Architecture of Appropriation
28 January 2018 - 19 August 2018
Pension Almonde
Pension Almonde is a temporary home for modern city nomads, adventurous guests and orphaned neighbourhood initiatives - an experiment for the future city, in 53 houses scheduled for demolition in Rotterdam-Noord's Almondestraat, by Stad in de Maak /City in the Making.
During lockdown, Pension Almonde's Care circle set up its own Covid-19 protocol, designed by Kirsten Spruit - you can read it in the PDF below. The group explains:
"Although there are a number of government guidelines that we can easily follow, it's important to note that, as a street where we practice communal living, we are not exactly the usual 'household' that they have in mind. We need to adapt the rules slightly to meet the needs of our community and tailor the measures to what works for the street."
The other PDF features a small Riso printed publication that Pension Almonde made of its group chat during Covid-19 times. This is "a reflection on how we keep each other in the loop on Covid test results, noise complaints and getting together wolfpacks (groups that share households) to eat birthday cakes and more!"
Domestic Solidarity
This conversation is part of a series of interviews and contributions on the concept of "domestic solidarity", or solidarity within alternative forms of housing and cohabitation. The other contributions were created in dialogue with representatives of Macao, Enterprise Community Partners Chicago, Pension Almonde and NieuwLand, among others. The series builds on the long-running Architecture of Appropriation project, which investigates, archives and represents the vulnerable, collective and often criminalised spatial practice of the squatters' movement.