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Diamond in the Rough, Forever Young, by Jonas Althuis.Rotterdam’s history as port city has strongly shaped what it is today.…View →
Never Been Built, by Aimee Baars.Rotterdam had been heavily bombed in World War II and large parts of the cities were wiped out once the war was over.…View →
Artefact: Public Plinth, by Alessandro Rognoni and Ron Barten.They portray the streetscape of Rotterdam with a careful eye, looking at how the city indirectly converses with its citizens, either through text, signs, graffiti, labels, and symbols.…View →
The Last Resort, by Nathan Döding.There is a certain soul to Rotterdammers that you can’t find anywhere else. As a result of the city’s industry, a Rotterdammer is tough, cold, but honest.…View →
Get lost, by Nathan Kramer.So I kept going and ended up in Rotterdam, which seemed not very challenging either at first. I tried again, until the point that I was almost lost. Almost, since I noticed a somewhat familiar railway bridge in the distance.…View →
Artefact: The Bnieuws Archive, by Editorial Team.These old editions, stored at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, are a fantastic insight into the world that our faculty used to be. The hand drawn comics and illustrations from these historic editions were used to create the cover of this edition.…View →
Bnieuws edition 57/03. Published March 2024.Nathan Döding delves into the (fading) soul of Rotterdam as a working-class and rough city, as preserved in the stories of elderly residents of a nursing home in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. (page 20). Stefan Gzyl looks at the film.…View →
Take It Seriously, by Federico Ruiz.Essalam Mosque in Rotterdam. Courtesy of WAM architecten. / ©Ossip van Duivenbode. When I ask him to explain Fusion to me, he explains that this idea has always been in continuous transformation.…View →
The Art of the Commute, by Alessandro Rognoni.Anyone who lives in Rotterdam would have been in station Blaak at least once, enjoying the sequence of colours and tiles, the weirdly ornamented escalators, or maybe that ‘ordinary’ archaeological display.…View →
Missing Urbanists, by Federico Ruiz.Now, it is Rotterdam, with its large amount of high-rise buildings, social housing, museums and all kinds of different activities going on all day, that represents the place where “Chances and opportunities are way bigger.”.…View →
Emotional Space, by Aimee Baars.From left: Erasmus bridge, Rotterdam / Sander Sloots (2019), Architecture faculty / TU Delft (2019), Akropolis, Athens / Jansen (2018). We thus interact, and construct relationships and dialogues with our surroundings.…View →
Abandoned Buildings, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.Swimming pool complex Tropicana, Rotterdam. Tropicana was put up for sale in 1990 and sold to a catering entrepreneur in 1993. Over the years, the new owner carried out renovations and adjustments which have modified the original concept.…View →
What Are You Reading Right Now? The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, by Hilde Sennema.After working in the field of urban planning and heritage, she is now finishing her PhD on post-war reconstruction in port cities at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.…View →
Bnieuws edition 56/01. Published October 2022.From destruction we found broken dreams of Rotterdam city, with the changing demographic of dwellers, can the city keep up with housing demands?…View →
The Berlage questionnaire: Emanuel Christ of Christ & Gantenbein, by Ana Herreros and Jin Chang.Hotel New York in Rotterdam. But that is my nostalgic side because I was unable to travel to the Netherlands for this lecture. Otherwise an ocean liner on its way to New York City. Your most influential teacher.…View →
Blog: Oct 01, 2021A big collection of old editions exists at the archive at the New Institute in Rotterdam. Editions from the early years are fascinating to see, offering a wonderful insight into life at the faculty back then.…View →
A Dream About Action, by Emilie Stecher.The Independent School for the City is a post graduation laboratory on contemporary Urbanism in Rotterdam – if you don’t know it, here comes a big recommendation to check out their program – they also have lectures and evening workshops! 2.…View →
Bnieuws edition 56/03. Published January 2023.Sem takes us on a walk through the changing streets of Rotterdam, bringing attention to both the subtle and sudden traces of its residents (p.5).…View →
Camera!, by Robert van Overveld.Given that the Erasmus University in Rotterdam did not open at all, the attempt of the TU Delft to remain open can be praised. But in the end, the span of this privilege was always going to depend on the attitude of the students.…View →
South-Limburg!, by Robert van Overveld.Coming from Rotterdam, she was excited to live here. About 80% of the GDP was earned by the coal mines that were located here, and the population was profiting from that—a sort of golden age of the region.…View →
A public digital space at home, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.As a passion outside of architecture, you can find me playing records or exploring the city as a new citizen of Rotterdam. During my architecture studies, I have developed writing as a new hobby.…View →
Comfort in chaos, by Nathan Döding.A cold, dark, one hour drive home from Schiphol to Rotterdam was my reintroduction to my home. At last, the country of endless wealth and order. Genders, skirts and alcohol. What a perfect little country.…View →
Could You Hold The Door Please?, by Sem Verwey.Standing ajar on the edge of Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam it functions as an imaginary gateway between the city and the rest of the world. Walking through does not merely bring you to another place, it brings you to another moment as well.…View →