Kirsten van den Berg (consultant and urban designer) and Thieu Knibbeler (Senior Advisor Monuments, Municipality of Rotterdam) were two fine guests during our fortieth supper. Past, present and future of the built history makes a discussion emotional, anxious and excited at the same time. Disagreement what a monument is or should be is there always. The current crisis offers opportunities, but in the high rate of unused real estate is problematic. And the possibilities seem endless with existing property. Kirsten and Thieu told in a very engaging way about all these topics.

We had a delicious dinner at Restaurant Eendracht . The dishes from the wood oven were somewhat confusing in terms of composition and their quality of the wines was too volatile.

Daan Bakker (Daf-architecten), Jeroen de Willigen (DeZwarteHond), Jasper de Haan (architect) and I invite each month a number of colleagues to eat, drink and discuss about our profession, the city of Rotterdam and related matters.