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Museum for architecture, design and digital culture

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Dutch More or Less. Photo Aad Hoogendoorn

Until 30 May 2026

Dutch, More or Less: Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital Culture

Dutch, More or Less is a presentation of more than 30 years of Dutch design. It brings together the ideas, themes and projects that have placed Dutch designers at the forefront of international design.

Nature of Hope, the 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, 2024.

Until 12 October 2024

IABR 2024: Nature of Hope

In 2024, the Nieuwe Instituut will be the main venue for the 11th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR). What are the building blocks of an emphatically hopeful way of (architectural) thinking, designing and building that can serve all life on the planet?

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12 September 2024

Opening Night

On Thursday evening, September 12, the Nieuwe Instituut celebrates the new cultural season with three new exhibitions to explore at -1, Gallery 3 and the Research Centre.

12 September 2024

Book launch Washi Futurism

Washi Futurism

Design duos Cream on Chrome and Craft Portrait are launching their new book Washi Futurism about the traditional Japanese craft of making washi paper.

13 September 2024 - 15 September 2024

MONO JAPAN Fair 2024

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Japanese craftsmanship and design at the MONO JAPAN Fair 2024.

NL Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka, A New Dawn. Image: Plomp.

13 September 2024

Preview Cultural Programme Netherlands at Expo Osaka 2025

Join us to hear more about the upcoming cultural programme curated by the Nieuwe Instituut at Expo Osaka 2025.

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After Summer School

During the After Summer School, from 30 September to 4 October, over 20 public classes will take place throughout the city, presenting Rotterdam as a hub for knowledge that deserves to be recognized and included in the city development.

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Albert Frederik Aalbers. Photographs of residential houses in Bandung, June 1940. Collection Nieuwe Instituut, archive AALB f12

8 September 2024

Presentation on the Asterisk* at the Inclusive Museum Conference

Collecting Otherwise

Lois Hutubessy and Anya (Anna) Naumova of the Nieuwe Instituut will present their paper on the Asterisk*, a new archival tool, at the 17th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum in Vienna.

Portrait of Amanda T. McIntyre. It features Amanda with black glasses and a black jacket. The image is in black and white.

27 August 2024

Amanda T. McIntyre announced as 2025 Tilting Axis Fellow

Tilting Axis Fellowship

The writer and artist from Trinidad and Tobago has been selected as the fifth Tilting Axis / Nieuwe Instituut Fellow.

Digital image of various sheets of paper with writing on them. The sheets are only partly visible, overlapping and at an angle.

26 August 2024

Design Drafts #3: Selected writers

Design Drafts

Nieuwe Instituut and Journal Safar are proud to announce the selected writers and their proposals for the third edition of the Nieuwe Instituut’s Design Drafts programme.

Surveillance guides the visitor through Alison’s Room as Serafina, a talking cat, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, 2023, © Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Sander van Wettum, 2023.

21 August 2024

XR Installation Alison’s Room Continues European Tour

Virtual CIAM Museum

Since its debut at the Nieuwe Instituut in 2022, the XR installation Alison’s Room has played a starring role at media festivals at home and abroad.

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Collection

The collection of the Nieuwe Instituut contains drawings, photographs and models from the archives of Dutch architects and urban planners.

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A.F. Aalbers, Hotel Savoy Homann located on the Groote Postweg (Jl. Asia Afrika 112) in Bandung. View from dining room to garden, 1937-1939. Collection Nieuwe Instituut, archive AALB ph75-a

23 September 2024 - 1 February 2025

Arus Balik – Shifting Currents

Pasts, presents and futures of Indonesian-Dutch design legacies.

Zoöp Nieuwe Instituut

Zoöp is the title of an organisational model for cooperation between human and nonhuman life that safeguards the interests of all zoë (Greek for 'life').

New Store

With the New Store, Nieuwe Instituut imagines a store where shopping helps the environment instead of harming it.

The New Academy

What would a (cognitive) city look like if it were designed by all its citizens? The New Academy, an initiative of the Nieuwe Instituut in collaboration with philosopher Rosi Braidotti, reimagines Rotterdam as a knowledge city.

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Sonneveld House

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Currently on display

Dutch, More or Less: Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital Culture

IABR 2024: Nature of Hope

Events

Opening Night

Book launch Washi Futurism

MONO JAPAN Fair 2024

Preview Cultural Programme Netherlands at Expo Osaka 2025

After Summer School

News

Presentation on the Asterisk* at the Inclusive Museum Conference

Amanda T. McIntyre announced as 2025 Tilting Axis Fellow

Design Drafts #3: Selected writers

XR Installation Alison’s Room Continues European Tour

Collection

Projects

Arus Balik – Shifting Currents

Zoöp Nieuwe Instituut

New Store

The New Academy