Agency for Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture
Presentations
Architecture has a long history of international biennials. So, to a lesser extent, have design and digital culture. Traditionally, architectural biennials like Venice's have been associated with prestige, particularly the national pavilions in which each country presents a self-directed image of its own contemporary architecture. These national presentations are among the standard instruments of cultural diplomacy and, since 2013, Het Nieuwe Instituut has been the commissioner of Dutch pavilions.
Have we met? Humans and Non-humans on Common Ground. Photo: Cristiano Corte
Where possible and relevant, the Nieuwe Instituut has also presented Dutch designers on an international stage: in London, Istanbul, and Milan, where the triennial was revived in 2019 with Het Nieuwe Instituut as programmer for the Dutch entry.
Initially, there were national presentations at three architecture biennials - Venice, São Paulo and Shenzhen. Both São Paulo and Shenzhen have now chosen a different model without national pavilions. However, for each event the Nieuwe Instituut plays a leading role in investigating the possibilities of developing sustainable forms of collaboration based on networking and the exchange of knowledge.
Current projects
La Biennale di Venezia
Who is We? (2020)
WORK, BODY, LEISURE (2018)
BLUE: The Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions (2016)
Open: A Bakema Celebration (2014)
La Triennale di Milano
Have we met? (2022)
I See That I See What You Don't See (2019)
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
Dalang Fever 3 (2019)
Automated Landscapes (2017)
Rise and Shine (2015)
Made by Us (2013)
International Architecture Biennial São Paulo
Arcitecture of Appropriation (2017)
London Design Biennale
The Global Game (2023)
Power Plant (2018)
Design Diorama: the Archive as a Utopic Environment (2016)
Istanbul Design Biennale
51 Sprints (2016)
Salone del Mobile
New Material Award 2018 (2019)
New Material Award 2016 (2017)