Exhibition "Dutch Houses", 7-28 May, 2015.

The exhibition project "Dutch Houses“ shows a selection of model projects of Dutch residential and pavilion architecture of the 20th and 21st century. Starting from the iconic works of Gerrit Rietveld and J.J.P. Oud, and leading to contemporary architecture by Rem Koolhaas, Christian Rapp, and VMX, the exhibition shows a wide range of projects and the development of residential and pavilion architecture by Architects in the Netherlands.

Dutch housing architecture has played a pivotal role in the development of modern architecture in the 20th century. Many building projects by Dutch designers have inspired architects and the public around the world. Although Dutch housing is often associated with large-scale schemes, like housing blocks with differentiated access systems and varied typologies, or vast city extensions, the underlying architectural ideas were often developed on a much smaller scale, at the level of the individual housing unit or even ephemeral pavilions. This research project strives to analyse and present the innovative design principles that laid the basis for much larger schemes. The design ideas originating from the Netherlands continue to inspire students of architecture and practitioners around the world, often in very different frameworks of physical, social, and environmental context.

The exhibition “Dutch Houses” is the result of a student research project in the Theory of Architecture 1 course in the summer semester 2015 at the Architecture and Urban Design Program of the German University in Cairo.

It is scheduled to open on Thursday, 7 May, 2015, at 6.15 PM, in the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), 1 Dr. Mouhmoud Azmi st., Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

The opening lecture will be held by Architect Christian Rapp, Amsterdam/ Berlin.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture and film series on Thursday and Sunday evenings in the “Month of Architecture” of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.

More information: http://institutes.leiden.edu/nvic/news/lectures-films.html