The World Around Summit 2022
During the day-long conference In Focus: Precarity, which will be held in Het Nieuwe Instituut on 11 June 2022, a variety of contributions will be heard and seen from leading voices in architecture and related design disciplines. These 'now, near, next' voices from the global design field are being brought together especially for this occasion by the institute and the international architecture and design platform The World Around.
The experts in architecture and related fields examine the role of architects and designers in rebuilding after disasters, healing from trauma, and coping with ongoing conflicts. Whether retracing the long-term urban regeneration efforts following a devastating earthquake or understanding the ever-evolving repercussions of working in an active warzone, the talks will consider a broad spectrum of precarious scenarios across the globe, and offer hope that solutions exist to some of the most important challenges of our time.
AAU Anastas
Palestinian designers Josef and Elias Anastas present their expansive practice which strives to achieve more sustainable, more comfortable, and more interactive design, including their initiative Radio Alhara.
Afaina de Jong
Dutch architect Afaina de Jong encourages change on social and spatial issues to accommodate differences.
Alfred Marasigan
Broadcasting from the Philippines, Alfred Marasigan discusses relationships between the personal and the spatial.
Anupama Kundoo
Working in and around India, Anupama Kundoo's work treats architecture as the stage on which human stories are lived out.
Assemble
Turner Prize-winning London collective Assemble works across architecture, community, design, fabrication and public art.
Bangkok Project Studio
Thailand's emerging architect Boonserm Premthada, founder of Bangkok Project Studio, talks about his practice's push towards a non-human-centred architecture.
Hsieh Ying-Chun
Hsieh Ying-Chun is an architect of post-disaster recovery based in Taiwan.
Karrabing Film Collective
Grassroots Indigenous media group Karrabing Film Collective, based in Australia's Northern Territories, shares the cultural and environmental effects of settler colonialism from an Aboriginal perspective.
Lina Gotmeh
Lebanese architect Lina Gotmeh shares her approach to the archaeology of the future.
Manuel Herz
German architect Manuel Herz presents his recent work in Senegal, researching the architecture and urbanism of migration.
Mass Design Group
Boston-based firm Mass Design Group works around the world, researching, building and advocating for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity.
Philippe Rahm
Award-winning Parisian architect Philippe Rahm is renowned for extending the field of architecture from the physiological to the meteorological.
Rotor
Rotor is a Belgian studio leading the ethical reuse of building materials.
AAU Anastas
Palestinian designers Josef and Elias Anastas present their expansive practice which strives to achieve more sustainable, more comfortable, and more interactive design, including their initiative Radio Alhara.
Afaina de Jong
Dutch architect Afaina de Jong encourages change on social and spatial issues to accommodate differences.
Alfred Marasigan
Broadcasting from the Philippines, Alfred Marasigan discusses relationships between the personal and the spatial.
Anupama Kundoo
Working in and around India, Anupama Kundoo's work treats architecture as the stage on which human stories are lived out.
Assemble
Turner Prize-winning London collective Assemble works across architecture, community, design, fabrication and public art.
Bangkok Project Studio
Thailand's emerging architect Boonserm Premthada, founder of Bangkok Project Studio, talks about his practice's push towards a non-human-centred architecture.
Hsieh Ying-Chun
Hsieh Ying-Chun is an architect of post-disaster recovery based in Taiwan.
Karrabing Film Collective
Grassroots Indigenous media group Karrabing Film Collective, based in Australia's Northern Territories, shares the cultural and environmental effects of settler colonialism from an Aboriginal perspective.
Lina Gotmeh
Lebanese architect Lina Gotmeh shares her approach to the archaeology of the future.
Manuel Herz
German architect Manuel Herz presents his recent work in Senegal, researching the architecture and urbanism of migration.
Mass Design Group
Boston-based firm Mass Design Group works around the world, researching, building and advocating for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity.
Philippe Rahm
Award-winning Parisian architect Philippe Rahm is renowned for extending the field of architecture from the physiological to the meteorological.
Rotor
Rotor is a Belgian studio leading the ethical reuse of building materials.
This project was made possible thanks to:
Gemeente Rotterdam