Dropping Defence opening event - exhibition & workshops

Dropping Defence is a “design by research” project initiated by the Fort 1881 and the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK). 27 fourth-year students of the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design department reinterpreted the sustainable, autarkic character of the fortress - a National Historic Landmark -, unlocking it to visitors and surroundings.

During the opening event on the 18th of December at Fort 1881, students present the results of their research by means of an exhibition and a number of workshops, open to young and old alike.

In workshops, the students re-ignite the historic bakery in the Fort, propose new applications for the unique water purification installation and salt formation on the walls of the fortress. The specific climate in the Fort proved to be an excellent condition to start a mushroom farm.

Workshops schedule

15.00LIVE concrete workshop
15:30Soap workshop
Mushroom farm talk
Borders talk
All round fort tour
16:00Energy Talk
Inside outside connection
16:20Retreat object explained
16:45Mushroom farm talk
17:00LIVE pizza workshop
Soap workshop
17:15Inside outside connection
17:30Energy talk
18:00Retreat object explained
Borders talk
All round fort tour
All dayBar
LIVE concrete workshop

The exhibition will be open to the public until Sunday 19th January 2020 during the opening hours of Fort 1881.

Participating students:

Miriam Asghdom
Jihoon Baek
Joyce Bakker
Mila Baumann
Laura Bosch
Clementine Boucher
Jeanne Bréard
Lilla Eördögh
Lisa Hens
Max von Igel
Esme Kim
Agathe de Klerk
Menthe de Kloe
Daria Kozhina
Kalina Lambreva
Yen Lê
Belle Lê
Mindy Li
Jinzi Liu
Agathe Lunel
Violet Luu
Vlada Naletkina
Naira Nigrelli
Cristina Palicari
Naomi Rossignol
Thijs de Weerd
Frank Yoon

Mentors:

Frank Bruggeman
Maartje Lammers
Ernie Mellegers

With thanks to Fort 1881.

Details

Date

Wed 18 December 2019 15.00 - 19:00

Location

Fort 1881, Stationsweg 82, Hoek van Holland 3151 HS

More info

Entrance fee

Free access to exhibition & workshops