Randland

Randland is a festival about creative makers and urban development. With a dynamic exhibition and an extensive public program, we will make the intermediate stage towards IBA Parkstad (2014-2020). Together with citizens, civic initiatives, artists, Cultura Nova, Neimed and IBA Parkstad, SCHUNCK will search for the strength of the Randland and specifically of Parkstad. 

The term 'Randland' arose from research and description of the problems and possibilities for the areas outside the Randstad and facing shrinkage. 'Randland [i] is an experimental area in which shrinkage is the guiding principle for the shaping -of administrative, economic and socio-cultural organization- of society.' 

[i] The concept of 'Edge Land' was introduced in the journal Rooilijn (Nov 2015). 

Together with IBA Parkstad, Cultura Nova, Neimed, Bureau Europa and civic initiatives, SCHUNCK is searching for the strength of the Randland in general and of Parkstad in particular. The Randland is an experimental area where shrinkage plays a central role in the administrative, economic and socio-cultural shaping of society (Rooilijn, 2015). 

Alexander Basile and Mia Basile