Public space is inseparable intertwined with the city; it is the urban substrate, the public fabric that connects individual (private) buildings. Furthermore it is the breeding ground for bottom-up initiatives, the workfield of citizens, artists and designers who programme, activate and transform public space with (temporary) interventions.

We Love Public Space pays tribute to public space and to all those people who are (professionally) involved with it. During the Rotterdam Architecture Month we organise a series of ‘Walkshops’, exploring the public spaces of Rotterdam in a special way. A Walkshop is a (thematic) walk during which public space is experienced from a different perspective than usual. Rotterdam-based professionals from various disciplines seduce the participants to participate actively in a situationist ‘route dérive’ or a Wind Walk.

We Love Public Space is an initiative of Bas Sala (designer), Ron Blom (artist) and Floor van Ditzhuyzen (architect), representing the various disciplines, forces, approaches and strategies that are at work in public space.