Casablanca-Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization
29 November 2014 14:30 - 16:30
Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Jaap Bakema Study Centre host a public seminar organized by TU Delft and the Canadian Centre of Architecture (CCA) at the occasion of the publication of the book Casablanca-Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization (Park Books and CCA). The seminar is part of the ambition of Het Nieuwe Instituut together with TU Delft and the Jaap Bakema Study Centre to foster research and its public dissemination while connecting historical and cultural studies with the urgent issues of today.
Presentations and debate will focus on the emergence, character and role of Casablanca and Chandigarh, two radically modern cities planned in the beginning of the 1950s.
In a world marked by decolonization and upheaval, Casablanca and Chandigarh appear simultaneously as exponents of and countercurrents to modernization and its development perspectives. The research of the authors Tom Avermaete and Maristella Casciato sets the context for reading Casablanca and Chandigarh as the results of nuanced, dynamic processes of international exchange driven by the expertise of a new class of design professionals. After a presentation by Maristella Casciato and Tom Avermaete there will be reactions to particular themes and perspectives by Stanislaus von Moos, Antoni Folkers, and Frits Palmboom.
Programme
Introduction
Dirk van den Heuvel - Jaap Bakema Study Centre, Het Nieuwe Instituut and TU Delft
Staging Casablanca and Chandigarh
Maristella Casciato - Canadian Centre of Architecture, Montreal
Tom Avermaete - TU Delft
Themes and Perspectives
'The Architecture of Urgency', Stanislaus von Moos - University of Zurich
'Chandigarh and its Landscapes', Frits Palmboom - TU Delft
'Modern Architecture in Africa', Antoni Folkers - African Architecture Matters (AAM)
Questions and Answers
Practical information
Date: 29 November 2014
Time: 14:30 to 16:30. After the debate drinks will be offered
Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, Rotterdam
Language: Dutch and English
Entry: Free