Rietveld Sandberg Campus: Studium Generale Rietveld Academie is an integral part of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie curriculum. Most of our activities take place on campus, except for the closing conference, which is held at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The campus houses the Rietveld building, the Benthem Crouwel (BC) building and the Fedlev building.

For detailed accessibility information of the buildings, visit this page.

For information on how to get there, follow this link.

Studium Generale’s spaces: Studium Generale hosts most of its programmes at the Gym in the Rietveld building and at the Theory Stairs and Rietveld Sandberg Library, both located in the Fedlev building. For some workshops and seminars, we use spaces in other buildings on campus, such as the Gym.

Gym: The Gym can be challenging to maintain at a comfortable temperature, and its acoustics are suboptimal, with potential noise from nearby areas such as the canteen. The elevator is small and does not accommodate larger wheelchairs.

Theory Stairs: The Theory Stairs is located in the Fedlev building. Seating at the Theory Stairs is not ergonomic and offers limited support, but we are trying out different solutions. The two main entrances have heavy doors and high thresholds without clear markings. Additionally, the lift to the downstairs does not have audible indicators, and access routes may sometimes be obstructed by workshop materials. To improve accessibility, we have opened the threshold-free doors between the Theory Stairs and the woodworking area. A wheelchair-accessible bathroom is available downstairs, next to the library. All presentations feature live captioning and are streamed.

Rietveld & Sandberg Library: Our reading group sessions take place in the library. The library also has bookshelves set up with literature, references and a book list on the theme of the current program. The library is located in the Fedlev building.

To reach the library, you walk past the wood workshop and down steep stairs. The lift to the downstairs area does not have audible indicators, and access routes may occasionally be blocked by workshop materials. The library itself is only partially suitable for wheelchair or mobility device users. The availability of alternative text formats, such as audiobooks and videos, is limited but part of the reading group. A wheelchair-accessible bathrooms can be found around the corner.

Critical Studies studio: The seminars take place at the Critical Studies studio, which can be found on the first floor of the Sandberg's Fedlev building, next to Project Space FL101. The space where the seminars take place is wheelchair accessible. The seminars include spoken and written text, images, and video. If you have any questions, access needs, or require additional support, please email us at studiumgenerale@rietveldacademie.nl. We will do our best to assist you.

Live streaming & Zoom meetings: We offer live streaming with automatic captioning of part of the activities in the Theory Stairs. Some of our activities may be organised via Zoom, which includes automated live captioning. We will always announce live streaming and Zoom events on time in our e-flyers.

Home website: The Studium Generale home website informs about the programs and is an archive of our past activities. The site was not originally built with a focus on accessibility or adherence to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). As a result, It may not meet everyone's needs. Improving the website’s accessibility is an ongoing project. In the coming year, we plan to find the resources to completely overhaul and update the website to improve accessibility. 

Project website: Each year, a student team from Rietveld’s Graphic Design Department creates a project website for the current edition, aligned with the theme and programme. The website of the current edition is: https://love.rietveldacademie.nl/

Websites from previous projects are experimental, beautiful and/or fun (links to the websites can be found on our home website), but do not comply with WCAG. We want to incorporate these guidelines into the creation of future websites where possible. This is a new challenge to us and for our design students.

Code of Conduct & Privacy

With regard to the code of conduct and privacy, we follow the overarching policy of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. If a specific Studium Generale event requires something different or extra, we will notify you in the e-flyer announcement.

Gerrit Rietveld Academie Code of Conduct

Gerrit Rietveld Academie Privacy Statement