Commissioner: Aric Chen, Het Nieuwe lnstituut
Curator: Jan Jongert / Superuse
Exhibitors: Carlijn Kingma in collaboration with Thomas Bollen, Martijn Jeroen van der Linden, an Jongert, Frank Feder, Valentina Cella, Junyuann Chen, Césare Peeren/(Superuse), Marit Janse (De Urbanisten) in collaboration with Friso Klapwijk (Wavin) and Afrikaander Wijkcooperatie Rotterdam
Netherlands (The)
Plumbing the System
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Description
Architecture can be seen as an articulation of systems – economic, social, political – that shape the built environment and organise and regulate flows of people, activities, resources, and ecologies. Often based on extraction and exploitation, these systems seem so thoroughly entrenched as to appear immutable. But in order to move towards a more sustainable, regenerative, and just future, many of these systems will need to be rethought.
The Dutch Pavilion aims to show how alternatives might work on a macro scale while attempting to enact (and test) real changes on a micro level – offering a site where global thinking and local action can meet.
