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We are proudly announcing Alessandra Covini and Giovanni Bellotti of Studio Ossidiana as the speakers for School’s out #23! We have been a fan of the fairytale work of Studio Ossidiana since they won the Dutch Prix de Rome in 2018, the most prestigious prize in the Netherlands for architects under the age of 35. Studio Ossidiana is a practice based in Rotterdam that works at the crossroads of architecture, visual art and design and is led by Alessandra Covini and Giovanni Bellotti. Balancing research and fabrication, their practice explores innovative approaches in design, and is always in search of new material expressions to translate visions into tangible spaces and objects. Playfulness, tactility and inclusivity play a major role in the studio’s projects: stories are told and objects are brought to life through materials and spaces that call for action, discovery and wonder. Working across multiple scales, Studio Ossidiana blurs the boundaries between architecture, design, art, landscape, and urban strategies.
Everyone interested in urbanism, art, design, architecture, the city and planning
The Independent School for the City is a playground for all urban thinkers, do-ers and designers – based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It brings together critical and experimental ideas in the field of urban research, design, strategy and activism. Through a range of diverse activities, it offers a platform where urban professionals can meet to informally discuss the challenges facing the modern city.
The school is an initiative of Crimson Historians and Urbanists and ZUS and is rooted in their practices of combining a critical and activist approach to the city with effecting real change through architectural and planning projects. The independent school for the City is founded on a strong belief in an incremental instead of a tabula rasa approach to city planning which blurs the lines between critique and practice on the one hand, and research and policy on the other.