“Robin van 't Haar”

working / waiting

Rotterdam -  Working means waiting a lot of times.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

working / waiting

Rotterdam -  Working means waiting a lot of times.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

The former milkman?

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Rotterdama€™s prediliction for catastrophic histories

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Public Territories: party left over

Rotterdam -  In the Netherlands people appropriate public spaces at least one or two times a year: at April 30 during Queen’s Day and when the National Football team participates in a…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Hotel

Rotterdam -  I want to be another city. Manhattan Hotel in front of Rotterdam Central Station…
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Business man?

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slum

Rotterdam -  Everytime I enter Rotterdam by train I have to think of a Portuguese friend who -fresh from Schiphol- saw these cottages. She was shocked that in a prosperous country as…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Retired man

Rotterdam -  Retired man behind a fence looking at the city under construction. It can be a day job. Full time witnessing transformation. When I am 65 I will move back to…
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ok

Rotterdam -  The OK sign is an initiative by the Foundation for Reporting Violence. The Foundation wants to stimulate citizens to call the police when they witness violence in public space. The…
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harmony

Rotterdam -  Whenever the city planning of Rotterdam reveals some kind of classic harmony (a side street with a charming see-through on a church entrance), the city decides to guide this pitoresque…
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Rules and regulations: fuck you!

Rotterdam -  I have never seen such a explicit car gadget like this one before. It shocked me somehow. Invitation for violence. Bad taste.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

real/unreal a€“ billboard

Rotterdam -  Even at an intimate place as a public garden the place itself is being advertised on a billboard. ‘Frederikshof, a green oasis in Crooswijk!’ The image on the billboard…
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memorial

Rotterdam -  An example of a roadside monument, mostly placed alongside roads to memorize victims of traffic incidents. The ritual often memorizes acts of ‘zinloos geweld’ (senseless violence) as well. In this…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Choreography

Rotterdam -  Rules and regulations at the entrance of the Koopgoot (Shopping Gutter). The designer has observed the differences in choreography between a skateboarder and a roller skater very well. Chapeau! …
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Rotterdama€™s prediliction for catastrophic histories

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Public territories: politics

Rotterdam -  The Social Democratic Party (PVDA) proudly presents their achieved politics in the neighbourhood. On the picture one can see a sticker attached to the entrance of a store front in…
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I like living here

Rotterdam -  These protest posters “I like living here!’ against the reconstruction of Crooswijk were handed out by the Socialist Part more than four years ago. The red tomato logo of…
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cannabis real estate

Rotterdam -  This sign says that the city of Rotterdam has recently dismantled an illegal cannabis plantation in this apartment. (a profitable way for people with a low income to make extra…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab