Exhibition
Common Grounds
Spatial ideals in Rotterdam's social housing
The exhibition Common Grounds focuses on nine social housing complexes in Rotterdam where shared outdoor spaces form the heart of the community. With scale models and stories, it reveals the rich history of social housing, full of ideals and challenges. Discover how to design truly liveable, communal spaces in a city that has to work for everyone.
The exhibition Common Grounds by studio AAAN highlights nine Rotterdam social housing complexes where shared outdoor spaces play a vital role in community life. In Rotterdam, social housing units are on average 40% smaller than privately owned homes, while their residents earn 40% less than the national median income. As a result, public outdoor spaces become indispensable—places for recreation, rest, and social interaction. A series of scale models narrates the history of Rotterdam’s social housing: of large-scale, sometimes imposing residential buildings, and of the ideals, successes, failures, and controversies that have shaped collective living. At the heart of the exhibition lies one key question: how do we design common grounds?
An exhibition by: Tergel Erdenebaatar, Asia Ibrahim, Margarita Karaseva, Lennart Arpots & Hilbrand Wanders
With models by: Aimen Abbas, Daphne Beijmans, Diego Cecchinelli, Ömer Ercan, Laura Hondorp, Joana Matos Carola, Natan Pertot, Britt Segeren, Priyanjal Tiwari, Amina Abdirahman, Philine d’Anjou, Tergel Erdenebaatar, Asia Ibrahim, Michelle Morini Dalla Pria, Wilke Schellens, Miel Senders, Kate Tomsone, Florian Balm, Tom Damen, Daan Hegeman, Margarita Karaseva, Minji Park, Iris Schoutsen, Jennifer Start, Anne van de Ven