Edith Gruson , Gerard Hadders , ProArtsDesign
Europan 1994: At Home in The City, design for living in the European city
Exhibition
For: Roos Wiggers, NAI (Netherlands Architecture Institute), Europan













































10 steden, 52 locaties en 2000 inzendingen

vraag was de 100 winnende ontwerpen binnen de context van het thema “at home in the city” te presenteren.
de structuur van het tentoonstellingsplan werd bepaald door het begrip “grens”. grens tussen binnen en buiten, privé en openbaar.
steden zijn overgeorganiseerd, alle ruimte is verdeeld en kent zijn bestemming.
werk hier!, dans daar!, dit is van mij!
begrenzingen die zelden ter discussie worden gesteld.

de grenzen worden verbeeld in een labyrintisch vloerplan, gevormd door deuren, hekken, stoplichten verbonden aan de thema’s.
de 52 europese locaties werden onderverdeeld in 8 clusters met elk hun eigen thema, gesitueerd in het centrum van de imaginaire stad. deze werden d.m.v een pad verbonden met de periferie
waar de 100 winnende architectonisch oplossingen werden gepresenteerd.

10 cities, 52 locations, 2000 entries
The exhibition plan was build on the notion of ’borders’. Borders between inside and outside, public and private. Cities are overly organized and overdetermined, all space has it’s own ownership and destination. Work here! Dance there! This is mine! borders that are rarely discussed... The borders were expressed through a labyrinthine floor plan divided by doors, fences, traffic lights, each connected to themes. The 52 European locations were categorized in 8 clusters by thematization, situated in an imaginary city. The clusters were connected by paths to the periphery of the exhibition space where the 100 competition winners were presented.

Europan is a biennial competition for young architects under 40 years of age to design innovative housing schemes for sites across Europe. The competition encourages architects to address social and economic changes occurring in towns and cities and offers the opportunity for cross-cultural learning and networking for the architects and site promoters involved.

The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) is a Dutch architecture institute in Rotterdam. The NAi owns one of the world’s largest architectural collections, has a library with over 30,000 books and a museum with 3 exhibition galleries. The NAi museum in Rotterdam (1993) is located in a modern building designed by architect Jo Coenen, located on the Museumpark in Rotterdam.
The second venue of the NAi in Maastricht is since April 2009 a separate museum by the name of NAiM / Bureau Europa and focuses on pan-European issues. Affiliate organization NAi Publishers publishes books about architecture, urban design, spatial planning, visual art, photography and design.