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Would you like to deepen your understanding of urban development and architecture? Join a workshop, expert session, lecture, or dialogue during RA Month. From modernism to circularity, and from spatial justice to typology, engage with professionals, listen to students, visit buildings, and take part in discussions.
Expert Session: Rotterdam School Buildings
Rotterdam faces a major and urgent challenge: ensuring that the city’s school buildings meet contemporary requirements for sustainability, safety, flexibility, and growing demand. This expert session explores the impact that the construction or renovation of a school building has on children, and the learning opportunities it can create. The program includes speakers, practical case studies, and creative sessions for participants.
10 June| Keilepand | Free (with registration) | Dutch program
Workshop: Barcode On Site
Barcode Architects invites students and emerging designers to a small-scale session that includes a visit to the office as well as the CasaNova and The Muse buildings. Rather than looking back at the design process, the session focuses on what comes next: how can buildings adapt over time to changing needs, new forms of use, and evolving ideas about ownership and collectivity?
Award Ceremony: Rotterdam Architecture Prize ’26
Who will succeed Hart van Katendrecht and De Her? Which project will be named the city’s best building of the year? From 36 submissions, this year’s professional jury has selected ten projects that best represent the quality of Rotterdam’s architectural production. During this festive evening, the winners of both the Jury Prize and the Public Choice Award will be announced.
12 June | nhow Hotel | Free (with registration)
Award Ceremony Architecture Prize '25
Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Public Lecture by Vikram Prakash
Aditya Prakash (1924–2008)—architect, painter, and writer—belonged to the first generation of modernists who sought to express the full universe of modern life in India through art, architecture, design, urban planning, and theatre. He was one of the Indian architects who worked alongside Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret on Chandigarh, the celebrated modernist capital of the Indian state of East Punjab. In this lecture, his son Vikram Prakash—architect, architectural historian, and theorist—discusses his father’s architecture and legacy.
Dialogue: The Aesthetics of Circular Architecture
Circular architecture often has an honest, raw appearance, with reused materials and demountable structures intentionally left visible. In this program, various practitioners share their experiences with circular design, material choices, and ideas about aesthetics, before engaging in a conversation with one another. Featuring, among others, Nina Aalbers of ArchitectuurMAKEN and Jan Jongert of Superuse Studios.
15 June | Keilepand | Free (with registration) | Dutch program
Photo: Jacqueline Fuijkschot
Expert Session: Rotterdam Property Designers Pool
In the autumn of 2026, the Municipality of Rotterdam’s Designers Pool will celebrate its second anniversary. When the municipality commissions a small-scale design assignment, the project is awarded to one of the designers in the pool. This gives talented emerging architects and design practices the opportunity to gain experience through small and medium-sized commissions. During this session, the municipality will engage with the design sector to evaluate and further develop the initiative. Together with designers and clients, participants will reflect on how the Designers Pool has been used and what it has achieved.
17 June | Keilepand | Free (with registration) | Dutch program
Symposium: Typological Thinking in Design
In many schools of architecture, typology is used as a tool to analyze historical architecture, spatial patterns, and cultural contexts, and to translate these into contemporary design strategies. During this afternoon symposium, students and recent graduates will present research and design work based on studies of historical architecture, both in the Netherlands and internationally. The event aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and methods related to typological research. Following the presentations, there will be an informal gathering and further discussion.
Dialogue: Building a Just City
How can spatial justice be concretely embedded in urban development and area-based planning? What does that require in practice? During this program, a range of professionals will share how they address these questions in their work. Participants will also get hands-on experience with the new Just City Workbook, a practical guide for anyone seeking to embed justice within spatial planning processes. The workbook will be officially launched during this event.
25 June | Keilepand | Free (on registration) | Dutch program
