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ZigZagCity 2014

ZigZagCity, two exhibitions at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Hidden Gardens and the Day of Architecture.

ZIGZAGCITY
Architecture Festival ZigZagCity consists of an alternative route across Rotterdam to encourage visitors to look at the city in a different light. The history and transformation of the Laurenskwartier are the inspiration for a program along the route that includes interventions, performances, and spatial installations, running from Pompenburg Park to Blaakse Bos or vice versa. All of the activities together offer a wonderful anthology of the development of the city and the underlying architectural and social beliefs.

29 May to 9 June
various locations in the Laurenskwartier, Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.zigzagcity.nl

HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, E-CULTURE
THE NEW PAVILION: YOURTOPIA
This summer Bjarne Mastenbroek and his office SeARCH will design a temporary house, ‘Yourtopia’.
Yourtopia will trigger a program of relevant lectures, performances, workshops, and other public events from late May to September.
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29 May to 28 September 2014
Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl

HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, E-CULTURE
WOOD – MATERIAL & LANDSCAPE
The exhibition WOOD – Material & Landscape explores the origin and future of wood in a series of observations and investigations. The exhibition was designed by the winner of the CCA Young Curator Award 2011, Dan Handel.

16 May to 10 August
Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl

HIDDEN GARDENS
Small gardens and large gardens, austere gardens and romantic gardens, and roof gardens, vegetable gardens, design gardens, and gardens matching the urban landscape: this weekend, the owners of some 90 Hidden Gardens open up their gardens to the public. Enthusiasts and interested parties are given a unique opportunity to peer over fences and behind hedges to discover a hidden, green Rotterdam.

Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June, 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
various locations in Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.verborgentuinen.nl

DAY OF ARCHITECTURE
Several Rotterdam buildings will be open to the public during the Rotterdam Day of Architecture. This year's theme is ‘People Make the City.’ Through tours, lectures, and workshops, visitors will discover new stories about familiar places and buildings, and see for themselves how People Make Rotterdam.

Saturday 21 June, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
various locations in Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.dagvandearchitectuur-rotterdam.nl

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This summer, Dutch architect Bjarne Mastenbroek and SeARCH are building a temporary residence on the grounds between Het Nieuwe Instituut (The New Institute) and Sonneveld House. Responding to social issues such as globalization, violation of privacy, and imbalances in the distribution of wealth, Mastenbroek refers to his project as Yourtopia. These developments also force architecture to a fundamental ‘reset.’ The house will therefore go back to basics: What is the minimum necessary to enjoy a maximum quality of life?

Mastenbroek’s project is the first in a series of follies Het Nieuwe Instituut will commission in the coming years as part of its multiyear program on Landscape and Interior. Every other year, coinciding with the IABR, a Dutch architect, designer, or theorist will be given the opportunity to build a model residence. The designer will give his or her view on the vanishing distinction between private and public space, interior and landscape, inside and outside, city and nature, in accordance with the program of Het Nieuwe Instituut. The model residence will create an opportunity for a discussion on changing social relationships and the possible spatial expressions thereof.

29 May to 28 September 2014

The work of Bjarne Mastenbroek/SeARCH coupled with a number of other, relevant lectures, performances, workshops, and other public events are on show from late May to September.

Het Nieuwe Instituut: Architecture, Design, E-Culture
Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam
for more information, please visit www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl

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