This week the results of the open ideas competition for the new architecture faculty of the TU Delft were presented. During the ceremony at the Nai in Rotterdam minister of culture and science Plasterk handed out the prizes. Liesbeth van der Pol, head of the jury, presented the 8 nominees. All projects are displayed in [...]
After the dramatic loss of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture in a fire May 2008, the educational structure was kept together in tents at the campus´ sports fields. With incredible speed and creativity a new temporary faculty was improvised in the old university administration building at the Julianalaan. Already some people say it is [...]
When I entered the exhibition space in Rotterdam and saw the videos of a slum being demolished by digging machines, I was almost certain that it was about some Latin American country. Not Brazil though, since the graffiti on the structures was in Spanish. I couldn´t be more wrong, the slum was a big gypsy [...]
Endossa is basically a lot of tiny little shops inside a shop. The idea for the collaborative store is to give a chance for so-called mini-micro-entrepreneurs to sell something. This entrepreneur may be a beginning fashion designer, someone who makes small presents or accessories, or even homemade sweets and pepper sauce. The small entrepreneurs can [...]
In the periphery of São Paulo a new fast-food chain is expanding. The ironically named McFavela started up in shantytown Bairro das Pimentas, soon opened a second franchise in favela Pantanal and is looking for new locations. The funny name as well as the affordable and decent food make the concept a success. For how [...]
