All Things Urban

In the programme series Designing Cities for All (DCFA) we dive into the matter of (re)designing inclusive cities. Apart from involving many designers, scientists, experts, educational institutions and other partners to participate, we invite fellows to curate part of the programme. In their DCFA Fellowship, de Chrononauten – a small collective consisting of futurists Edwin Gardner and Christiaan Fruneaux – (re)think the shape of trust and democracy in the digital age. Together, we explore the implications of a new (online and electronic) era on three levels: the public domain, public culture and public governance.

In DCFA we believe everything around us has been once designed and therefore can be redesigned. Thus anyone interested in design and assumes themselves as a designer is highly welcome to join this programme. Audiences may vary from urban planners and architects to students and scholars as well.

Pakhuis de Zwijger is an accessible, independent, and safe public meeting place for everyone. A contemporary 'talking house' with a strong online environment that has opted for dialogue as a form of conversation. A place where we jointly formulate ambitions and present different opinions and insights in order to arrive at creative solutions for the urgent and complex social issues of our time. Where we bring artists and designers together with scientists, policymakers, practitioners, and citizens in all their diversity. Where together we visualize the city and metropolitan region of tomorrow, test research results against everyday practice, and present technological and social innovation as alternatives to current policy and actual reality.