Architecture of Appropriation. On Squatting as Spatial Practice.
New publication
The book marks the outcome of a long term research program and collective endeavor by Het Nieuwe Instituut and a large network of collaborators and communities since June 2016.
The squatting movement has played a major role in the design of the urban fabric and domestic interior, and continues to propose alternatives to dominant, market-oriented housing policies. Architecture of Appropriation. On Squatting as Spatial Practice acknowledges squatting as an architectural practice. The publication analyzes the places of six still existing communities through architectural drawings, interviews, and archival material to build up a record of past and current struggles, spaces, and oral histories, forming the basis for a new acquisition policy for the State Archive for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning. The project brings the expertise of the squatting movement together with architects, archivists, scholars, and lawyers, to discuss approaches to the research, archival practices and representation of precarious, non-author-based, and often criminalized spatial practices in the institutional framework of an archive and museum.
The book revenues will be used to contribute to the legal costs of squatting communities who are threatened with eviction. The publication is also available in a digital format via the project’s web magazine.
Team
Editors: René Boer (Failed Architecture), Marina Otero Verzier and Katía Truijen (Het Nieuwe Instituut); in collaboration with the communities of ADM, Landbouwbelang, Plantage Dok, Poortgebouw, Vluchtmaat and Wijde Heisteeg 7
Collaborators: Aart, Adeola Enigbokan, Aimee Albers, Amal Alhaag, Anastasia Kubrak, Arianne van der Veen, Autonomous Archive of Vereniging Poortgebouw, Berk, Behrang Mousavi, Coreen, Daan, Dave Carr-Smith, Davide, Deanna Dadusc, Eduardo Penalver, Elke Uitentuis, Ernst des Bouvrie, Fiona Herrod, Flora Bello Milanez, Franc Gonzales, Frans Neggers, Gallows, Godofredo Pereira, Gosse de Kort, Hay, Hessel Dokkum, Hetty Berens, ICAM19 in Copenhagen, International Architecture Biennale of Sao Paulo 2017, International Institute for Social History, Ivo Stumpe, Jack Eden, Jacob Voorthuis, Jakub Straka, Jere Kuzmanic, Kevin, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Maagdenhuis Archive Group, Maria Fernanda Duarte, Mark Minkjan, Marten Kuijpers, Masfen, Merel, MuseumNext Europe 2017, Malou Zumbrink, MayDay Rooms, Nancy, Ocupação 9 de Julho, Pedro Rivera, Petra, Piet Zwart Institute: MA Media Design/Experimental Publishing, Platon Issaias, Rahul Uppal, Reinder, Rianne de Beer, Roos van Strien, Rosemary Grennan, SKSU (Student Squatting Information Center), Sonia Katyal, SPOK (Speculation Research Collective), SqEK (Squatting Everywhere Kollective), Studio-X Rio, Staatsarchief, Suwanne, Suzanne Mulder, Tashina Blom, Tobias Meierdierks, This Is Not A Gateway Archive, TU Eindhoven, Architectural Urban Design and Engineering, Department of the Built Environment, We Are Here/Wij Zijn Hier, Willem Jebbink, Yonas, ZUS (Zones Urbaines Sensibles)
Published by Het Nieuwe Instituut
Artistic and General Director Het Nieuwe Instituut: Guus Beumer
Photography: Johannes Schwartz, Het Nieuwe Instituut
Art Director: Maureen Mooren, Het Nieuwe Instituut
Graphic Design: Maud Vervenne
Printed by Raddraaier
Available via Idea Books
This publication is generously supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
