Domus IN 201903

This article builds upon Architecture of
Appropriation, a collective research into
squatting as an architectural practice
that Het Nieuwe Instituut has been
conducting since 2015. The project,
exhibition and upcoming publication
analyse a series of case studies through
architectural drawings, interviews and
archival material, building up a record of
these struggles, spacesand oral histories
for future generations of architects,
researchers, policy-makers and the
general public, both in the Netherlands
and abroad. Architecture of Appropriation
is also the basis for a new acquisition
policy for the State Archive for
Dutch Architecture and Urban
Planning. Research team members include
René Boer (Failed Architecture), Katía
Truijen, Anastasia Kubrak, Marten
Kuijpers, Marina Otero Verzier
(Research Department, Het Nieuwe
Instituut), Maria Duarte, Jere Kuzmanic
and Roos van Strien.