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During Rotterdam Architecture Month, join the special Thursday Night Detour through the archives and get to know the National Collection in a unique way.

During Rotterdam Architecture Month, join the special Thursday Night Detour through the archive and get to know the National Collection in a unique way.

The BONAS Foundation is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the publication of a monograph on the architect and former Government Architect Gijsbert Friedhoff.

Join us for the premiere of After the Future, a short film about the architect’s role and position in society. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

Visit the Open Model Storage of the Nieuwe Instituut, which will be open to the public during Art Rotterdam. Located on the site of the Van Nelle factory, the depot is used to store around 700 models in an open layout.

Nieuwe Instituut and the Dutch Board of Government Advisors (CRa) are pleased to invite you to the opening of Designing the Netherlands: 100 Years of Past & Present Futures.

In the third event in the Social Talks series, several guests, including artist Uta Eisenreich, artist Wendelien van Oldenborgh and architect Piet Vollaard will conduct a 'conversation of the social' concerning a controversial experiment in social design from the 1970s: the multifunctional, user-driven community centre 't Karregat (1974) by architect Frank van Klingeren.

In the light of International Women's Day 2022, this evening marked the National Collection's acquisition of women architects' archives from the early 20th century.

Many post-war design drawings, pamphlets and posters in Het Nieuwe Instituut's archives incorporate rub-down lettering or brightly coloured self-adhesive plastic foils. During this edition of Archive Explorations, experts on architecture, animated films and 1970s protest culture explore the possibilities and use of these materials from historical and contemporary perspectives.

Are there places designed for or by queer communities? Or is it mainly a history of communities appropriating spaces? Together with archivist Alfred Marks, the State Archive for Architecture and Urban Planning will be viewed from a queer perspective. Dirk van den Heuvel discusses the results of his ongoing research into queerness in architecture, and Aad Koster takes you into Rotterdam's queer history.

In recent years a lot has happened in the area of ​​community centres. After restrictive measures caused spending cuts and closures, they are back on the rise. These buildings act as centres for educational and recreational activities for the neighbourhood, as well as being multi-purpose buildings. With their resurgence, the typology and identity of these buildings is in the spotlight again, from the creativity of their designed spaces to their commissioning and sustainable financial models.

Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen (EFL) foundation present Archive Explorations, an evening about architect and urban planner Cornelis van Eesteren. The event celebrates the occasion of the official transfer of the Van Eesteren archive to Het Nieuwe Instituut. Floor Milikowski, Linda Vlassenrood and Suzanna Jansen discuss their research, and Hetty Berens (Conservator, Het Nieuwe Instituut) shows highlights from the Van Eesteren archive.