This issue of Volume is largely based on a two-day symposium ‘how do we materialize peace’ held at the NAI in Rotterdam in 2010. The symposium was the kick-off to explore potentials of architecture in the field of post-conflict reconstruction. Awareness, good practice and knowledge exchange are all part of the project with pragmatism as the guiding rule.

This issue of Volume is largely based on a two-day symposium ‘how do we materialize peace’ held at the NAI in Rotterdam in 2010. The symposium was the kick-off to explore potentials of architecture in the field of post-conflict reconstruction. Awareness, good practice and knowledge exchange are all part of the project with pragmatism as the guiding rule.