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Decommissioning wind turbines as a second chance

The design phase of What if Lab Upcycled Turbines is complete! Over the past few months, the four design studios dove into the world of wind turbines. They analysed the characteristics of various components and had discussions with thought leaders, industry experts, researchers, and other designers. Afterwards, the designers presented their concepts to Vattenfall and […]

Open call: Caring Neighbourhoods

We are launching a new lab in collaboration with ActiZ! ActiZ is the branch association of around 400 healthcare organisations that care and nurse over 2 million vulnerable elderly and chronically ill people. The challenges associated with ageing cannot be solved with care alone. ActiZ is convinced that the whole of society and all parties involved have a […]

Rujak Plaza, a transformation of quiet roads in Jakarta

The What if Lab Sustainable public spaces exhibition is now on display at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta. After months of doing research, engaging in neighbourhood conversations, and organising workshops, the designers have finalised the concept and translated it into an exhibition. But what exactly is the concept presented by the design team? Read it here! […]

A new entrance for Eindhoven

Eindhoven is the design capital of the Netherlands, but this is not (yet) sufficiently visible to everyone. In October, during Dutch Design Week, you see design everywhere in the city. But where in the public space do you see it the rest of the year? To change that, Eindhoven Design District (EDD) called on Eindhoven-based […]

New choices for mixed-use spaces in the city

Think of places with friction: industry opposes housing, mobility opposes liveability or nature opposes agriculture. In What if Lab: Rethinking shared space, designers, in collaboration with Sweco, make new choices for these areas. Space & Matter, Starling Associates and cocosmos have each developed future-proof, integral and adaptive solutions to shape the mixing of functions (mixed-use) […]

Totaal Lokaal: what does the self-sufficient city of the future look like?

Title Lab: Totaal Lokaal (Totally Local)Design Question: What if… our cities were fully self-sufficient?Commisioner: Sweco Design Studio’s: Bram de Vos, Studio Floris Schoonderbeek & Studio Tjeerd VeenhovenPeriod: May 2022 – October 2022 Too wet or too dry, too hot or too cold, a scarcity of raw materials and too stressful. Does how we arrange our living environment […]