René Boer

René Boer. Photo © Piet Hermans Photography

René Boer works as a critic, curator and organiser in and beyond the fields of architecture, design, heritage and the arts. In his practice he seeks to articulate new perspectives on spatial matters and facilitate fertile ground for imagining and materialising alternatives. He is a founding partner of Loom – practice for cultural transformation, a driving force behind the transnational platform Failed Architecture and affiliated with various urban social movements. His work has appeared in among others Harvard Design Magazine, Architectural Review and Volume. In 2023, he published Smooth City with Valiz Publishers.

In 2024, Boer and Winnie Herbstein will start the research project Contemporary Conflict within the fellowship Community and Conflict in an Urban Environment, a collaboration between Framer Framed and the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.

Photo © Piet Hermans Photography