Symposium Forward!

On the Revitalization of Modern Architecture

15 Dec 2007

The symposium Forward! On the revitalization of modern architecture hosting guest speakers from the field of art, architecture and philosophy, encourages interdisciplinary dialogue and debate, and offers a variety of perspectives on the issue at stake in an international context.

Having fought extensively to preserve its previous premises in the now demolished building of the former Jan Swammerdam Institute, which was one of the few remaining examples of modern architecture in the center of Amsterdam, the issue of the future of the modern architectural legacy is relevant to SMART Project Space. The symposium takes place in conjunction with the current exhibition Kiosk7: OudWestKiosk.
The Kiosk project provides an excellent occasion to address the revitalization of modern architecture, which has been under-represented in the context of many recent debates in the field of architecture.