The next International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) will be split in two parts, the first held in 2018 and the second in 2020. Appropriately dubbed IABR—2018+2020, it will be based in both the Netherlands and Belgium and will use the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (COP21) as its impetus.

Curated by Floris Alkemade of Floris Alkemade Architectm (the Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands), Flemish Government Architect Leo Van Broeck of Bogdan & Van Broeck, and Joachim Declerck of the Belgian practice Architecture Workroom Brussels, the trio calls on innovative practices from around the globe to participate in The Missing Link: a three-year (from early 2018 to summer 2020) program of knowledge sharing, peer supervision, and joint research by design including presentations and debates at the biennales of 2018 and 2020. 

This experimental program aims to see practices from various domains and continents and with different backgrounds share insights, breakthroughs, and innovative methods. And to subsequently jointly explore and test, where possible, how innovative, purposeful design practices can help make the transition into a more resilient future, to an alternative living environment that is balanced with the capacity of the planet.

Those who want to answer our call and actually join us in materializing The Missing Link are invited to closely read the documents including all selection criteria and guidelines and subsequently complete the application form and send this and all requested documents to call@iabr.nl. Make sure to submit not later than November 22, 2017.

For the Call for Practices click here.
For the Application Form click here.
For the Curator Statement and Research Agenda click here.