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During the event one afternoon was devoted to visits some Dutch Cities (Rotterdam, Almere, Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosh) with real examples of specific problems - and solutions - related to the Biennial's themes. The participants could choose one visit among different excursions.
Here some videos and images taken in Almere and Rotterdam.
Reportages by Pietro Elisei and Giovanni Ginocchini
 


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• Gewild Wonen (Sought-after housing or spontaneous housing in English) is a residential area in the "new town" of Almere.
Gewild Wonen is an "experimental" neighbourhood that presents a large number of different housing solutions, where house buyers have the possibility to participate and to influence the design of their house.
Here a video and some images from the excursion.
More information on the site at:
http://www.gewildwonen.net/
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The plan and some images from the Gewild Wonen
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Video Gewild Wonen
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• The programme for the Rotterdam Waterfront renewal was exhibited at the Biennial and is described in the "projects" section . The short video presents some images from the Erasmus Bridge to the South Bank where the rehabilitation of the 'Kop van Zuid' district took place.
More information on the site at:
http://www.kopvanzuid.
rotterdam.nl/ 		 
 
Video South Bank
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• The attention for public open spaces in Rotterdam has a long tradition, beginning from the Lijbaan, the first traffic-free shopping area (1950's) in Europe, that has been recently renewed. But many other public open space have been recently realised, for example, the Shouwburgplein and the Museum Park.
The variety of materials and the omnipresence of water are two of many interesting characteristics of these projects.
The two short videos are collections images taken in Rotterdam centre.
More information on the site at:
http://www.rotterdam.nl/

  
 
Video Lijbaan
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Video open spaces
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