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RCD MAGAZINE PROMO TEAM DELIVERS!

The second issue of RCD Magazine was distributed across the Central District to businesses, residents and visitors by our enthusiastic promotional team. This was the first but definitely not the last time we’ll be delivering! With each new issue, we’ll be sending out our team to bring the latest RCD news to you. Look for them in early September and December. We hope to see you around RCD with a copy of this magazine!

KRUISPLEIN CAR PARK WAS ROTTERDAM ARCHITECTURE MONTH FESTIVAL HUB

With over 200 programmes by more than 60 different partners, the fifth edition of Rotterdam Architecture Month was a resounding success. This year’s theme was ‘the undercurrent’. The festival hub was the city car park underneath Kruisplein, where the unseen world of the undercurrent was made manifest for visitors. Architect Enzo Valerio turned the underground car park into a unique landscape, using concrete rubble to shape an exhibition about a possible future for Rotterdam. His massive scale model of the city centre and seven urban projects was one of the event’s big attractions. The festival hub studio hosted a variety of guests for deep dive discussions about urban space and development. More than 36,000 people took part in the festival hub’s live and online programmes. Other RAM highlights included the presentation of the 2021 Rotterdam Architecture Award, Architecture Day, the Big Architecture Quiz and TOP Rooftop Days.

EXPERIENCE PURE SOUND AT KIEN SOUND STUDIO

New and noteworthy in the Groot Handelsgebouw is kien sound studio, specialized in cutting-edge sound technology that delivers a pure and authentic listening experience. Who are kien, and what inspired the concept? Business partners Florent from France and Jorn from Holland met at Bang & Olufsen, and that’s where they evolved the idea to develop a system of their own. “We wanted to create a social listening experience in which a group of friends could combine their sound to create an even bigger sound”, Florent explains. “The sound system also had to be smart enough to change shape: from a portable speaker to full surround sound, and everything in between”, Jorn adds. A wireless connection between the subwoofer and satellite speakers lets listeners enjoy superlative sound wherever, whenever. Curious to learn more, and to experience it for yourself? kien sound studio is open weekdays from 12 noon to 3pm, or make an appointment outside normal opening hours for more personal service.