Studio for Immediate Spaces

SIS - Studio for Immediate Spaces, not to be confused with SIS - Swedish Institute for Standards. Thank you to everyone who visited our exhibition on January 30th at our Open Day! And congratulations to everyone who contributed to making this possible. Photography by @leonardvonbrenndorff @magdalena_zotou Design by @madshvidkaer @internet_explorer_but_girl @laurapolkmane SIS is Leonard Irtel von Brenndorff Rosa Shepherd Gionata Girardi Luise Arnold Liam Statz Kensia Klingert Thijs Bronts Magdalena Zotou Blanca Borrell Yasmine Chiboub Or Shahaf Hannah Weisz Patrick Bosman Lou (Bokyoung) Kim Clara Manigne-Malan Elena Soler Barceló Emmanuelle Catherine Han (Hankyul) Jeong Karolina Borucka Katharina Ammann Kristaps Sulcs Laura Polkmane Leo Schrewe Mads Hvidkær Christoffersen Nao A. Sciortino Paola Zanchetta @sandberginstituut @rietveldacademie

First Year SIS invites you to the opening of Office Hours in Edge Workspaces. Come by Thursday 21st of May at 5pm. Address: Edge Workspaces Olympic, Fred. Roeskestraat 115, 1076 EE Amsterdam. Opening hours: Thursday 21st of May 10am to 8PM and Friday 22nd of May 10am to 8pm. Dresscode: smart casual.

Save the Date! You are warmly invited to Sandberg Instituut Graduation 2026 taking place between Wednesday and Sunday, 10 and 14 June.* ⁠ ⁠ This year’s graduating students will present work across various locations in Amsterdam, bringing together five main departments — Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, and Studio for Immediate Spaces — and one temporary department, Lumbung Practice (@damdamist ) ⁠ The full programme, including the list of venues, performance schedule, accessibility information, and student profiles will be announced soon. ⁠ ⁠ For updates, keep an eye on sandberg.nl ⁠ ⁠ *Please note: Opening dates and hours vary by venue. ⁠ ⁠ Visual identity by @correspondence.works (Justus Gelberg & Lukas Engelhardt, alum of the Design Department 2020–2022).

Join us tomorrow at @rewirefestival ‘s context programme Staging Sound for Under the Cloud, a listening session where students from @immediatespaces will present the outcome of a collaborative workshop we hosted on spatial research and sound at @sandberginstituut . Find us in the Engineer Room at @westdenhaag from 17:30 to 19:30. Situated between investigative research and artistic practice, the session approaches listening as a method to engage with space and its rhythms, infrastructures, and embedded stories. Working with field recorders and archival material, participants approach their multidisciplinary practices through sound as a way to attune to the dynamics that shape an environment. By slowing down and listening attentively, audible traces emerge as entry points into understanding the spatial politics and material realities that structure everyday life. Recording becomes both an investigative and archival act, tapping into the narratives carried by sites, infrastructures, and processes that often latently shape and impact our environment, whether they are economic, social, political, or ecological in nature. The listening session offers a glimpse into the participants’ investigative processes, reflecting on how sound can serve as a medium for exploration and open a space for shared listening. with Cara Mayer, Lisa van Heyden, Martijn Van de Wiele, Nina Blume, Robin Vandenbussche (@_wastewaves / Datawaves) and Blanca Borrell, Elena Soler Barceló, Emmanuelle Catherine, Gionata Girardi, Hankyul Jeong, Hannah Weisz, Hidde Loek, Karolina Borucka, Katharina Ammann, Kensia Bellevie Klingert, Kristaps Sulcs, Laura Polkmane, Leonard Irtel von Brenndorff, Liam Statz, Lou Kim, Luise Arnold, Mads Hvidkær Christoffersen, Magdalena Zotou, Nao A. Sciortino, Or Schaap, Paola Zanchetta, Rosa Shepherd, Patrick Bosman, Thijs Bronts, and Valentin Idel (@immediatespaces ) Find more details at the link in bio.

@houseeurope.eu is working on changing the system. Looking for a master program that wants to fix what‘s broken in architecture, design and art? APPLICATIONS OPEN: MA Studio for Immediate Spaces, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam; Application deadline: April 1, 2026 Apply here: www.sandberg.nl/apply-now The Studio for Immediate Spaces (SIS) at Amsterdam’s Sandberg Instituut is open for future participants who seek to critically and productively shape and reflect the world around them beyond disciplinary categorization. SIS presents a two-year Master’s program in spatial practices (MA Interior Architecture, 2026–28) that investigates how ecology, society, technology, politics and economy manifest in space. In a world shaped by lifestyles based on externalisation—from ex-traction to e-mission—SIS follows an idea of The Great Interior: There is no outside, we’re all in it together. Consider applying or reach out if you are curious: [email protected] Image: Kristi McCluer

Thrilled to announce Object on Light, a design exhibition featuring work from students across @sandberginstituut and @rietveldacademie . Opening Thursday the 26th of March at 18.30 in the Rietveld Pavilion. Refreshments will be served by Yasmine Chiboub (SI) @yasminechb_ . More than twenty students across programs are displaying (design) objects that emit light. The show is curated by Mads Christoffersen (SI) and Jacob Olvik (GRA) and generously supported by Sandberg Instituut. Photos: Maja Bruun Grace Wardlaw & Mal Yu Paola Zanchetta Zanchetta Muñoz Mads Christoffersen Nina Merk Participating Artists: Katharina Ammann @internet_explorer_but_girl , Florian Sigl @florian_sigl , Domitille Marchiol, Amelia Urdaneta Urib @ameurdaneta , Hyuna Cho @hyun_ajo , Tim Bauer @tl.bauer , Paola Zanchetta Muñoz @paotzm , Karina Kalantajevska @karina_kalant , Nina Merk @ninkazofia , Maja Bruun @maja.bruun , Grace Wardlaw & Mal Yu, Leo Schrewe @_leoschrewe_ , Laura Polkmane @laurapolkmane , Karolina Borucka @karolinaboruckaa , Marianna Kruchinova, Frederikke Falbe-Hansen @frederikkesofie , Elsa Rubio & Daniel Lindholt @elssssita @ab.daller , Jacob Olvik @jacobolvik , Martin Pedersen @nowheremartin , Mads Christoffersen @madshvidkaer , Flora Houldsworth @florahouldsworth.design , Liam Statz @liam.statz , Siw Ulrikke Maibom @siiwling .

SIS Lectures The students of Studio for Immediate Spaces cordially invite you to the first round of SIS Lectures. We are happy to welcome: Moreno Schweikle who will be @sandberginstituut on 2nd of April 2026, at 13:00 with a talk titled ‘Looking both ways’ in the Theory Stairs (FEDLEV Building). Moreno Schweikle is a Düsseldorf-based artist. In 2018, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from Design Academy Eindhoven. Since 2024, he has been a guest auditor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class of Rita McBride. Recent presentations include Gripper 1 / Gripper 2 at BPA, Cologne; Five Minutes (Late), artistic interventions in public space in Frankfurt am Main; and Our World at Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf. Moreno Schweikle @morenoschweikle Sandberg Instituut @sandberginstituut Studio for Immediate Spaces @immediatespaces Design by @hannahchampagner

SIS Lectures The students of Studio for Immediate Spaces cordially invite you to the first round of SIS Lectures. We are happy to welcome: James Beckett who will be @sandberginstituut on 1st of April 2026, at 13:00 with a talk titled ‘Extract Arrangements (Sobbing in Snow and Sandstorms)’ in the Theory Stairs (FEDLEV Building). James Beckett is an artist with a research-based practice based in New York City and Amsterdam. James Beckett is in residency at the ISCP, NYC, 2020/2021 and has exhibited at the Belgian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2015; MAAT, Lisbon 2017; MCAD Manila 2017, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 2012, amongst others. His work is represented by galleries: T293, Rome; Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam and
 Markus Lüttgen, Düsseldorf. James Beckett @james_beckett73 Sandberg Instituut @sandberginstituut Studio for Immediate Spaces @immediatespaces Design by @hannahchampagner

Sandberg Instituut Graduation 2025 in focus: Studio for Immediate Spaces⁠ (part 2 of 2)⁠ ⁠ The Studio for Immediate Spaces presents a two-year Master’s program in art practices in the spatial discourse (MA Interior Architecture) that investigates how ecology, politics and economy influence modes of spatial production and, vice versa, how space shapes life. The term “immediacy” in the course title signifies both physical proximity and a sense of engaged response to urgent universal crises such as the anthropogenic ecological collapse, socio-economic division, and heightened political polarization. The course objective is to make use of artistic freedom, architectural thinking and design competence to develop critical positions and engaged practices beyond disciplinary boundaries that react with tangible approaches to the everyday carrying transformatory potential for the future.⁠ ⁠ Studio for Immediate Spaces invites “undisciplinary spatialists” from backgrounds ranging from architecture, design and art to urban studies, anthropology and beyond. The Studio is envisioned as a post-disciplinary laboratory, testing ideas pertinent to our current and future ways of living — specifically, how we collectively manage work, leisure, resources, and the commons. Prospective students are asked to apply with a project, as the program provides a unique opportunity to develop a deep and lasting engagement with a particular context or theme. During studies, collaborative efforts of making space are encouraged, and individual research trajectories might lead to collective group projects or temporary project partnerships.⁠ ⁠ The deadline to apply is 1 April 2026. For more information about applications, visit sandberg.nl/apply-now.⁠ ⁠ Images:⁠ 1) Lina Mittendorff⁠ 2) Lisa van Heyden⁠ 3) Mu Koch⁠ 4) Jin Lee⁠ 5) Ioanna Mitza⁠ ⁠ Photos by Sander van Wettum (@sandervanwettum )⁠ ⁠ View full photo documentation of the show online at: sandberg.nl/graduation-2025⁠

Space Issues Launch Space Issues launch by Studio for Immediate Spaces @immediatespaces Sandberg Instituut @sandberginstituut Come by from 18:30 to 22:00 for readings, refreshments, and snacks from @kitchen.department . Programme with readings, beer labels by Thijs Bronts, and a special drink by Yasmine Chiboub starts at 19:00. Editors Delany Boutkan @delanyboutkan Ludwig Engel @ludwig.engel María Mazzanti @m_mazzanti Art Direction @somethingfantastic_net ............................................. 25th March 2026 18:30 – 22:00 Program starts at 19:00 ............................................. Readings 19:00 – 19:30 Gionata Girardi [@gionata_girardi ] Leonard von Brenndorff [@leonardvonbrenndorff ] Blanca Borrell [@blan_k_bbrrll ] Kensia Klingert [@kensialove ] Or Schaap [@orsh ] Patrick Bosman [@patibosi ] Thijs Bronts [@thijsbronts ] - break – 20:00 – 20:30 Liam Statz [@liam.statz ] Hannah Weisz [@hannahchampagner ] Rosa Shepherd [@rosawave ] Luise Arnold [@lu_isssse ] Magdalena Zotou [@magdalena_zotou ] Yasmine Chiboub [@yasminechb_ ] ............................................. San Serriffe [@san.serriffe ] Sint Annenstraat 30 1012 HE Amsterdam ............................................. supported by SIS1: Lou Kim, Clara Manigne-Malan, Elena Soler Barcelό, Emmanuelle Catherine, Hankyul Jeong, Karolina Borucka, Katharina Ammann, Kristaps Šulcs, Laura Polkmane, Leo Schrewe, Mads Christoffersen, Nao Sciortino, Paola Zanchetta ............................................. Graphic Design: @hannahchampagner Images: Space Issues, 11-25 back covers, courtesy of respective authors

Sandberg Instituut Graduation 2025 in focus: Studio for Immediate Spaces⁠ (part 1 of 2)⁠ ⁠ The Studio for Immediate Spaces presents a two-year Master’s program in art practices in the spatial discourse (MA Interior Architecture) that investigates how ecology, politics and economy influence modes of spatial production and, vice versa, how space shapes life. The term “immediacy” in the course title signifies both physical proximity and a sense of engaged response to urgent universal crises such as the anthropogenic ecological collapse, socio-economic division, and heightened political polarization. The course objective is to make use of artistic freedom, architectural thinking and design competence to develop critical positions and engaged practices beyond disciplinary boundaries that react with tangible approaches to the everyday carrying transformatory potential for the future.⁠ Studio for Immediate Spaces invites “undisciplinary spatialists” from backgrounds ranging from architecture, design and art to urban studies, anthropology and beyond. The Studio is envisioned as a post-disciplinary laboratory, testing ideas pertinent to our current and future ways of living — specifically, how we collectively manage work, leisure, resources, and the commons. Prospective students are asked to apply with a project, as the program provides a unique opportunity to develop a deep and lasting engagement with a particular context or theme. During studies, collaborative efforts of making space are encouraged, and individual research trajectories might lead to collective group projects or temporary project partnerships.⁠ ⁠ The deadline to apply is 1 April 2026. For more information about applications, visit sandberg.nl/apply-now.⁠ ⁠ Images:⁠ 1) Andreea Pîrlică⁠ 2) Capucine Bricheux⁠ 3) Cara Mayer⁠ 4) Hannah Lu Verse⁠ 5) Theo Colin and Héloïse Floc'h⁠ ⁠ Photos by Sander van Wettum (@sandervanwettum )⁠ ⁠ View full photo documentation of the show online at: sandberg.nl/graduation-2025⁠

During our residency workshop at Boisbuchet, we worked on the construction and ritual activation of a temporary sauna, meant to be used during winter. The project proposed hibernation as an active state — a way of adapting to the surroundings and embracing temporality. The Domaine de Boisbuchet is a magical place. Yet it becomes even more special when empty. Being the only ones walking through the muddy fields, taking refuge in heated spaces, facing hurricane-like storms, invading the workshop, bonding with Eric the gardener, cooking together, organizing ping-pong tournaments, telling ghost stories, and celebrating simple, wholesome moments. During the month of February, we shared a beautiful experience that proved how well we work together — how naturally things unfold when a team brings the right attitude and energy, regardless of setbacks and complications. We leave with precious memories, and behind us remain an immediate sauna, a chilling spot, and a beautiful stove. Thank you so much to the @boisbuchet team: Pablo, Guillermo, Manon, Alexander, Mathias, Julie, and Eric. @immediatespaces @sandberginstituut Participants: @internet_explorer_but_girl @blan_k_bbrrll @karolinaboruckaa @manue_ctn @madshvidkaer @gionata_girardi @only_kyuul @loulou.zip @kensialove @laurapolkmane @orsh @_leoschrewe_ @aboutmyblank @elenasoler_ @liam.statz @leonardvonbrenndorff @paotzm Lovely pictures from our one and only @leonardvonbrenndorff