Whoever you are and wherever you come from: if you come to Rotterdam and want to know more about the bustling port city on the River Meuse, then this book is for you. METRO 010 is about the major historical events that shaped city, and shows ways to imagine its future, too.

The story begins in a distant past, when Rotterdam was no more than a village of fishermen. It ends in 2050 - the future of the city. A city that was not created at one moment, by one person, but made over the centuries, b...

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Afrika is vanwege de groei van de bevolking en de economie het snelst verstedelijkende continent ter wereld. Hoewel sommige mensen Afrika nog steeds associëren met plattelandsontwikkeling is de toekomst van het werelddeel in feite zeer stedelijk. In gebieden met fragiele institutionele kaders en chronische armoede vormt deze verstedelijking een enorme uitdaging. Veel migranten die naar de stad trekken eindigen in zelfgebouwde nederzettingen zonder basisvoorzienin...

Architecture and urbanism can contribute to making our cities more resilient to migration. In ‘City of Comings and Goings’ Crimson brings together a cast of European cities that are marked by migration represented through authoratitive essays by local scholars. These cities are also the source of a catalogue of one hundred projects that tackle the issue of migration in many different ways and on different scales. The essays, the catalogue of projects and Crimson’s manifesto-like introdu...