Siroop Rotterdam

Syrup Rotterdam was a year long investigation into the wild natural treasures hiding behind the concrete and the bricks of the industrial city of Rotterdam — in particular its neighbourhood Delfshaven. This project was a collaboration between the design collective Contemporary Wild and the social café Stroop Rotterdam.

Each month in 2015, a socially activating workshop was organised to gather plants and create a local, seasonal syrup during one afternoon. All participants of the workshop received a bottle of self-made syrup and the rest of the bottles were sold in the store of Stroop Rotterdam. The outcome was a series of 12 syrups that captured the complete rainbow of tastes in Rotterdam— an abstract portrait of a place, expressed through flavour.

Taste Museum Park/Syrup

The perception of an urban park is first and most of all visual; it is about combinations of colours, shapes and textures that please our eyes and create a pleasant atmosphere. What would be the experience of the park if we would primarily focus on other senses but sight? Workshop ‘Hoe smaakt het Museum Park?’ is offering to experience the Museum Park, by activating our sense of taste. The outcome of this workshop is a record of a specific taste of particular place and time: Rotterdam, Museum Park, 05-206-2016, 1-4pm.

Commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut

Taste Museum Park/Tea

The Museum Park is a carrier of cultural heritage. Not only the museums are representing important parts of historical and modern values, so does the park itself. The Museum Park offers to enjoy urban green, arranged in several historical garden styles. As a counterpart, The New Garden by The New Institute offers a contemporary alternative. Workshop at Uproot Rotterdam was an exploration of plants and traditions present in the Museum Park, followed up by a site-specific tea drinking experience.

Event was part of the program Uproot Rotterdam, curated by Studio Makkink&Bey, commissioned by CBK – BKOR.

Photography by Rene Castelijn.

Photography by: Rene Castelijn

Siroop Rotterdam/ Book

Siroop Rotterdam was a year long investigation into the wild natural treasures hiding behind the concrete and the bricks of the industrial city of Rotterdam — in particular its neighbourhood Delfshaven. This project was a collaboration between the design collective Contemporary Wild and the social café Stroop Rotterdam.

Each month in 2015, a socially activating workshop was organised to gather plants and create a local, seasonal syrup during one afternoon. All participants of the workshop received a bottle of self-made syrup and the rest of the bottles were sold in the store of Stroop Rotterdam. The outcome was a series of 12 syrups that captured the complete rainbow of tastes in Rotterdam— an abstract portrait of a place, expressed through flavour.

This publication is an overview of our discoveries and a catalogue of local tastes. We hope it will inspire people and serve as a guidebook to explore and continue to discover the little-known greenery of cities.

Print on paper, soft cover, 140x197mm, 72 pages
Published by Publication Studio Rotterdam
Supported by Municipality Rotterdam Delfshaven