This exhibition explores the critical role of imaginative design in confronting global environmental challenges and envisioning a sustainable future. It delves into the limits of the green economy, investigating how designers address complex issues such as pollution, waste, and the circular economy. Featuring design teams like TALLER and BOOM Landscape, the display showcases their investigations into immediate living environments. Visitors can discover innovative approaches to designing for a world in transition and reflect on climate crisis impacts.
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This exhibition examines the limits of the green economy and explores the imaginative capacity of designers to envision and create a safer, more sustainable future in the face of global environmental challenges. It investigates the role of design in addressing complex issues like pollution, waste, and the circular economy.
The exhibition "An Optimistic Disaster Plan – Designing for a world in transition" delves into the urgent environmental crises facing Earth and the critical need for imaginative design solutions. Guided by philosopher Lisa Doeland and landscape architect Dirk Sijmons, the exhibition features design teams TALLER, New Environments, and BOOM Landscape who investigate their roles in designing for a world grappling with polluted air, PFAS contamination, accumulating waste, and the complexities of achieving a circular economy. The exhibition is structured into three main elements: "The Wall" presents the investigations of the design teams into their immediate living environments and the feasibility of circular ambitions. "The North Sea Canal table" spatially visualizes the research across the North Sea Canal region, from the coast to the Oranjesluis, with accompanying explanations. Finally, "The aftercare room," conceptualized by Gouden Haas, offers a "Green Clinic" where visitors can find tailor-made "prescriptions" to process the emotional impact of the climate crisis, emphasizing recognition, imagination, connection, and storytelling as steps towards coping with the challenges.
Adult tickets cost €5.00, students €2.50, and admission is free for children under 18. Visitors with disabilities and their accompanying person receive free admission, as do holders of the I Amsterdam City Card. Tickets can be purchased via the provided link, and the exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday, 1-5 pm. This appears to be a permanent display as dated from November 4, 2023, however the listed dates for this specific run are 29.11.25 —26.04.26.
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