What if festival organisators and the spatial planning department would co-operate? Festivalcity_Rotterdam was presented to cultural and spatial planning experts from Rotterdam
Festivalcity_Rotterdam is the urban strategy on the symbiotic collaboration between festivals and urban development. It was presented together with the case studies: ‘Caribbean Summer @ Afrikaanderwijk’ and ‘the Rotterdam urban theatre’.
In Rotterdam’s former Photo Museum, guests from the cultural sector of Rotterdam and from the local authority of Rotterdam concerning the urban development and public housing, dS+V, were gathered for the presentation.
Johan Moerman, the director of Rotterdam Festivals, liked the approach and agreed that the festivals have a broader meaning for the city. He hopes to work more often together with dS+V in the future.