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Rotterdam Architecture Month 2022 News
28 February 2022
Design: MVRDV, Architects
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Festival heart Rotterdam Architecture Month settles on the roof of Het Nieuwe Instituut
Another high-level crowd-puller designed by architectural firm MVRDV

image © MVRDV
Rotterdam Architecture Month News
Rotterdam is gaining a unique, temporary vantage point this summer. Rotterdam Architecture Month (RA Month) and Het Nieuwe Instituut are joining forces to build an urban podium on the roof of Het Nieuwe Instituut. Architecture events will be held at The Podium throughout the month of June. The Podium can be visited free of charge via a lift and a giant staircase along the institute?s façade. The neon-pink installation with its imposing exterior staircase, designed by architects MVRDV, offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience architecture, the city, Museum Park and the Instituut from a whole new perspective. The Podium on Het Nieuwe Instituut can be seen as a logical successor to other impressive scaffolding installations designed by MVRDV. In 2017, for instance, the firm placed a gigantic staircase on Rotterdam?s Stationsplein as part of the city?s 75th anniversary of post-war reconstruction, and the Rotterdam Rooftop Days recently announced that it will build a Rotterdam Rooftop Walk above the centre of Rotterdam this year, also desig...