Ministery of Making | Ministerie van Maak
Self-founded Ministry by MISC., ZUS, and IABR (International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam) supported by 101 architects that addresses the housing crisis in the Netherlands.
2022 — ongoing
“When you enter the weathered hall with graffiti, you don't notice it right away; you only see it when you look at the sand on the concrete floor for longer: hey, that looks like Zeeland, and on the other side: the Wadden Islands. Climb onto the 'lifeguard chair' at the head of the hall and it becomes clear at once: this is a gigantic scale model of the Netherlands that you can walk straight through.[...] The plea of this exhibition: think about the long term, taking into account climate change, new forms of nature, agriculture, and the necessity to build with renewable materials.”
— Kirsten Hannema, Volkskrant
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Birds eye view of the 101 proposals united in the biggest scale model of the Netherlands at IABR 2022 in Rotterdam Photo by Paul Swagerman
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How to address the Dutch housing crisis and the governmental ambition of building 1 million new houses, when spatial responsibilities are divided over eight different ministerial departments?
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100 x 1m2 sized 1:2.000 scaled kits contain all the ingredients needed to start planning 100 x 10.000 additional houses. Kits were distributed to the architects and came with an COVID-19 Test inspired instruction manual to kick start more engaging ways of designing our way out of a crisis.
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Participating architects selected their own site spreading the 101 proposals all over the Netherlands.
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Min Maak 101 proposals collected and put in their intended location in the sand-based model of the Netherlands. Video by Paul Swagerman
101 Proposals teaser for then Minister Hugo de Jonge. Video by Min Maak
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Presentation of the 101 design proposals to the public Photo by Aad Hoogendoorn
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A vernissage meets underground rave with more than 800 architects for the first time together since the outbreak of COVID-19 Photo by Aad Hoogendoorn
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Lacking the voice of architects in the Dutch housing crisis debate, MISC., ZUS and IABR founded a new Dutch ministry that tries to overcome the bureaucratic impasse of the moment and offer perspective for more novel and creative approaches to the housing crisis. 101 architects received a starter-kit in which they were asked to each design 10,000 houses in a self-selected area in the Netherlands and explore realistic but creative alternatives compared to current housing practice. The 101 designs were presented within the largest sand-sculpted model of the Netherlands to date and visited by various government leaders and stakeholders. With more than 700 architects joining at the opening, it was also one of the largest architecture gatherings in the Netherlands since COVID-19.
IABR: Saskia van Stijn, Vivian Ammerlaan, Noortje Jansen, Maaike Menheere, Yonca Özbilge, Greg Vyent
ZUS: Kristian Koreman, Elma van Boxel, Willemijn van Manen
MISC.: Stephan Petermann, Idil Gökgöz