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Laboratorium voor de Tussentijd / Laboratory for the Interim
Idea: Mobile project office OpTrek (Sabrina Lindemann)
Development: in collaboration with Studio Iris Schutten
Period: January 2007 to December 2009
The Laboratorium voor de Tussentijd / Laboratory for the Interim was the think tank of Hotel Transvaal. This hotel was dual in character: as a company its viability in the district was tested out, in addition it functioned as a catalyst for new ideas. The hotel provided a pattern of thought for further research into the use and possibilities of the 'interim', the frequently long-lasting period between demolition and new construction. For three years, with guests from various disciplines (art, architecture, sociology and philosophy), innovative strategies were developed in the Laboratory established for that purpose, aimed at giving districts in transformation a sustainable impulse. Jointly alternatives avoiding the negative consequences of the current approach were sought, starting from the assumption that a different transformation process will result in a different kind of interim.
The participants in the LAB developed programmes and methods which are important for 'the interim' and may create a spin-off in the future. Models forming an alternative for current 'final-image thinking' were discussed and concepts generating a new perspective of the district, whereby local identity, entrepreneurship, informality and an open-source approach will play a much larger part in urban development.
The Laboratory for the Interim consisted of a programme of three workshops including meetings with experts, lectures with foreign guests (such as Peter Lang of Stalker/ON, Klaus Overmeyer of Studio Urban Catalyst and Mathias Heyden of ISPARA), bimonthly theme meetings and a national workshop: Urban Transformation in the Interim (in collaboration with Trancity) for corporations and authorities.
programme: see www.hoteltransvaal.com/lab for the full programme with participants and speakers.
location: Transvaal and the centre of The Hague
video: Hotel Transvaal*_*****, verblijf in de tussentijd / Hotel Transvaal*_*****, a stay in the interim
makers: Barbara Smeenk and André Bijma
Idea: Mobile project office OpTrek (Sabrina Lindemann)
Development: in collaboration with Studio Iris Schutten
Period: January 2007 to December 2009
The Laboratorium voor de Tussentijd / Laboratory for the Interim was the think tank of Hotel Transvaal. This hotel was dual in character: as a company its viability in the district was tested out, in addition it functioned as a catalyst for new ideas. The hotel provided a pattern of thought for further research into the use and possibilities of the 'interim', the frequently long-lasting period between demolition and new construction. For three years, with guests from various disciplines (art, architecture, sociology and philosophy), innovative strategies were developed in the Laboratory established for that purpose, aimed at giving districts in transformation a sustainable impulse. Jointly alternatives avoiding the negative consequences of the current approach were sought, starting from the assumption that a different transformation process will result in a different kind of interim.
The participants in the LAB developed programmes and methods which are important for 'the interim' and may create a spin-off in the future. Models forming an alternative for current 'final-image thinking' were discussed and concepts generating a new perspective of the district, whereby local identity, entrepreneurship, informality and an open-source approach will play a much larger part in urban development.
The Laboratory for the Interim consisted of a programme of three workshops including meetings with experts, lectures with foreign guests (such as Peter Lang of Stalker/ON, Klaus Overmeyer of Studio Urban Catalyst and Mathias Heyden of ISPARA), bimonthly theme meetings and a national workshop: Urban Transformation in the Interim (in collaboration with Trancity) for corporations and authorities.
programme: see www.hoteltransvaal.com/lab for the full programme with participants and speakers.
location: Transvaal and the centre of The Hague
video: Hotel Transvaal*_*****, verblijf in de tussentijd / Hotel Transvaal*_*****, a stay in the interim
makers: Barbara Smeenk and André Bijma