INDESEM (International Design Seminar) is a biennale, founded by a group of students in 1964 and reinitiated in 1985 by Herman Hertzberger. The biennale is hosted at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology. INDESEM has had the honor of hosting internationally acclaimed architects such as David Chipperfield, Aldo van Eyck, Norman Foster, Rem Koolh
aas, Ben van Berkel, Winy Maas, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Steven Holl, Peter Cook and Renzo Piano, and theorists such as Saskia Sassen, Bruno Latour, Anthony Vidler, Neil Leach and Michael Speaks. The programme of the INDESEM seminar week consists of lectures, excursions and a workshop, all organized around a specific contemporary theme. Every edition of the seminar aims to raise awareness about this theme and its consequences for the architectural practice, in which both faculty and international students embark on an accompanying specifically themed design project. INDESEM.23 is organized by a student committee, consulted by renowned faculty member Prof.dr. Georg Vrachliotis. The student Board consists of Noor MacCreanor, Lucas de Monchy, Joost Hoepman, Florentine Speelman, Noah Krop, Hidde Huisinga, Babette Duijvestein, and Pier Haagsma. One of the defining features of INDESEM is its ability to evolve and change based on the people involved in its organization. The views of the students are represented in each edition, with a focus on what is most relevant and inspiring to them. In return, INDESEM inspires educators and helps to develop new ways of educating in architecture.
