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International Co-operation in Sustainable Design

Architecture News - Jul 16, 2008 - 16:01   5439 views

TheFoundation for International Co-operation in Sustainable Design invitesyoung architects and urban designers to participate in a competitionwhich will end in an exchange programme of knowledge and workingpractice in The Netherlands or Argentina.The Foundation forInternational Cooperation in Sustainable Design is responsible for theproject. The Foundation is independent and was founded in TheNetherlands, April 13, 2005. The principles are laid down in its bylaws.The main goal of the Foundation is to facilitate the exchange ofknowledge and to promote cooperation between professionals fromdifferent countries {in- and outside of Europe}.The Board of the Foundation is constituted by representatives from theNetherlands and Argentina. The representatives are associated with RDH,HZ and MNH. The main goal of the Foundation is to deepen the disciplinesof architecture and urban deve­lopment in an international framework.To promote international co-operation between architects, urbandevelopers universities and colleges of further education. The method is an exchange programme for five young and promisingArgentinean and five young Dutch architects/urban developers with aduration of 3 months, for a total period of 2 years.
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