PANORAMA EUROPE

PANORAMA EUROPA is an international exchange programme which has been developed by Architectuur Lokaal, the national architecture foundation for the Netherlands. The programme provides a European network to exchange information in the field of national architecture and urban design policy. We see ‘Europe’ as a commmunity of different nations which has the potential to open up channels for information exchange, especially in the field of physical planning and architecture policy. The challenges facing many European countries are, after all, similar, and among them are how we respond to issues such as environmental pollution, mobility, rural policies, urban restructuring, and increasing or decreasing density of the built environment.

National differences in history, culture, economics and politics result in different solutions to such planning problems. However, many of these solutions have positive attributes which are transferable across international borders and there is an ever-growing European resource of expertise in the field of commissioning architecture and in the development of architecture policies. 

Editions: #1 PANORAMA NL<>D (Germany) Cologne 2002 / #2 PANORAMA NL<>VL (Flanders), Brussels 2004 / #3 PANORAMA NL<>SC (Scotland), Glasgow 2007.