Past
27 October 2024Dialogue 
Grafted
Spoortuin en WORM - radio-uitzending, 6PM - 7PM
A collage of conversations and field recordings from urban green spaces in Rotterdam, 'Grafted' is hosted and produced by gardeners from all over the world who have chosen to plant themselves in Rotterdam, addressing the importance of these spaces to different groups of the city's population. …13 October 2024Dialogue 
AFFR X IABR
LantarenVenster, 5PM – 7.30PM
Following the Flourishing Futures conversations at the Nieuwe Instituut, we invite you to the final event of this year’s biennale: the IABR film program Nature of Hope at LantarenVenster. This special event is part of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) and will feature a series of …13 October 2024Guided tour 
Curator tours
Nieuwe Instituut, 10:30AM – 1:00PM
Join our exclusive Curator's Tours and dive deeper into The Nature of Hope exhibition. These tours provide a unique opportunity to explore the exhibition through the eyes of its curators, each offering their own perspective and highlighting different themes and projects. …13 October 2024Dialogue 
Closing Conversations: Flourishing Futures
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 1:30PM – 4PM
Join us for the closing event of the 11th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) Nature of Hope on 13 October at the Nieuwe Instituut as our curatorial team, exhibition participants and guest speakers engage in a forward-facing discussion on the future of architecture and …13 October 2024Dialogue 
Grafted
Spoortuin en WORM - radio-uitzending, 6PM - 7PM
A collage of conversations and field recordings from urban green spaces in Rotterdam, 'Grafted' is hosted and produced by gardeners from all over the world who have chosen to plant themselves in Rotterdam, addressing the importance of these spaces to different groups of the city's population. …13 October 2024Dialogue 
Hope is to be done! Creating Positive Cities – results
Nieuwe Instituut – Practice Place, 11AM -12:30PM
Students and teachers from TU Dortmund – Urban Design Unit – will start their three-day workshop with an open discussion about the possibility of achieving positive impacts on neighborhoods through design and strengthening hope as a motivation for this. After an introduction on the theme from …12 October 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Catherine Koekoek
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM - 1:45PM
As a feminist political theorist grounded in architecture practice, Catherine Koekoek’s tour highlights how the exhibition functions as an infrastructure for transformation. In order to build hopeful futures, we need to transform the ways in which we see, think, feel, and build. In Donna …11 October 2024 
Announcement of the grant of the Open Call Architecture 2024
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 3PM – 4PM
Who will receive the 2nd grant from the Cultuurfonds Fund for Architecture? During the announcement you will find out everything about this special named fund that annually donates 100,000 euros to a project in the public space via an open call. The relationship between client and design talent and …11 October 2024Performance 
The Botanical West: from neighborhood garden to green monument
Tuin de Bajonet, 12PM - 6:30PM
The Oude Westen has a rich tradition of neighborhood activism and initiatives. From the Aktiegroep and Leeszaal-West to the Rijnhoutpleinfestival. Tuin de Bajonet occupies a special position here: idea, design, collaboration and management come together in the genesis of this beautiful garden. As …10 October 2024Dialogue 
New Narratives for Architecture and Urbanism (NNAU)
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 5:30PM – 7:30PM
How can we create conditions for a sustainable and hopeful design practice? The IABR invites you on 10 October for NNAU to contribute to building a new, sustainable, multivocal narrative. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore how we can integrate ecological, social, and cultural issues …10 October 2024Dialogue 
Hope is to be done! Creating Positive Cities – opening session
Nieuwe Instituut – Practice Place - 4:30PM-6PM
Students and Teachers from TU Dortmund University – Urban Design Unit – will kick off their 3-day Workshop with a discussion on the possibility of creating positive impact on neighborhoods by design. After an introduction on the theme by Sebastian Schlecht and Renèe Tribble and on the the toolkit …10 October 2024Tour 
Open Biobased House – Farm De Vlakkenburg
Boerderij De Vlakkenburg, Essendijk 24, Rhoon, 4PM - 6PM
The old farm De Vlakkenburg has been renovated into a sustainable and temporary multifunctional building. Be welcome on Sustainability Day at the Open Biobased House! The starting point for the renovation work is bio-based construction, in line with the goals included in the Streefbeleid of the …10 October 2024Launch 
The Green Dip – Covering the City with a Forest
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 8PM – 9:30PM
What if vegetation surged in our cities, transforming them into true, flora-rich forests? What would be the resulting urban ecosystems? The Green Dip is a visual manifesto of an ongoing research project conducted by The Why Factory at TU Delft examining greening solutions for cities and …8 October 2024Tour 
Night Walk in Trompenburg
Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum, 6:30PM -9:30PM
Come visit Trompenburg in the evening and experience a unique, atmospheric experience in our beautiful botanical garden! In collaboration with the 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), with the inspiring theme Nature of Hope, we offer an evening full of surprises …6 October 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Janna Bystrykh (design focused tour)
Nieuwe Instituut, 12PM – 12:45PM
The guided curator tour by architect and researcher Janna Bystrykh sheds light on the different topics of the exhibition and the projects presented. How can architecture contribute to become a regenerative spatial design practice? What does it mean to design in relation to nature? And how can …6 October 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Janna Bystrykh (general introduction tour)
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 13:45PM
The guided curator tour by architect and researcher Janna Bystrykh sheds light on the different topics of the exhibition and the projects presented. How can architecture contribute to become a regenerative spatial design practice? What does it mean to design in relation to nature? And how can …2 October 2024Dialogue 
Presentation Research Atelier A16: Mobility as a flying wheel for change
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 7PM – 9PM
The IABR research atelier: Atelier A16, commissioned by the City of Rotterdam and Rijkswaterstaat and in collaboration with TU Delft, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Vereniging Deltametropool, focuses on the future of the A16 and the surrounding area through design research. …1 October 2024Workshop 
After Summer School: New Tools for Architectural Design
KOER - Laan op Zuid, 2PM – 3:30PM
This workshop teaches you how to use storytelling and imagination as a design tool. The event is led by Rotterdam-based architecture office Studio Architectuur MAKEN, which focuses on circular, climate-adaptive and nature-inclusive projects. During this workshop Architectuur MAKEN will share its …1 October 2024Dialogue 
Carbon Stories: Learning from Paris
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 7:30PM – 9:30PM
What can we learn from Paris regarding their shift to biobased building over the recent decade? This question is the focus of this special edition of the Carbon Stories series in the occasion of Nature of Hope IABR 2024 held at the Nieuwe Instituut. This evening is generously supported by Built by …30 September 2024Dialogue 
An end to demolition?!
Arcam, Prins Hendrikkade 600, 7PM – 9:30PM
Why is demolition happening in times of ambitions for sustainable and circular cities? The answer often has to do with financial considerations; demolition-new construction is often cheaper than renovation. How do we break the demolition cycle? In collaboration between IABR: Nature of Hope and Form …30 September 2024Performance 
Dating an ecosystem
Trompenburg, Honingerdijk 86, Rotterdam, 10AM – 3PM of lunchdate 12:30PM – 1:30PM
This late summer lends itself perfectly to a very special activity. A date with an ecosystem. In the unique botanical landscape of Trompenburg, food forest keepers and artists Clara Harmssen and Renée Rooijmans invite you to learn what it is like to have a relationship with an ecosystem. And of …29 September 2024Dialogue 
Grafted
Spoortuin en WORM - radio-uitzending, 6PM - 7PM
A collage of conversations and field recordings from urban green spaces in Rotterdam, 'Grafted' is hosted and produced by gardeners from all over the world who have chosen to plant themselves in Rotterdam, addressing the importance of these spaces to different groups of the city's population. …29 September 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Alina Paias
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 2PM
How do spatial practitioners deal with different types of knowledge? This tour by co-curator Alina Paias will focus on how architects and other practitioners relate, in generative and not-so-generative ways, to different ways of seeing and understanding the world. This can range from architects …29 September 2024Performance 
Musical swampwalk
Arie Berkelaarpad, next to lake 'Waal' and Playspot Huismanstraat, 51°53'03.9"N 4°27'46.9"E, 3PM – 4PM
For this Sunday afternoon, Abla Xilas band will guide you in a musical walk throughout the oud-Charlois swamp, a piece of land that the members of this music band take care of. With our acoustic instruments we enchant the audience, and we will be enchanted by the beautiful natural surroundings near …28 September 2024Workshop 
Biodiversity in the city
Botanische Tuin Afrikaanderwijk, Afrikaanderplein 38 - 1PM – 4PM
Join us on a tour of the Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk! During this tour you will learn about special Rotterdam plants and the importance of biodiversity in the city. Then roll up your sleeves and join a landscape architect in greening a piece of the city. During this workshop you will be given …27 September 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Building Feminist Practice
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 10AM – 4:45PM
How to create conditions for an ecological and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a soft assembly space within the exhibition, and calls upon spatial practitioners to come together around the transformation of practice. The current turn towards architecture as an …26 September 2024Launch 
Launch It's About Time. The Architecture of Climate Change in Cité de l’Architecture, Paris
Cité de l’Architecture, Paris, 5:30PM - 6PM
Join us for the launch of It’s About Time at Cité de l’Architecture in Paris on September 26. This groundbreaking book delves into the intersection of climate action and architectural design, showcasing the profound connection between the history of climate change and the evolution of architecture. …25 September 2024Practice Place 
Local council bioregional building Zeeland
Veldstation Saeftinghe, 10AM – 12PM
On September 25, CBK Zeeland is organizing a local council on the future of bioregional construction in Zeeland and its surroundings. The meeting will take place at a very special location: the beautiful Field Station Saeftinghe in the former Hedwigepolder. The local council is part of the national …25 September 2024Workshop 
Read-aloud story 'The secret of a green street' and insect hotel building workshop 25 september
Botanische Tuin Afrikaanderwijk, Afrikaanderplein 38 - 2:30PM – 4PM
On Wednesday afternoon September 11 and 25, come to the Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk to enjoy listening to the read-aloud story "The secret of the green street’. Think about how we can make the city greener and build your own insect hotel. The insects in your neighborhood or garden will be very …22 September 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Alina Paias
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 2PM
How do spatial practitioners deal with different types of knowledge? This tour by co-curator Alina Paias will focus on how architects and other practitioners relate, in generative and not-so-generative ways, to different ways of seeing and understanding the world. This can range from architects …22 September 2024Launch 
Launch It's About Time. The Architecture of Climate Change
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 2.30PM – 4PM
Join us for the launch of It’s About Time at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam on September 22. This groundbreaking book delves into the intersection of climate action and architectural design, showcasing the profound connection between the history of climate change and the evolution of …22 September 2024Workshop 
Future Gardening ~ Speculative Botany
Van Brienenoord 5, 3077 AE Rotterdam, 3:30PM – 5:30PM
Currently, our climate zone is shifting thirteen meters north-eastwards every day. In the near future, we will increasingly experience relatively wet winters and dry hot summers due to the Mediterraneanisation of our living environment. What will our urban landscape look like in the future when we …20 September 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Work, Labour, Action!
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 10AM – 4:45PM
How to create conditions for an ecological and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a soft assembly space within the exhibition, and calls upon spatial practitioners to come together around the transformation of practice. The position of many workers within the …20 September 2024Symposium 
Education symposium afternoon program
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 1:30PM – 6PM
The IABR 2024: Nature of Hope is hosting an educational symposium to learn from novel and urgent approaches in the way architecture and affiliated spatial design practices are taught, learned and crucially, unlearned. The ecological crises are changing the spatial and material realities …20 September 2024Symposium 
Education symposium evening program
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 7pm – 9pm
The IABR 2024: Nature of Hope is hosting an educational symposium to learn from novel and urgent approaches in the way architecture and affiliated spatial design practices are taught, learned and crucially, unlearned. The ecological crises are changing the spatial and material realities …19 September 2024Launch 
Architects Climate Action Network NL Launch
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place & Westkop, 6:30PM – 9:30PM
ACAN is an international network of individuals within architecture and related built environment professions taking action to address the twin crises of climate and ecological breakdown. The state of emergency we are in calls for a new kind of professionalism. We can no longer remain secluded …19 September 2024Performance 
Celebrate 10 years nextcity.nl
Nieuwe Instituut – Practice Place, 3:30PM – 5PM
nextcity.nl – platform for nature inclusive and biodiverse cities is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Initiated by Mathias Lehner and Maike van Stiphout in 2014 nextcity’s vision offers Quality of Life in the City to all species. On this day the founders will be looking back with friends, but …18 September 2024Practice Place 
Local council bioregional building Deventer
Architectuurcentrum Rondeel, Assenstraat 14, 7411 JT Deventer, 7:30PM – 10PM
On September 18, Architecture Center Rondeel Deventer is organizing a local council on the future of bioregional construction in Deventer and its surroundings. The meeting will take place from 7:30PM – 10PM in the foyer of the Deventer Schouwburg on the second floor. The local council is part of …18 September 2024Tour 
City Healing Tour
Park 1943, 10AM –12PM
Botanical Monument Park 1943 is a park located in Rotterdam West. Since 2019, Creatief Beheer is in charge of the maintenance of the park and they implemented an integral participatory way or working, which transforms the daily maintenance of the park from a cost item into an investment strategy …18 September 2024Dialogue 
Vogelbescherming X IABR: The Importance of Nature-Inclusive Design
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 2PM – 4PM
In a Knowledge Session organized jointly by Vogelbescherming Nederland (Dutch Society for the Protection of Birds) and the IABR we will explore the question: 'How can we integrate nature into architecture to create a more sustainable future for humans and animals?' With a number of experts from …15 September 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Catherine Koekoek
Nieuwe Instituut, 2PM - 2:45PM
As a feminist political theorist grounded in architecture practice, Catherine Koekoek’s tour highlights how the exhibition functions as an infrastructure for transformation. In order to build hopeful futures, we need to transform the ways in which we see, think, feel, and build. In Donna …15 September 2024Dialogue 
Grafted
Spoortuin en WORM - radio-uitzending, 6PM - 7PM
A collage of conversations and field recordings from urban green spaces in Rotterdam, 'Grafted' is hosted and produced by gardeners from all over the world who have chosen to plant themselves in Rotterdam, addressing the importance of these spaces to different groups of the city's population. …14 September 2024Workshop 
Biodiversity in the city
Botanische Tuin Afrikaanderwijk, Afrikaanderplein 38 - 1PM – 4PM
Join us on a tour of the Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk! During this tour you will learn about special Rotterdam plants and the importance of biodiversity in the city. Then roll up your sleeves and join a landscape architect in greening a piece of the city. During this workshop you will be given …14 September 2024Tour 
Dreaming about the Rotterdamse Schieën - An inspiring boat trip through Stadspark West
Watersportvereniging Blijdorp – havenkantoor, Houtstraat 45, 3041 JD Rotterdam, 1:30PM - 5PM
Let yourself be surprised during this cruise on Rotterdam's lesser-known waterways! On September 14 we will sail on the Rotterdam Schie, the Noorderkanaal and the Schie-Schiekanaal. What does the new role of these industrial waterways look like in the near future? How do we use what is already …14 September 2024Guided tour 
Urban Nightlife: Exploring Darkness and Biodiversity
Van Aerssenlaan 47 - stadsentry Diergaarde Blijdorp, 20:00 – 21:30
Join this guided tour and discover Diergaarde Blijdorp in the dark! During an enlightening evening tour in collaboration with TU Delft, you will hear all about the importance of darkness for urban wildlife. Discover innovative solutions to deal with it and its impact on biodiversity at Diergaarde …13 September 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Situated Solidarities
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 10AM – 4:45PM
How to create conditions for an ecological and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a soft assembly space within the exhibition, and calls upon spatial practitioners to come together around the transformation of practice. In the face of ecological, social and democratic …13 September 2024Tour 
Summer night with the brothers Groen
Het Park in Rotterdam – startpunt: de Noorse Zeemanskerk, 21:00 – 22:30
Moved Summer Night with the Green Brothers initially took place on 6 September and has been rescheduled to 13 September due to rain and thunderstorms. This summer, Kevin and Marvin Groen will take you on a nocturnal adventure in the Park. Sharpen your senses as you explore the nocturnal world and …11 September 2024Tour 
Bike Tour through the Bee Landscape of Rotterdam
Starting point: Burgemeester Oudlaan, at large board with Bee Landscape - End point: Gordelweg, 10AM – 12PM
The municipality of Rotterdam makes 40 hectares of bee landscape. Bees, butterflies and other small animals profit from the bee landscapes. During the IABR we will visit a few locations of the bee landscape. Zeger Dalenberg, strategic landscape designer and Joni Reijven, projectmanager …11 September 2024Workshop 
Read-aloud story 'The secret of a green street' and insect hotel building workshop
Botanische Tuin Afrikaanderwijk, Afrikaanderplein 38 - 2:30PM – 4PM
On Wednesday afternoon September 11 and 25, come to the Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk to enjoy listening to the read-aloud story "The secret of the green street’. Think about how we can make the city greener and build your own insect hotel. The insects in your neighborhood or garden will be very …10 September 2024Tour 
Expedition on the Green Connection
Tramhalte Schiemond (GPS: 51.90434616422833, 4.447290891064673), 3PM – 5:30PM
Take a walking tour along Rotterdam West's ‘Green Connection’ from Schiemond to the Spoortuin. This route epitomizes ‘the nature of hope’ in a way few other areas can. Nature functions here in a dense urban environment as the connecting structure of a diverse network of people, initiatives and …8 September 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Hani Salih
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 1:45PM
This tour will focus on understanding the wider context for the projects in the exhibition. By taking a particular focus on how these projects situate themselves as part of a wider set of systems, be they social, economic, or environmental co-curator Hani Salih will look to question how the …8 September 2024Dialogue 
IABR x AFFR - Building with Mycelium: Towards the Symbiocene?
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 2PM – 4PM
Are we heading towards the Symbiocene? After a decades-long Anthropocene, in which humans exerted a disastrous influence on the earth and climate, more and more movements are seeking a holistic relationship with nature. Regenerative design should be the standard, in which innovative materials like …6 September 2024Dialogue 
Local council bioregional building Arnhem
De Nieuwe Coehoorn (NiCo), Coehoornstraat 17, 6811 LA Arnhem, 3PM – 5PM
On September 6, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., architecture center CASA in Arnhem is organizing a local council on the future of bioregional construction in De Nieuwe Coehoorn. The council is part of the national assembly “Towards Bioregional Building?”, an initiative of the International Architecture …6 September 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Valuing Nature
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 10AM – 4:45PM
How to create conditions for an ecological and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a soft assembly space within the exhibition, and calls upon spatial practitioners to come together around the transformation of practice. Buildings are homes for more than humans. …5 September 2024Practice Place 
Climate crisis in the workplace
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 19:00 – 20:45
Netherlands Angry Architects will be facilitating a participatory discussion on the climate crisis and what architectural workers can do to effect change by organizing in their workplace and through action beyond the realm of design. They will be posing questions like: how do you make any …4 September 2024Tour 
City Healing Tour
Park 1943, 10AM –12PM
Botanical Monument Park 1943 is a park located in Rotterdam West. Since 2019, Creatief Beheer is in charge of the maintenance of the park and they implemented an integral participatory way or working, which transforms the daily maintenance of the park from a cost item into an investment strategy …1 September 2024Dialogue 
Grafted
Spoortuin en WORM - radio-uitzending, 6PM - 7PM
A collage of conversations and field recordings from urban green spaces in Rotterdam, 'Grafted' is hosted and produced by gardeners from all over the world who have chosen to plant themselves in Rotterdam, addressing the importance of these spaces to different groups of the city's population. …31 August 2024Performance 
Jubilee Harvest Day at the Buytenhof
Boerderij De Vlakkenburg, Essendijk 24, Rhoon, 10AM – 4PM
This year is a special year for the Buytenhof, because they are celebrating their 20th anniversary! To celebrate this anniversary, there will be a special Jubilee Harvest Day on Saturday 31 August 2024. From 10:00 to 16:00 you are welcome to pick your own potatoes, pumpkins, apples and pears. …29 August 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Hani Salih
Nieuwe Instituut, 5PM – 6PM
This tour will focus on understanding the wider context for the projects in the exhibition. By taking a particular focus on how these projects situate themselves as part of a wider set of systems, be they social, economic, or environmental co-curator Hani Salih will look to question how the …29 August 2024Symposium 
The Politics of Climate Change with Max Ajl
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 8PM – 11PM
On Thursday 29 August, we welcome agrarian sociologist Max Ajl, author of A People’s Green New Deal to discuss how the various green transition movements can not only tell us about where we are, but what we need to do in order to bring about actionable policy change. Ajl diagnoses the roots of the …25 August 2024Workshop 
Future Gardening ~ Speculative Botany
Van Brienenoord 5, 3077 AE Rotterdam, 3:30PM – 5:30PM
Currently, our climate zone is shifting thirteen meters north-eastwards every day. In the near future, we will increasingly experience relatively wet winters and dry hot summers due to the Mediterraneanisation of our living environment. What will our urban landscape look like in the future when we …24 August 2024Workshop 
Bye Summer! Day Party
Shared Grounds - Gouwplein Park, Rotterdam, 12PM – 6PM
Join us at Gouwplein Park for an afternoon picnic party to celebrate the last days of Summer in the environment of our common green! A late and relaxed communal lunch will be prepared to share and graze whilst experiencing the sweet echoing tunes of Charlois-based musicians. The day will be closed …24 August 2024Tour 
Meet the Rooftopfarmer
Entree Schieblock - Schiekade 189, 1PM – 2:30PM
The guide will take you on the roof for an hour and a half and will tell you all about the history, construction, design and the range of products produced on the Dakakker. In addition, maintenance with and by volunteers, the bees, worms and chickens and the education program for children are …22 August 2024Performance 
Onder het maaiveld - Below ground level
Keilepand - Keilezaal, 7PM – 9:30PM
Discover the unseen and unknown world beneath our feet. On Thursday evening, August 22, De Urbanisten will give a guided tour of the Keilehaven Tidal Park and the Sponge Garden, followed by the film screening of Onder het maaiveld, the best-attended documentary of 2023. After the screening there …21 August 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Hope
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …19 August 2024Tour 
Bike tour through the landscape off the north fringe of Rotterdam
Metrostation Rodenrijs (starting point) - Rotterdam Centraal (endpoint), 1PM – 5PM
A leisurely bike tour through the green north fringe of Rotterdam takes you to circular farms, nature spots, high waters and a deep polders. Since a decade, these 18th century polders are evolving from monofunctional agrarian area into a lively mix of wetlands nature, circular agriculture, slow …14 August 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Hope
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …7 August 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Culture
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …4 August 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Noortje Weenink
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 2PM
How to practice resistance as a design professional? The Guided Curator Tour by Noortje Weenink focuses on alternative forms of organization in formal and informal architectural practices. The tour will center various forms of architect-client relations – those in which architects and institutions …31 July 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Culture
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …27 July 2024Tour 
Meet the Rooftopfarmer
Entree Schieblock - Schiekade 189, 1PM – 2:30PM
The guide will take you on the roof for an hour and a half and will tell you all about the history, construction, design and the range of products produced on the Dakakker. In addition, maintenance with and by volunteers, the bees, worms and chickens and the education program for children are …25 July 2024Workshop 
Composting workshop
Voedseltuin Rotterdam - Gedempte Keilehaven, 13:30 – 15:30
Under the expert guidance of Tom Lorier (garden coordinator Food Garden) you will learn everything about composting. Register via info@voedseltuin.com. The spoken language is Dutch. The event is free, but registration is required. Meetingpoint is the container canteen in the middle of the garden, …24 July 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Nature
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …19 July 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Towards Bioregional Building?
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 10AM – 4:45PM
How do we create conditions for a sustainable and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a meeting space in the exhibition, where we call on the architectural community at large to come together around the transformation of practice. The Dutch government has committed to a …19 July 2024Tour 
As green as flax
Zorgboerderij De Buytenhof, Rijsdijk 98, 10AM – 12:30PM
The fields around Rhoon bloomed blue until the 1970s. Flax provided many jobs in the Dutch textile industry. The rise of plastics in the 1960s came at the expense of many of the technical applications of linen. On top of that came cheap cotton and competition from low-wage countries. As a result, …18 July 2024Workshop 
Gardening with permaculture principles
Voedseltuin Rotterdam - Gedempte Keilehaven, 13:30 – 15:30
Garden coordinator Tom Lorier takes you on a short journey through the Voedseltuin (Food Garden) using the permaculture principles. Permaculture is a design method for the human environment. The term consists of two words: permanent and culture, which means that within permaculture, a permanent …17 July 2024Workshop 
WonderBuildWeeks: Nature
Nieuwe Instituut - Deck, 12PM – 4PM
Every Wednesday afternoon during the summer vacation, you can join a walk-in workshop where you work with a guide and other children to create a diorama of the future. Which animals live where? Do we live in underground houses? You decide! Help build a world that grows every week. For six weeks, …14 July 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Catherine Koekoek
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM - 1:45PM
As a feminist political theorist grounded in architecture practice, Catherine Koekoek’s tour highlights how the exhibition functions as an infrastructure for transformation. In order to build hopeful futures, we need to transform the ways in which we see, think, feel, and build. In Donna …14 July 2024Dialogue 
Hope Conversation #1 Architecture & Hope
Nieuwe Instituut - Auditorium, 2PM – 4PM
On this Sunday afternoon, Dutch and international guests will join Nature of Hope curators in a conversation on hopeful ideas, theories and design practices that offer a vision for change and are at the service of our planet and all living beings. The conversations are preceded by a film …14 July 2024Tour 
Walk with us in the Lutkemeerpolder: a Lutkemeer walk full of Hope!
Boerderij de Boterbloem, Lutkemeerweg 262B, 1067 TH Amsterdam, 1PM – 2:30PM
On Sunday 14 July, we will organise an exciting Lutkemeerommetje in collaboration with Land of Ours. Delve into the wonderful world of itch bugs and discover their important role in our ecosystem. We are organising this Lutkemeerommetje in collaboration with our partner Land van Ons as part of …12 July 2024Practice Place 
Practice Place: Living / Grounds
Nieuwe Instituut, 10AM – 4:45PM
How do we create conditions for a sustainable and hopeful design practice? IABR 2024 introduces a Practice Place, a meeting space in the exhibition, where we call on the architecture community in the broadest sense to come together around the transformation of practice. The first meeting starts …11 July 2024Workshop 
Academic Workshop Soil - TIME
Groote Museum Artis Amsterdam, 7PM – 9:30PM
The Academic Workshop Soil (AWS) is organizing a series of four meetings on urban soil, based on the themes of Scale, Depth, Interaction and Time. The first three meetings already taught that much more biodiverse and integral work in and with soil is needed to restore and promote urban soil and …11 July 2024Workshop 
Final presentation IABR research atelier Jeux des Joules
Nieuwe Instituut – Auditorium, 2PM – 5PM
The transition to renewable energy has significant spatial implications, from urban planning to infrastructure and energy production. This energy transition not only offers opportunities for a new energy economy and social cohesion, but also brings with it the urgency of adapting the energy grid to …11 July 2024Workshop 
Cooperating in Essenburgpark
Essenburgpark, 3PM - 5PM
Are you aching to help urban nature florish? We want to share our experience of the DIY Essenburgpark with you. The Essenburgpark is a varied and beautiful piece of urban nature with its own life rhythms, human and non-human, serving as a place of living, learning, meeting, (re)connecting, working …10 July 2024Workshop 
Nieuwe Vroenten: A Taste for Change
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 1PM – 4PM
IABR, Lola Landscapes and the Embassy of Food (EoF) are organizing a design session about the innovative power of plant-based food. Let's think together beyond the traditional boundaries of our food: What’s the potential of plant based food for our future spatial planning? Imagine: if we were to …6 July 2024Guided tour 
Guided Curator Tour with Janna Bystrykh
Nieuwe Instituut, 2PM – 3PM
Registration for this tour is not mandatory but advisable due to limited capacity. The guided curator tour by architect and researcher Janna Bystrykh sheds light on the different topics of the exhibition and the projects presented. How can architecture contribute to become a regenerative spatial …3 July 2024Tour 
City Healing Tour
Park 1943, 10AM –12PM
Open for walk-in, no registration required. Botanical Monument Park 1943 is a park located in Rotterdam West. Since 2019, Creatief Beheer is in charge of the maintenance of the park and they implemented an integral participatory way or working, which transforms the daily maintenance of the park …3 July 2024Tour 
Tour to Utrecht Rijnvliet – an edible neighborhood
Utrecht Rijnvliet,10AM – 11:30AM
Participation is free of charge, but please register. Would you like to learn more about living in a food forest? Join us on a guided tour through Rijnvliet, the biggest edible neighborhood in The Netherlands. Be tempted to taste everything edible in the neighborhood, berries, leaves, flowers... …2 July 2024Workshop 
Transition-Scapes – Community of Practice Meeting
Nieuwe Instituut - Practice Place, 2PM – 5PM
This event is free, but the ticket is only valid in combination with an exhibition ticket for the Nieuwe Instituut. In order to involve residents in the energy transition, stakeholders are looking for new tools with which they can visualize various scenarios surrounding complex transition tasks and …30 June 2024Symposium 
Opening symposium: Building Ecologies: Nature in the City
Nieuwe Instituut, 1PM – 3PM
This edition of the 11th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), titled Nature of Hope celebrates the collective, planetary effort for positive environmental and social change in and related to architecture. On Sunday 30 June, the Nature of Hope parallel program kicks off with the …29 June 2024Symposium 
Opening Nature of Hope
Nieuwe Instituut, 5:30PM – 10:00PM
IABR and Nieuwe Instituut cordially invite you to the festive opening of the 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Nature of Hope, at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. Join us for the opening program at 17:30 for a performance from IID Company, music from Chirty and …