Exhibition
Water Cities Rotterdam
By Kunlé Adeyemi
The Water Cities Rotterdam exhibition is your chance to see impressive floating pavilions by architect Kunlé Adeyemi on the ponds of the Nieuwe Instituut in Museumpark, Rotterdam. Join artists Shertise Solano and Thijs de Zeeuw as they submerge us in their watery worlds.
Graphic designers Opperclaes design the special upholstery. The accompanying exhibition features a selection from the National Collection for Architecture and Urban Planning and work by Studio Makkink & Bey, Erik Peters & Bianca Carague and Urban Archipelago studio (TU Delft).
Kunlé Adeyemi | NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi was born in Nigeria and lives and works in the Netherlands. Together with his agency NLÉ, for the past decade he has been researching the relationship between cities and water, rising sea levels and housing shortages. He studies coastal African cities where rapid urbanisation and rising water levels are leading to major challenges and innovative solutions. Inspired by this, he has developed a floating construction system which was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale where it was previously shown. Now it can be seen for the first time in the Netherlands, as the floating pavillion MFS IRR – Water City Rotterdam at the Nieuwe Instituut.
Activities
Accompanying Water Cities Rotterdam is an activity programme with regular guided tours. There’s a family expedition for children and their families, plus a special edition of Familiefest, a day when families get to be VIPs. For more information, see the Nieuwe Instituut’s online agenda.
Tickets
- Adults (combi-ticket Nieuwe Instituut and Sonneveld House): €16,50
- Sonneveld House only €10.-
- Children and under 18s: Free
- Members of Nieuwe Instituut: Free
- Students and European Youth Card (CJP): €8
- Groups (15 or more): €12 pp
- Rotterdam Welcome Card: €12.-
- Museumkaart, ICOM/ICAM, Vriendenloterij VIP-card Rotterdampas, Rembrandt Card: Free
On Thursday evenings you can enter the museum free of charge from 17.00 – 21.00