Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory is engaged in Parallel Cases, an initiative of 6 Academies of Architecture in the Netherlands to co-host an international exhibition on 'Smart Cities' at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2012. Stadslab will organize a 6-day international Master Class 'Smart Synergy. The Inverted Metropolis'. Topic is to rethink the cycles of elementary resources for our cities: Food, Energy, Water and Waste. The Master Class will focus on Randstad Holland, the large metropolitan region including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague. 

A team of experts will introduce the variety of themes, while over-all supervisor Ton Venhoeven (principal at Venhoeven CS and chief government advisor on infrastructure) and Jan Willem van Kuilenburg (principal at Monolab Architects) will be responsible to support the daily studio work.

The Master Class is open to all design students and professionals - architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, engineers - at all levels of experience. 

Date: 21-26 April, 2012

Place: Rotterdam

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