'The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace'. Queen’s Palace rehabilitated into an outdoor theatre foto: © Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The Good Cause
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9 March - 1 June 2014
Opening: Saturday 8 March, 5 pm
+ from 4 pm an introductory program
Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
This exhibition is part of See You in The Hague, a multifaceted narrative about the ambitions and reality of The Hague as International City of Peace and Justice.
Stroom School is the umbrella term for the side program accompanying exhibitions. Themes are highlighted and more profoundly explored. The Stroom School accompanying The Good Cause consists of a number of tours, a congress, an Archis RSVP Event and a number of expeditions.
Saturday 8 March 2014, 16 hrs
Opening exhibition + introductory program
Reservations not needed
Natasja van den Berg in conversation with architect Malkit Shoshan and Arjen Oosterman and Lilet Breddels of Archis about the (everyday) practice of working in (former) conflict zones, the importance of a longterm vision and the role architecture can play in this process.
TOURS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Sundays, 15.00 hrs
Reservations not needed. Free.
Personal visions, experiences, stories and views on and about The Good Cause.
Sunday 30 March 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Elian Somers
Sunday 6 April 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Ingrid Rollema
Sunday 13 April 2014
Tour by Zahid Movlazadeh
Sunday 11 May 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Lilet Breddels
Sunday 18 May 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Arjen Oosterman
Sunday 25 May 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Gerd Junne
Sunday 1 June 2014, 15 hrs
Tour by Ole Bouman + Anne Feenstra
Also the last day of the exhibition!
OTHER EVENTS
Monday 19 May 2014, 13-17 hrs
Archis RSVP Event #17 All Inclusive /
Tour of the International Zone
Response-based Event: A Quest for Ideas and Action. Featuring: Stroom Den Haag, Archis and you!
Interested?
Tuesday 20 May 2014, 13-17 hrs
Law & Order / Working conference
A host of international experts from the world of justice, design, activism, conflict management and politics will discuss how justice and design can either contain or ignite conflict situations. One of the important questions to address is: who's law are we applying?
The exhibition The Good Cause is the result of Architecture of Peace, the longterm research project by Archis into how architecture and design can contribute to a sustainable world peace.
The Good Cause addresses the military, political and cultural complexity of rebuilding operations. Can architecture actively contribute to this area of tension? The exhibition shows inspiring, hopeful examples of interventions by architects and city planners in post-conflict areas in South Africa, Afghanistan, Israel, Palestina, Rwanda, Kosovo and distills a number of ‘key factors for success'.
Projects
* Baghe-e Babur Garden, Kabul, Afghanistan - Aga Khan Trust for Culture/Jolyon Leslie
* Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre, Kigali, Rwanda - Killian Doherty
* Pamir-e-Buzurg Visitors Center, Afghanistan, AFIR Architects/Anne Feenstra
* Birzeit, Palestine - Riwaq Centre
* Skateistan, Kabul, Afghanistan - Oliver Percovich
* Masterplan for Ein Hawd, Israel - FAST/ Malkit Shoshan
* Masterplan Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Noero Wolff Architects
* Prishtina Building Regulations, Kosovo - Archis Interventions/Kai Voeckler
It is with good reason that The Good Cause is shown in The Hague. As the International City of Peace and Justice The Hague plays an important role in conflict prevention and sentencing in conflict situations. The Hague hosts more than 160 institutions, large and small, that concern themselves with (world) peace, justice and security. This not only affects the public image of The Hague all over the world, but also has a great impact on the city itself and on its inhabitants. The impact is shown through maps and films, photographs of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia by Friso Keuris and drawings by Ivan Grubanov.
The exhibition was designed by Vanessa van Dam and Adriaan Mellegers (with Markus Lange).
The Good Cause is accompanied by a Stroom School side program of guided tours, excursions and a congress.
The Good Cause is made possible in part by:
Mondriaan Fund, Creative Industries Fund NL and The City of The Hague.
Archis
Archis is an international think tank, antenna, knowledge network and project initiator devoted to spatial issues within a social context. Archis organizes discussions and research projects and publishes Volume Magazine and other publications.
Architecture of Peace is a project by Archis and is created in collaboration with:
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal; Prince Claus Fund; Het Nieuwe Instituut; Creative Industries Fund NL; University of Amsterdam; KNAW; Espérance - Association des Jeunes Sportifs de Kigali (Rwanda); ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna; Architekturmuseum, Münich and Stroom Den Haag.
The exhibition The Good Cause has also been presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal (2011) and the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre in Kigali, Rwanda (2012). After Stroom Den Haag the exhibition wil travel to het Architekturmuseum Münich.
PRESS
Open!, 12 May 2014
Archined, 9 April 2014
DenHaagDirect.nl, 4 April 2014 (in Dutch)
Archined, 24 March 2014 (in Dutch)
The Pop-Up City, 24 March 2014
VPRO Radio: Nooit meer slapen, 10 March 2014 (in Dutch)