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In this second article in the series for SIDELINED: A Space to Rethink Togetherness, researcher Feargal Agard speaks with the owners of Queer Gym and Café Costa del Sol in, two spaces in Rotterdam that bring diverse communities together through sports.

The pavilion, commissioned by the Nieuwe Instituut, transforms the Dutch Pavilion into an alternative sports bar — a playful yet critical space that questions the rules and rituals of social interaction.

In this first article of the SIDELINED sports newspaper, curator Amanda Pinatih and main exhibitor Gabriel Fontana talk to sports journalist Rivkah op het Veld about how sport both reflects and shapes society.

How can architecture resist exclusionary social norms to create spaces that nurture different ways of coexisting in everyday life?