“Vjera u Snagu grada koja nadahnjuje”
...a posebno dio izložbe pod naslovom Visionary Power riznica je ideja koju bi cijela nizozemska vlada, političari i investitori svakako trebali posjetiti, po mogućnosti uz nadahnuto vodstvo, budući da je laiku i dalje dosta teško tumačiti karte, fotografije i nacrte.
Marina de Vries, Volkskrant, 26. svibnja 2007

Institut Berlage pozvan je od uprave (Board) rotterdamskog Bijenala da bude kustos trećeg međunarodnog Bijenala arhitekture u Rotterdamu 2007. godine. Nakon nešto više od godine dana intenzivnog istraživanja, radionica sa sudionicima izložbi, prikupljanja sredstava i treniranja odnosa s javnosti, Bijenale pod naslovom Power – Producing the Contemporary City je otvoren 24. svibnja te će trajati do 2. rujna u kultnom rotterdamskom Kunsthalu. Bijenale je službeno otvorio gradonačelnik Rotterdama Ivo Opstelten, uz prigodne govore Edi Rame, gradonačelnika Tirane, Hermana Hertzbergera osnivača Instituta Berlage te Vedrana Mimice, direktora Instituta i glavnog kustosa Bijenala. Pozivajući Institut Berlage, instituciju, umjesto jednog kustosa (Francine Houben 2003. i Adriaan Geuze 2005.), uprava bijenala je vjerojatno anticipirala široko rasprostranjeno polje urbanih istraživanja koje je institut do sada uspostavio, vrlo operativnu mrežu istraživača, uglavnom bivših studenata instituta, te organizacijske i produkcijske sposobnosti institucije.
Kroz ovaj prilog prikazat ćemo samo jedan aspekt bijenalskih događanja, a to je izložba Visionary Power. Ova izložba možda na najbolji način odražava recentno stanje u razvoju Instituta Berlage te kroz poziciju kustosa, nadamo se, jasno govori o promociji specifičnih vrijednosti arhitektonskog djelovanja nadolazeće generacije arhitekata.
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“Inspiring belief in the Power of the City”
Visionary Power in particular is a treasure room of ideas that should be a must-visit for the whole ... preferably under inspired guidance, because of the ... maps, photos, and plans.
Marina de Vries, Volkskrant, 26 May 2007

The Board of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) invited the Berlage Institute to curate the 3rd IABR of 2007. After a little over a year of intensive research, workshops with exhibitors, fund raising and public relations exercises, the biennale entitled “Power – Producing the Contemporary City” opened in Rotterdam Kunsthal on 24 May and will close on 2 September. The opening speech was delivered by Rotterdam Mayor Ivo Opstelten, followed by Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana, Herman Hertzberger, the founder of Berlage Institute and Vedran Mimica, the Institute’s director and the Biennale’s head curator.
By inviting an institute instead of an individual curator (such as Francine Houben in 2003 and Adriaan Geuze in 2005), the Biennale’s Board seems to have counted on the wide range of urban studies carried out by the Berlage Institute, on its operative research network, dominated by the Institute’s former students, and its organisational and production potential.
This article focuses on a single aspect of the Biennale, that is, on the exhibition entitled “Visionary Power”. This exhibition seems to best reflect the current state of development of the Berlage Institute and hopefully to promote the specific values of the new generation of architects, with a little help from its curators.
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