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Martin Pot is an independent researcher/writer/visual artist; living and working in Rotterdam. He studied at the Technical School in Rotterdam and obtained his Master’s in Interior Architecture & Spatial Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam while working at architectural offices in Rotterdam.
He is primarily occupied with the theoretical/philosophical background as well as the practical aspects concerning architecture/built environment. He writes/blogs for various media about dwelling, housing,  architecture and technology, has created various projects/studies on housing as well as stage-designs and interior-projects.
He is connected to Council, the international think-tank for the Internet of Things and was a member of AIOTI’s WG13 on Smart Building & Smart Architecture. He initiated and organized the six one-day conferences/MeetUp’s on Dec.9th. 2011 at V2 in Rotterdam on the issue of ˜IoT and Home Environment and its successors on April 9th. 2013 WW-IoT.day on IoT & Built Environment’ ,on April 9th.2014 in Rotterdam; IoT, Environment & Smart City ; the IoT & Built Env.-MeetUp on April 9, 2015; the 5th. IoT edition on Ethics & Privacy 2016 and the 6th edition on Art & Imagination.
He succesfully completed the Hora-Est program at Erasmus University to prepare for his PhD. and finished a book – ‘Home in a Hybrid World‘ – on the subject of architecture, dwelling and technology, published January 2021.
As visual artist he creates drawings with an emphasis on architecture, landscape and dwelling; in particular concerning our ‘place on earth’ and the relation to the natural and artificial environment.
Currently he is preparing/writing a series of essays on the subject of dwelling/housing. Before and/or after, he plays the saxophone, guides architectural tours in Rotterdam or practices Iyengar hatha-yoga.
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expositions & texts.
- upcoming: ‘(It’s) Nature’s Way’ , exposition in Kunstwerkt Schiedam, from July 25th. till August 15th. 2017. Curator: Monique Jansen.
- exposition ‘Continous Diversity’ in Houtrustkerk the Hague, on landscape and architecture. Opening Sept. 26th.2026, together with a.o. Marcel Wesdorp, Frans Verschoor, Natasja van Kampen, Hans Wilschut, Ewout van Rijn.. Accompanied in November by lecture and debate.
- exposition at Gallery Serruys Rotterdam, with Karmijn. Opening July 4th., until Sept.4th.2026.
- exposition at NIVON, together with Karmijn. Opening May 2nd. 2026, until June 28th
- Art Week Rotterdam, 27th-29th March 2026; part of a group-exposition with Karmijn Artist Collective at Codrico Rotterdam.
- Article by (architecture) philosopher Eric Bolle around (six of) my drawings, viewed with the texts of Giorgio Agamben and Martin Heidegger. (March 2026)