2012 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory has been 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 organized a 6-day international Master Class 'Smart Synergy. The Inverted Metropolis'. Topic was to rethink the cycles of elementary resources for our cities: Food, Energy, Water and Waste. The Master Class focused on Randstad Holland, the large metropolitan region including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague. Twelve international participants developed scenarios, supervised by Ton Venhoeven and Jan Willem van Kuilenburg.

More information in the Stadslab Smart Synergy Flyer.