BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29121@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Radical autonomy DTSTAMP:20261020T191724Z DTSTART:20261113T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Designing and building differently\, with Arquitetura na Perife ria and Time To\nAccess.\n\nArchitecture in the Netherlands is under press ure. Construction is highly\nindustrialised\, projects grow ever more comp lex\, and buildings are increasingly\ntreated as financial assets\, all of which narrows what we can design and build.\nArchitects find themselves f ighting to keep their decision-making power and to\nprotect the principles and qualities of their work. This event will bring\ntogether spatial prac titioners and researchers from Brazil and the Netherlands\nto discuss goin g radical as the way to regain our collective autonomy as\ndesigners\, bui lders\, and inhabitants of the city. What does it mean to do\njustice to a rchitecture as a collective project? How can we practice in ways\nthat con front the roots of our current crises\, rather than just their symptoms?\n Across two geographies\, in open dialogue\, we will discover what architec ture is\nstill capable of when we radically rethink the economy\, politics \, hierarchies\,\nand types of knowledge that shape our projects.\n\nToget her with Carina Guedes Architect and Urban Planner | Founder of Arquitetur a\nna Periferia and President of IAMÍ Institute\n[https://arquiteturanaper iferia.org.br] Mariana Borel Architect and Urban\nPlanner | Co-founder and Institutional Strategy Manager at IAMÍ\n[https://arquiteturanaperiferia.o rg.br/institucional/] Mira Nekova\nArchitect/Partner bij Time to Access\n[ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mira-nekova-74827741/] Alina Paias Researcher at TU\nDelft\, writer and curator [https://alinapaias.com]\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nCarina Guedes and Mariana Borel are Brazilian architects and urban plann ers who\nlead Arquitetura na Periferia (Architecture in the Peripheries)\, an initiative\nthat works with women in peripheral communities in Brazil. Their practice\nconnects architecture\, gender and self-management\, crea ting participatory\nprocesses through which women develop the knowledge an d autonomy to transform\ntheir own homes and territories. By bringing toge ther technical knowledge and\nlocal experience\, their work explores archi tecture as a tool for women’s\nautonomy\, collective action and the right to the city.\n\nMira Nekova is an architect and partner at Time to Access\ , which she founded in\n2021 together with Andrea Verdecchia. Time to Acce ss is an Amsterdam-based\npractice dedicated to the development of radical architecture. Their projects\ninclude the De Nieuwe Meent housing coopera tive and the CPO Bakstayn. Nekova\nobtained her Master’s degree in Archite cture from Delft University of Technology\nand worked as an architect and project manager before founding Time to Access.\nIn 2021\, she was nominat ed for the ARC21 Young Talent Award and\, in 2023\, she\nwas included by F inancieel Dagblad in its list of fifty entrepreneurial talents\nunder the age of 35.\n\nAlina Paias is a 2025-26 recipient of the Talent Development Grant by the\nCreative Industries Fund NL and is currently a researcher a t the Delft\nUniversity of Technology. Her work centers around the product ion of the built\nenvironment\, including what types of work\, technology and knowledge are involved\nin it. She has been involved with exhibitions and research projects in the\nAmericas and in Europe for multiple arts and architecture institutions. She was\none of the curators for the 2024 Inte rnational Architecture Biennale Rotterdam\n(IABR)\, the solo curator for T aking More Than What’s There to Give at VI PER\nGallery\, in Prague\, and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale in 2025\, and a member\nof the 2025 coho rt of the Bauhaus Lab programme in Global Modernism Studies at\nthe Bauhau s Dessau Foundation.\n\n\nMODERATOR\n\nCatherine Koekoek is a researcher\, curator and facilitator in the fields of\narchitecture\, feminism\, and p hilosophy. She works as postdoctoral researcher at\nthe Knowledge\, Transf ormation & Society (KiTeS) section at the University of\nTwente. Her work focuses on the infrastructures needed for civic\, cultural and\nactivist p ractices to link up with institutional democracy and transformation.\nAs a n engaged and practice-based researcher\, she enjoys moving between academ ia\nand practice. She was co-curator of the 2024 International Architectur e Biennale\nRotterdam\, and co-produces feminist architecture podcast Resp ons. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/radical-autonomy GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,community,democracy,eastern docklands,exhibiti on,feminism,gender,physical space X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Designing and building differently, with Arqui tetura na Periferia and Time To Access.

Architecture in the Netherlands is under pressure. Construction is highly industrialised, projects grow e ver more complex, and buildings are increasingly treated as financial asse ts, all of which narrows what we can design and build. Architects find the mselves fighting to keep their decision-making power and to protect the pr inciples and qualities of their work. This event will bring together spati al practitioners and researchers from Brazil and the Netherlands to discus s going radical as the way to regain our collective autonomy as designers, builders, and inhabitants of the city. What does it mean to do justice to architecture as a collective project? How can we practice in ways that co nfront the roots of our current crises, rather than just their symptoms? A cross two geographies, in open dialogue, we will discover what architectur e is still capable of when we radically rethink the economy, politics, hie rarchies, and types of knowledge that shape our projects.

Together with Ca rina Guedes Architect and Urban Planner | Founder of Arquitetura na Perife ria and President of IAMÍ Institute Mariana Borel Architect a nd Urban Planner | Co-founder and Institutional Strategy Manager at IAMÍ Mira Nekova Architect/Partner bij Time to Access Alina Paias Researcher at TU Delf t, writer and curator

Speakers

Carina Guedes and Mariana Borel are Brazilian architects and urban planners wh o lead Arquitetura na Periferia (Architecture in the Peripheries), an init iative that works with women in peripheral communities in Brazil. Their pr actice connects architecture, gender and self-management, creating partici patory processes through which women develop the knowledge and autonomy to transform their own homes and territories. By bringing together technical knowledge and local experience, their work explores architecture as a too l for women’s autonomy, collective action and the right to the city.

< p>Mira Nekova is an architect and partner at Time to Acce ss, which she founded in 2021 together with Andrea Verdecchia. Time to Acc ess is an Amsterdam-based practice dedicated to the development of radical architecture. Their projects include the De Nieuwe Meent housing cooperat ive and the CPO Bakstayn. Nekova obtained her Master’s degree in Architect ure from Delft University of Technology and worked as an architect and pro ject manager before founding Time to Access. In 2021, she was nominated fo r the ARC21 Young Talent Award and, in 2023, she was included by Financiee l Dagblad in its list of fifty entrepreneurial talents under the age of 35 .

Alina Paias is a 2025-26 recipient of the Talent Development Grant by the Creative Industries Fund NL and is currently a r esearcher at the Delft University of Technology. Her work centers around t he production of the built environment, including what types of work, tech nology and knowledge are involved in it. She has been involved with exhibi tions and research projects in the Americas and in Europe for multiple art s and architecture institutions. She was one of the curators for the 2024 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the solo curator for Taking More Than What’s There to Give at VI PER Gallery, in Prag ue, and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale in 2025, and a member of the 202 5 cohort of the Bauhaus Lab programme in Global Modernism Studies at the B auhaus Dessau Foundation.

Moderator

Catherine Koekoek is a researcher, curator and facilitator in the fields of architecture, feminism, and philosophy. She works as postdoc toral researcher at the Knowledge, Transformation & Society (KiTeS) se ction at the University of Twente. Her work focuses on the infrastructures needed for civic, cultural and activist practices to link up with institu tional democracy and transformation. As an engaged and practice-based rese archer, she enjoys moving between academia and practice. She was co-curato r of the 2024 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, and co-produc es feminist architecture podcast Respons.

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