REOPENING NAi GRAND SUCCES
With a spectacular act the Netherlands Architecture Institute was reopened together with the audience on Thursday, June 30 2011. The renewed Museum for Architecture demonstrates that architecture is closer than you think. To celebrate its opening the NAI had free entrance the opening weekend. Almost 2000 visitors found the NAI this weekend.
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SIXTH JAAP BAKEMA FELLOWSHIP OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
The Netherlands Architecture Institute and the A10 new European architecturemagazine are launching the Bakema Fellowship 2011/2012. This fellowship is a grant of €10,000 for research (through design) at the cutting-edge of architecture, technology and society. The deadline for applications is 16 October 2011.
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ARCHIGUIDES CYCLE TOUR THROUGH ROTTERDAM IN JULY AND AUGUST
This engaging cycle route leaves you with fun facts and in-depth knowledge of architecture-haven Rotterdam. Accompanied by a tour guide you will cross the city centre and its famous bridges by bike. During the cycle tour our guide will let you in on all recent developments in this unique and ever-changing Dutch city. Departure from the NAI, Thursday to Sunday in July and August, 13.00 and 15.00 hrs.
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DUTCHVILLE
On July 1, the exhibition Dutchville goes on display in the fully renovated NAi. In a remarkable approach to architecture, Dutchville is an exhibition that intentionally inspires conflicting feelings. At the NAi, you can explore your love-hate relationship with the urban environment and discover how the city shapes and affects the way you feel.
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HANDS-ON DECK
Architecture is closer than you think – and isn’t high-flown or difficult at all. Architecture is for everyone! Come and see for yourself from July 1st – the Hands-on Deck at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) is a unique spot at the heart of the museum, specially designed for anyone wanting to try their hand at architecture. You can design and construct your own building, or even an entire world. And the Hands-on Deck is completely free! .
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TESTIFY!
Over the years, our relationships with and attitudes towards food, health, energy, space, time, social relationships and (economic) value have spiralled out of control. Now, faced with the consequences of our over-consumption, we are desperately in search of ways to redress the balance.Can architecture help us to build a more sustainable society? 25 international projects by different architects, all concerned with addressing these issues, are presented in the exhibition Testify!
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DARINGDESIGN
In terms of design, the Netherlands and China seem to be another’s opposite: the small pioneer for conceptual design versus the economic superpower. But daring designers live and work in both countries. Designers with ideas, designers with guts. With the exhibition daringdesign, the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam will present the most prominent 8 of them. One by one they will show their eye-catching and sometimes highly controversial projects.
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ON LOCATION: THE GOOD CAUSE
The exhibition The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace, on display since June 16 in the Octagonal Gallery in Montreal, Canada investigates the potential of architecture when it comes to transforming urban post-conflict areas.
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