Following the success of The Podium in 2022, the Nieuwe Instituut again presents a real eye-catcher for the coming summer. From 14 May, Water Cities Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi can be seen on the ponds of the Nieuwe Instituut: a seven-metre-tall floating pavilion, plus a number of smaller floating structures.

Under the name Rietveld Originals x HAY, the Crate furniture that Gerrit Rietveld designed in 1934 is once again in production – with the help of two Rietveld design drawings from the Nieuwe Instituut's collection.

A shadowy, sickly looking plant that is nevertheless a welcome early source of nectar.

Jan Jongert/Superuse Studios from Rotterdam is appointed as curator of the Dutch pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, which will take place from 20 May to 26 November 2023 in Venice.

New arrivals battle frost, clay, and heavy traffic as they attempt to settle in the New Garden.

Even at a seeming standstill, the New Garden secretly prepares for a change of season.

Nieuwe Instituut presents Automated Landscapes, a publication examining a series of work environments at the forefront of automation, from dairy farms and greenhouses to factories and data centres.

From 26 March 2023, Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut pays tribute to functional fashion with the Workwear exhibition. Originally designed as protection and support for labourers while they performed heavy tasks, workwear became a potent working-class symbol, and today its presence on the street and catwalk cannot be ignored.

Two lovers lay claim to the pond and its overabundance of algae.

As the NADD research residency comes to a close, this year’s residents, Sara Culmann, Maxigas and Outline, have been finalising their projects. We look back on their past three months of research and summarise the things that have (or are yet to) come out of this period. Separate publications per resident will follow early next year.

You can now download the proceedings of Building Data, the 9th conference of the Jaap Bakema Study Centre.

From 16 March to 11 December, 2022, students from the ArtScience Interfaculty will observe and research the development of the New Garden.