On Friday afternoon 16 June nai010 is organising a symposium at the festival location of the Rotterdam Architecture Month. The symposium celebrates the launch of Women in Architecture, the first publication of the project ‘Documents and Histories: a series publications and events in which missing voices within architecture are highlighted.

The publication Women in Architecture encourages a new way of looking, researching and discussing. The symposium includes lectures, panel discussions and interactive discussion sessions with the audience.

About the Symposium

Catja Edens will provide the introductory lecture. She will explore the invisibility of women in history through the concept of authorship and discusses how those gaps continue to the present day. This is followed by a panel discussion with amongst others Indira van ‘t Klooster, Lidewij Tummers and María Novas Ferradás, on the historical context in which women architects operated, what challenges they faced and how certain difficulties remain unsolved. A second panel discussion elaborates on the contemporary issues for a multi-voiced architectural sector with Setareh Noorani, Lara Schijver, Saskia van Stein and Jolijn Valk. After the panels, the audience is invited to share knowledge, their own experiences and suggestions for a more diverse architecture sector, providing content for the next publication.

Programme

• 13:00-13:30 Walk-in
• 13:30-15:15  Introduction Catja Edens moderated by Gabriella Adèr
  Panel discussion with Indira van ’t Klooster, Lidewij Tummers, María Novas Ferradás
  Panel discussion with Setareh Noorani, Lara Schrijver, Saskia van Stein en Jolijn Valk
• 15:15-15:45 Break
• 15:45-17:00 Moderated break-out’s
• 17:00-17:30 Closing
• 17:30-18:30 Drinks

Practical Info

• If you visit this program, it is not necessary to buy a separate admission ticket for the festival heart. A ticket for this program already gives you access to the floating festival heart.
• Please report to the welcome desk of the Rotterdam Architecture Month at the square in front of the Maassilo. Here, scan your ticket and receive a wristband that will grant you access to the program in the floating festival heart. If you arrive 30 minutes before the start of the program, you can also take a route through the festival heart.
• IMPORTANT! Do not go directly to the floating platforms without a (program) wristband, as you will not be granted access.