In this tour, the designer of the RA Month main exhibition, Namelok, takes you through the story of the RA Month main exhibition (T)Huis (House/Home). What are the underlying thoughts behind the chosen projects? How does the design of the exhibition connect to the content? What storylines can be discovered? Namelok takes you along in their design process on Saturday June the 11th at 1 PM.

About (T)Huis (House/Home)

The housing crisis is one of the biggest building challenges of the moment. From The Podium, on top of Het Nieuwe Instituut, we can see the urban growth passing by. But what can we not see? Does this overwhelming panorama of the city reflect our (T)Huis, or is it taking place on the ground, at eye level? (T)Huis is about feeling connected to your street, your neighborhood, your city. A living environment that is currently under pressure. Solutions and opportunities seem far away, but come closer in the exhibition (T)Huis with over 40 innovative plans and designs by architects, makers, students and innovators. Visit the exhibition and Het Podium for free during the whole month of June, Rotterdam Architecture Month in the Festival Heart, in and at Het Nieuwe Instituut.

About Namelok

Namelok is a reflective design practice based on research in Rotterdam. Founders Wiegert Ambagts and Kaj van Boheemen and their team of multidisciplinary designers work on projects and research in the full breadth of the architectural discipline. They see it as one of the main challenges of contemporary architects to (re)relate to the world in which, and for whom, they design. “It is time for architects to break away from the nostalgic vision of traditional master builders and stop looking inward in search of the essence of architecture; instead, we need to look forward and outward, in search of myriad possibilities offered by other disciplines and practices.” Inspired by collages, drawings, models, diagrams, photographs, videos and texts, Namelok creates new stories within their designs. These stories can be literal, associative and symbolic in nature; in all cases, our crucial question is what story is being told, and why.

Practical Info

The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. Meet at the entrance to the exhibition, Gallery 0 in The New Institute. Reserve your free spot via the ticketlink below! The tour on Saturday, June 11 at 13:00 is in English, the other tours are in Dutch.

Foto: Fred Ernst