Thursday Night Detour with Laura

Join Detour Guide Laura Grimm on Thursday 18 August at 7pm for a free Thursday Night Detour through the exhibition MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio. Become an architect for the night and build your own sculptural scale models from disco balls, tea towels and screwdrivers.

Detour Guide Laura Grimm. Photo: Marwan Magroun.

Laura Grimm

A “self-organising artist” is how Detour Guide Laura Grimm describes herself. She likes creating sculptures and working with textiles. Her studio, the autumn and changing into her pyjamas when she gets home are a few of her favourite things.

“A Detour is more than looking, listening and reading. It is a moment when I can connect people to something or someone, teaching them to see more and gain more insight together.”

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio explores the archive of leading architecture office MVRDV. The exhibition is designed as a living and active work environment that showcases the MVRDV office as a place where ideas and projects move fluidly back and forth, between present, past and future.

This multimedia exhibition, located on the institute's sixth floor, overlooks one of MVRDV's much-discussed recent designs – the new Depot Boijman Van Beuningen. Based on three recurring themes – green, human, and dream – the exhibition highlights more than 400 projects from the studio's ever-growing archive. In addition, Het Nieuwe Instituut offers insights into the firm's working methods with drawings, sketches, models and other archive materials.

Part of the exhibition MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio. Het Nieuwe Instituut 2021-2022. Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn.

date

18/08/2022

time

19:00 – 20:00

language

English, Dutch

also this evening

The museum is free to visit from 5-9pm

location

Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam

entrance

The Thursday Night Detour is free to join. Please report to the front desk at 6.55pm and inform a staff member that you would like to take part. Up to 15 visitors can join the Thursday Night Detour.