From 18 November 2022 until 9 April 2023 Het Nieuwe Instituut will host the exhibition Prix de Rome Architecture 2022. In the exhibition at Het Nieuwe Instituut, nominees Arna Mačkić, Dividual (Andrea Bit and Maciej Wieczorkowski), Lesia Topolnyk, and Studio KIWI (Kim Kool and Willemijn van Manen) present 4 different interpretations of Healing Sites, the central theme of the Prix de Rome Architecture 2022.
The nominees have been selected by the international jury of the Prix on the basis of their design proposals for several different locations touched by social trauma. They have spent four months researching the fraught history of these places, the healing potential of spatial design, and the role they themselves play in society as architects, landscape architects and urban planners. Each tries to work in a way that restores their chosen building site, despite – or perhaps because of – its oppressive legacy.
In addition to the work of the nominees, the exhibition also features historical examples of designs for healing locations of commemoration, encounter and restoration from the National Collection of Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning.
Award Ceremony
The winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 will be announced during a festive evening programme on 1 December. Gunay Uslu, State Secretary for Culture and Media, will present the prize – €40,000 and a choice of residency – to the winner.
The Prix de Rome is the oldest prize in the Netherlands for architects younger than 35. This year the prize is organised by the Mondriaan Fund in collaboration with the Creative Industries Fund NL and Het Nieuwe Instituut, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Jap Sam Books is publishing the accompanying publication.