Rietveld’s Universe Today - The relevance of Rietveld’s oeuvre and legacy

Together with the Netherlands Architecture Institute, the ®MIT department of Delft University of Technology and UTRECHT MANIFEST / MODERNISMTODAY, the Centraal Museum and Utrecht University are organising the symposium Rietveld’s Universe Today.

Date: Saturday 29 January 2011
Location: Utrecht University, Drift 21, room 032, in Utrecht
Language: English

The Utrecht-born architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld is well known for the Red Blue Chair and the Schröder House but the rest of his work is no less interesting. In 2006 the research project Rietveld’s Universe was initiated with the aim of achieving a greater understanding of his work and ideas and a better idea of his place in history. This research project culminated in the exhibition Rietveld’s Universe at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, curated together with the Netherlands Architecture Institute. The exhibition is accompanied by an eponymous publication with articles by Dutch and international writers. The research project Rietveld’s Universe will be brought to a festive conclusion on 29 January 2011 with a symposium about Rietveld, his place in history, his working method and the relevance of his ideas today. Several foreign architecture critics will also give ‘spoken reviews’ of the exhibition and the publication. The authors of the essays in Rietveld’s Universe will enter into round-table discussions with architects and architecture critics on a variety of themes.

More information on: www.rietveldjaar.nl
Register via: symposiumRU@centraalmuseum.nl