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Presentations

Architecture has a long history of international biennials. So, to a lesser extent, have design and digital culture. Traditionally, architectural biennials like Venice’s have been associated with prestige, particularly the national pavilions in which each country presents a self-directed image of its own contemporary architecture. These national presentations are among the standard instruments of cultural diplomacy and, since 2013, Het Nieuwe Instituut has been the commissioner of Dutch pavilions.

Where possible and relevant, Het Nieuwe Instituut has also presented Dutch designers on an international stage: in London, Istanbul, and Milan, where the triennial was revived in 2019 with Het Nieuwe Instituut as programmer for the Dutch entry.

Initially, there were national presentations at three architecture biennials – Venice, São Paulo and Shenzhen. Both São Paulo and Shenzhen have now chosen a different model without national pavilions. However, for each event Het Nieuwe Instituut plays a leading role in investigating the possibilities of developing sustainable forms of collaboration based on networking and the exchange of knowledge.

La Biennale di Venezia

Who is We? (2020)
WORK, BODY, LEISURE (2018)
BLUE: The Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions (2016)
Open: A Bakema Celebration (2014)

La Triennale di Milano

I See That I See What You Don’t See (2019)

Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture

Dalang Fever 3 (2019)
Automated Landscapes (2017)
Rise and Shine (2015)
Made by Us (2013)

International Architecture Biennial São Paulo

Arcitecture of Appropriation (2017)

London Design Biennale

Power Plant (2018)
Design Diorama: the Archive as a Utopic Environment (2016)

Istanbul Design Biennale

51 Sprints (2016)

Salone del Mobile

New Material Award 2018 (2019)
New Material Award 2016 (2017)

Cannes Film Festival

Spatial composition in Red, Blue and Yellow at Cannes Film Festival (2017)