition in Rotterdam that kicked off in

Werkplaats Europan

09-03-2021 Werkplaats Europan: Work in Progress Kick off meeting Werkplaats E15 Groot IJsselmonde, with E15 winners and partners, and project team City of Rotterdam Photo: AIR The 15th edition of the Europan competition involves a broad consortium of partners. They

City making with strength versus power

09-03-2021 City making on the basis of strength rather than power Europan 15 NL technical committee session with E15 partners and project teams of the City of Rotterdam Photo: Fred Ernst Werkplaats Europan consists of five market parties that provide

Webinars with winners: tips, tops, and takeaways (Izabela Slodka, SMC 2020)

01-02-2021 Future Makers' Districts Vierhavensblok Photo: Frank Hanswijk In the transformation of post-industrial sites to future makers' districts, how do we allow for the organic integration of their pioneering maker communities into new developments? How do these become multi-layered developments,

Webinars with winners: tips, tops, and takeaways (SMC 2020 - Miquel Ruiz of h3o)

29-01-2021 Photo: Fred Ernst

Webinars with winners: tips, tops, and takeaways (Guillem Colomer, SMC 2020)

27-01-2021 Photo: Willem de Kam, Vers Beton

The Europan Method

10-12-2020 The 'Europan Method': giving young designers space to ponder Continuation of the interview with jury members, Jacob van Rijs, Beatriz Ramo, and Like Bijlsma Jury member, Beatriz Ramo Photo: Fred Ernst European ideas competition Europan 15 has a twofold

Europan as a testing ground

09-12-2020 Europan as a testing ground for a new means of city making An interview with Mattijs van Ruijven, Head of Urban Design, and Esther Heemskerk, Senior Urban Designer for the City of Rotterdam Esther Heemskerk, Senior Urban Designer for

New models for changing lifestyles

08-12-2020 How can competition outcomes contribute to new means of city making? An interview with jury members Jacob van Rijs, Beatriz Ramo, and Like Bijlsma Head jury member for the Rotterdam sites, Jacob van Rijs Photo: Fred Ernst Although the

Events

ROTTERDAM WEST: In search of a metropolitan mixed-use district for the 21st century

27-11-2020 What could our live-and-work environments look like in the future in Rotterdam? In this online session, Europan 15 winners Visserijplein (Guillem Colomer Fontanet), Kop Dakpark (h3o), and Vierhavensblok (Izabela Slodka) will explore potential connections and cross overs between the Merwevierhavens

Mixed-use typologies for urban manufacturing

25-11-2020 How could our live-and-work environments look like in the future in Rotterdam? In this online session, we’ll study the potential of mixed-use typologies to create productive urban ecosystems together with studio Iza Slodka. Sign up here to join this

Ecological social and affordable housing

25-11-2020 How could our live-and-work environments look like in the future in Rotterdam? In this online session, we’ll study the potential of sustainable environments, both ecologically and socially. Sign up here to join this webinar by Europan 15 x Productive

Neighbourhood markets as social community drivers

25-11-2020 How could our live-and-work environments look like in the future in Rotterdam? In this online session, we’ll study how public markets can activate local economies and strenghten social cohesion. Sign up here to join this webinar by Europan 15

Award Ceremony Europan NL 15

09-03-2020 AIR and Europan NL are pleased to invite you for the Award Ceremony of the 15th edition of Europan. Join the discussion on 'Productive Rotterdam', and learn from the bright ideas of the twelve winning teams.

Learning from Europan14 ‘Productive Amsterdam’

26-06-2019 Europan NL and AIR are presenting the launch of the Europan14 ‘Productive Amsterdam’ book. In conversation with EuropanNL board, the City of Amsterdam, jury members, editors and competition winners, the program reflects on what could be learned from more then