By curators rietveld landscape (ronald and erik rietveld), saskia van stein (curator at NAI) and designer juergen bey

the installation ‘vacant NL’ calls upon the dutch government to make use of the enormous potential of inspiring, temporarily unoccupied buildings from the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries for innovation within the creative knowledge economy. 

rietveld landscape (ronald rietveld and erik rietveld) has been invited by the netherlands architecture institute (NAI) to make a statement in the form of an installation about the potential of landscape architecture to contribute to resolving the major challenges facing society today.

the curators have put together a multidisciplinary team to design the installation, consisting of people with an interest in the innovative potential of vacant property and international experience in the creative industry: jurgen bey (designer), joost grootens (graphic designer), ronald rietveld (landscape architect), erik rietveld (philosopher/ economist), saskia van stein (curator NAI), and barbara visser (artist). landstra & devries and claus wiersma (designer) are responsible for the construction of the exhibition

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