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Nieuwe Instituut

Nieuwe Instituut is the home of Dutch architecture, design and digital culture.
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The institute hosts exhibitions and debates on the various design disciplines, and maintains an extensive archive on the work and life of Dutch architects and urban planners.

02/06/2026

Dentro Di Nos Tempo is a workshop by Janilda Bartolomeu () as part of the Another Island project. It invites Cape Verdeans in Rotterdam to co-create a symbolic time capsule. Bartolomeu does not view time as linear or one-dimensional; it can be experienced culturally and collectively, for example through the memories of the Cape Verdean diaspora.⁠
During the workshop, diverse issues and materials will come together in the time capsule. Please bring your own contributions, such as photos, videos, meaningful objects, and letters that you would like to pass on to future generations.⁠
Saturday, 6 June. 15:30-17:30⁠
Language: Dutch⁠
Info + tickets: link in bio⁠
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Background music by Matthew C. Wright.

01/06/2026

In June there is so much to see and do at Nieuwe Instituut! 👀⁠
Here is an overview! ⁠

🔵 Nieuwe Instituut x BlueCity: Design for 1 Ecosystem
In collaboration with BlueCity, this programme explores the possibility of designing for a single ecosystem, thereby initiating new ecological relationships.

🎤 International Clinic: Residencies
This edition of the International Clinic, organised in collaboration with DutchCulture/TransArtists and led by Bojana Panevska, is a practical session devoted to exploring residency opportunities abroad. What happens during and after a residency? What benefits do residencies offer? This session will provide practical guidance and useful advice.

🇨🇻 Dentro Di Nos Tempo: The Cape Verdian Time Capsule
Dentro Di Nos Tempo is a workshop by Janilda Bartolomeu as part of the Another Island project. It invites Cape Verdeans in Rotterdam to co-create a symbolic time capsule.

🔎 Archive Live! #3: Exceptionally Safe!
Who decides what is safe, and who are our cities actually designed for? In this edition of Archive Live!, we will explore how we can improve the design of our public spaces with the help of urban makers, designers and social workers.

🎨 NADD Archive Day: Crafting the Archive
During this year’s Archive Day, NADD explores the deep interconnectedness of craftsmanship and archival processes. We examine how craft, archiving, remembrance and resistance converge in contemporary creation and archival practices.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Members-Only: Museumpark Friends' Day 2026
Have you always wondered what you can see and do at our neighbours? Nieuwe Instituut, the Kunsthal, the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Chabot Museum will be opening their doors to anyone who is a Friend of one of these cultural institutions in the Museumpark.

📕 Portfolio Sessions #3: Rotterdam Architecture Month
This sessions is all about architecture — and you can take part! Six experts from a variety of backgrounds have been invited to provide feedback to architects at the start of their careers. You could be one of them!

📲 Learn more about the events via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/events

31/05/2026

It’s coming home! ⁠
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Following its premiere as the official contribution to the Venice 2025 Architecture Biennale, SIDELINED: A Space to Rethink Togetherness opens in Rotterdam – the very city it was developed in. ⁠
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Curated by Amanda Pinatih and centring on the work of social designer Gabriel Fontana, SIDELINED transforms the Deck of the Nieuwe Instituut into an alternative sports bar – a space to play, question and belong.⁠
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Visit the bar, join us for the opening on July 10, or challenge your friends to a subverted foosball match. More about the opening and related events coming soon – link in bio.⁠
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📅 10 July — 10 January ⁠
📍 Deck, Nieuwe Instituut⁠
🎟️ Free entry⁠
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Images: Temet.studio⁠
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28/05/2026

What if silence is political?⁠
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Not all noise is loud.⁠
Not all silence is peaceful.⁠
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As climates shift and cities grow louder, entire soundscapes are disappearing — changing how we relate to nature, technology, and each other.⁠
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During Research Night: Near Silence — The Politics of Quiet, artists, researchers, and musicians explore how listening can become a way of understanding environmental change and social power, and you are invited to join us in this conversation!⁠
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Expect conversations on:⁠
🌍 climate & ecology⁠
🎧 sonic environments⁠
🌿 disappearing sounds of the natural world⁠
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Featuring Through Sounds, KMRU, ALMARE, Martina Raponi, Katía Truijen.⁠
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Moderated by Federica Notari⁠
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Near Silence and the event Near Silence: The Politics of Quiet are supported by within the grant “Starter”. The event Near Silence: The Politics of Quiet is supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Amsterdam .⁠
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📍 Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam⁠
📅 28 May⁠
🕖 19:00–21:00⁠
🎟 Free entry⁠
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Save this for your next cultural night in Rotterdam.⁠
Tag someone who would love this.⁠
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27/05/2026

As part of the ongoing exhibition Dutch, More or Less, the Nieuwe Instituut is inviting established and emerging designers to showcase the future of ‘more or less Dutch’ design. In the fifth and last instalment of the series, multimedia and performance artist Maja Simišić () addresses the absurdity and bureaucracy behind the concept of ‘Dutchness’ in A Beautiful Cockroach.⁠
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This is the last weekend! Don't miss this exhibition! ⁠
Learn more via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/dutch-more-or-less/maja-simisic

26/05/2026

New Garden has been part of the outdoor space of the Nieuwe Instituut since 2015. It is used to raise current design issues. Ecological management and creating a high level of biodiversity are the starting points. In the winter of 2021, the garden was redesigned due to the restructuring of the Museum Park. Since then, work has been done on the ecological restoration of the garden. 🌳⁠
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📲 Learn more about the New Garden via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/de-nieuwe-tuin

25/05/2026

Fun fact! Sonneveld House has no fewer than twelve telephones: two for external calls and ten for internal calls. Because the internal and external systems were completely separate, Mr and Mrs Sonneveld had two telephones in their bedroom: one for internal calls and one for external calls. In the 1930s renting a telephone line was expensive at almost a hundred guilders a year, excluding the price of calls. For the Sonnevelds, however, a telephone was an essential part of modern living. Mr Sonneveld had to be available day and night for his business contacts, including those in America. For this reason, Sonneveld House was connected to the phone system from the very start.⁠
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📲 Learn more about the Sonneveld House via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/huis-sonneveld/dag-en-nacht-bereikbaar

20/05/2026

For the New Store, the Nieuwe Instituut’s regenerative museum shop, Pollyanna Moss () and Minne Zeijdner () are developing a DIY felted nursery pot for growing and then planting seedlings in the ground. Join their workshop and create your own prototype wool planter using a simple felting technique. 🪴⁠
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📲 Learn more and get tickets via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/events/new-store-wool-planter-workshop
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New Store: Wool Planter Workshop⁠
🗓️ 28 May 2026 18:00 - 21:00⁠
⏰️ 18:00 - 21:00⁠
📍 Nieuwe Instituut

19/05/2026

Final reminder - Open Call: (IM)MATERIAL – Architectural Memory in the Post-Digital Age⁠
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The Jaap Bakema Study Centre is seeking contributions to its 13th annual conference through this call for papers. (IM)MATERIAL explores the state of architectural memory in the post-digital age. The event will be held at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft and at the Nieuwe Instituut on 18 and 19 November.⁠
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📲 Learn more about the open call via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/articles/open-call-immaterial

18/05/2026

The exhibition Reclaiming Space // Reclaiming Narrative showcases student projects developed within the course Architecture and Colonialism at TU Delft, which critically examines architecture not merely as a backdrop to colonial violence, but as one of its most enduring instruments. ⁠
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Reclaiming Space // Reclaiming Narrative is now on show in our Re-Centre. You can visit the Re-Center during the museum’s opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, and during the evening opening on Thursdays until 21:00.⁠
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📲 Learn more via this link: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/reclaiming-space-reclaiming-narrative
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Reclaiming Space // Reclaiming Narrative⁠
🗓️ 7 May 2026 - 28 June 2026⁠
📍Nieuwe Instituut

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