Thursday Night Live! at Het Nieuwe InstituutThursday Night Live! at Het Nieuwe Instituut

Please note: this event has been cancelled.

Building Narratives is a book that explores how stories can influence design. It provides insight into the processes, decisions and conversations that give rise to buildings.

For true architecture lovers: join a free Thursday Night Detour during the Rotterdam Architecture Month. Discover architecture in and around the Nieuwe Instituut in a surprising and inspiring way.

This edition of the International Clinic explores residency opportunities abroad through practical guidance and critical reflection.

What if we stop viewing decay as failure and start seeing it as a basic design principle? We ask experts in the field of bio-based materials.

Anthropologist Anna Tsing will discuss the ‘Patchy Anthropocene’: a world of fragmented landscapes, shaped by extraction, capitalist logic and ecological crises.

A roundtable on ecological listening, climate change and the politics of sound. With Through Sounds, ALMARE, KMRU, Katía Truijen (Loom), and Martina Raponi.

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

Join Pollyanna Moss and Minne Zeijdner at the New Store for their Wool Planter Prototype Workshop, and make your own felted pots to take home!

Visit Zoöp Nieuwe Instituut during Biodiversity Day 2026. Count along with us during BioBlitz010, go on a scavenger hunt, experience ecological garden design and anarchist fungal design, go on a Detour and exit through the gift shop!

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

Palestinian-Dutch guest speakers reflect on how creative practices such as architecture and artistic research give meaning to places of residence and landscapes shaped by displacement, boundaries, and resilience.