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As part of Rotterdam Architecture Month 2026, the Keile District becomes the central location of this year’s festival, with the Materialenwerf in the Keile District acting as its beating heart. Opening on 3 June 2026, the Materialenwerf is a temporary materials yard where used building materials are collected, processed, and reused. Throughout the month, it operates as a live testing ground for circular construction—making visible how materials, people, and processes must com

At the end of March, Parfum de BoemBoem returned to M4H. An expedition through the area in full transformation: construction sites, raw edges, where port meets the city and where old quays are transforming into a vibrant ecosystem of living and working. Rotterdam, once the largest port in the world, now strives to be the most innovative. In the coming years, M4H will transform from a hardcore port area into a vibrant urban district featuring housing, hospitality, events, edu

On 28th of March, Roodkapje has opened a new location on Keileweg 10A. At the new location on Keileweg the spaces: café, performance space, lab, kitchen, and exhibition space merge. Roodkapje returns to its essence: an accessible, welcoming living room where music, visual arts, and food complement each other. With new neighbours like Brutus, de Keilewerf, Export, and Kunst en Complex, we're curious about the encounters that will arise! A café by day and a bar in the evening,

Rotterdam - Voedselbank Rotterdam heeft de nieuwbouwplannen op industrieterrein Spaanse Polder stopgezet. Het is niet gelukt de benodigde 18 miljoen euro te vinden. Omdat de Voedselbank wél volgend jaar het huidige distributiecentrum aan de Keilestraat moet verlaten, wordt nu gezocht naar een geschikt pand om te huren. Na 23 jaar moet Voedselbank Rotterdam het pand in Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) noodgedwongen verlaten. Op die plek heeft de gemeente Rotterdam andere plannen. Drie j

Within just a few streets in M4H, the Keile District hosted one of Rotterdam ArtWeek’s most concentrated programs this year. Visitors to the area moved between exhibitions, performances, open studios, and culinary experiences—all within walking distance. This year Rotterdam Art Week's theme was "Connections". The topic was close to our hearts, as Keile District operates as a collective. Independent spaces, makers, and entrepreneurs collaborate closely, something that becomes

From port area to vibrant live-work district: today, the Area Ambition Document for the Keile District is being published. What now lies before us is a cooperatively developed vision for the future, in which urban development is formally and explicitly connected to what has already emerged here and what has been learned. The Executive Board (Mayor and Aldermen) has now submitted this Area Ambition Document to the City Council, where it will be discussed in the BWB committee t

The circular and adaptive materials hub in Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) has been awarded a grant by the Province of South Holland. The grant supports the ongoing development of a shared initiative by BLOC bv, GROUP A architects, Keilekwartier Gebiedscoöperatie, PlaceBased&co, Buurman Rotterdam, and the Municipality of Rotterdam, focused on advancing circular area development in M4H. With this support, the partners will further develop an adaptive and flexible materials and raw mate

Our country faces a structural shortage of places to live, work, and enjoy life. Despite many initiatives, a permanent solution has not...

Keile District is proud to announce a new project in collaboration with TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Hogeschool...

This summer, the Keile District Foundation was established and has now been officially recognized by the European Commission’s...

For the coming decades, M4H is undergoing a major transition to become an area where people can both live and work. Within this...