Rotterdam has seen many new buildings recently getting realized and many more are scheduled to be erected soon. Fueled by a growing economy, the city is shaping its future at a rapid speed. Yet, there is little reflection on what does so much change in our environment do to the city?
Letters from 2050 - Rotterdam stories is going to be a small collection of fictional letters imagining future of the city. 4 fictional letters will be written, describing the future of 4 characters from Rotterdam. Letters will voice what the physical environment of the characters look like and what does the spaces they live in mean to them.
The project aims to imagine the impacts of the current architectural developments by literary methods voicing the people inhabiting those spaces. It will add a new dimension to the conversation about the development of Rotterdam architecture towards 2050 and raise an important question: What does the future that we are sleepwalking into feel like?