Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI, English: The New Institute) is a

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, the Netherlands. It focuses on architecture, design, and digital culture. HNI is in a building designed by Jo Coenen at

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25 in the centre of Rotterdam, adjacent to the

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. The building contains a shop, exhibition space, study centre, and archive, as well as the Sonneveld House (a prime example of Nieuwe Zakelijkheid architecture), a pond, and a small park.

Formation

Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI) was formed in 2013, when then-secretary of state for Education, Culture, and Science Halbe Zijlstra ordered the merger of the Dutch institutes for architecture, design, and e-culture. Thus the

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, and the Virtueel Platform were put together in the building at Museum Park 25, which was designed by Jo Coenen, and opened by Queen Beatrix in 1993.

Facilities

At HNI, exhibitions are presented in the Museum of Architecture, Design and Digital Culture. The building also contains the national collection for Dutch architecture and urban planning, an agency, a study centre, a bookshop and a cafe. The archive contains over 18 kilometres of architectural resources. This includes the personal collections of many Dutch architects.

Sonneveld House Museum

The Sonneveld House, across the street from the HNI main building, was opened to the public in 2001. The house was designed by

Johannes Brinkman Johannes Andreas Brinkman (22 March 1902 – 6 May 1949), also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of '' Nieuwe Bouwen'', modern architecture in the Netherlands. Biography Brinkman was born in Rotterdam, Neth ...

and

Leendert van der Vlugt Leendert Cornelis van der Vlugt (13 April 1894 – 25 April 1936) was a Dutch architect in Rotterdam. In the architects office Brinkman & Van der Vlugt he was responsible for the architecture of the Van Nelle Factory, a listed monument of th ...

(who also constructed the

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), and it is an example of Nieuwe Zakelijkheid architecture. It was owned by Albertus Sonneveld, who lived there from 1933 to 1955.

References

External links

Official site
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