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Cultuurcampus: a sustainable hub of arts, research, learning and community as catalyst

Project description

Shaping a better future for Rotterdam South

Part of the New European Bauhaus – an initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences – the EU-funded CULTUURCAMPUS project is one of five demonstrator projects. Its purpose is to blend education, research, policy and culture and consider the lived experiences of residents to transform the disadvantaged urban area of Rotterdam South, the Netherlands. The Cultuurcampus will be housed in a historical building. The actual refurbishment of the building will highlight sustainable redesign visions of architecture students and local stakeholders. When ready, the Cultuurcampus will offer sustainable crafts and repair workshops open to all, as well as lifelong learning formats and master’s-level courses – all coming together to inspire citizens, students and lecturers in shaping a better future for Rotterdam South.

Objective

Cultuurcampus pilots a new approach to city making through education, research, policy and culture at the heart of Rotterdam South, an area which is exemplary of the complex challenges and diverse potential of Europe’s most disadvantaged urban areas. In our approach, we facilitate the coming together of different types of knowledge - theoretical, practical, from the arts and sciences - with the lived experiences of citizens. We do so in three ways.

First, by co-creating a vibrant site of encounter, dialogue and shared learning. The Cultuurcampus will be housed in a historical building, the refurbishment of which unites a sustainable re-design vision of students of architecture and built environment, with the wishes and needs of local stakeholders, in a part of town where education and cultural institutions are scarce. This will be a hub for students, residents, social enterprise start-ups, lecturers and researchers – a place for learning, studying, community, art and culture.

Second, we will facilitate empowering the co-design of impact-oriented learning curricula, that can make the area more sustainable, inclusive, and enriching. From sustainable crafts and repair workshops open to all, to lifelong learning formats and Master level courses, we will test innovative didactic approaches geared towards activating and inspiring citizens, students, and lecturers in shaping a better future for Rotterdam South.

Third, we will ground our approach in participatory research and citizen science, that empowers residents to take part in the processes that shape their city and delivers a sound understanding of the area, its challenges and opportunities.

Evaluating our experience, we will identify the most effective strategies for delivering territorial transformations that build on situated knowledge of an area and where the vision is shaped and implemented through multi-stakeholder and multi-level collaborations.

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2021-NEB-01

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Coordinator

ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM
Net EU contribution

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€ 991 859,09
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BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50
3062 PA Rotterdam
Netherlands

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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Total cost

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€ 991 859,38

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