Huis 73 - library and school for cultural education
Many houses for Huis 73
The building block Hinthamerstraat 72 and 74 will undergo a major renovation in the coming years. The reason is the fusion of two organisations that for many years have used the existing buildings independently as neighbours, the public library and the centre for art education 'de Muzerije'. The intended collaboration requires spatial adaptations: House 73 seeks as much synergy as possible between the different programmes, spaces and atmospheres. In addition, the renovation is an opportunity to make the existing buildings technically more sustainable, carry out spatial and functional improvements and overdue maintenance, and work on a new interior in line with its use as one House for all. House 73 aims to be a versatile, cultural, pleasant, inspiring place that meets all contemporary requirements.
location: | Hinthamerstraat, 's Hertogenbosch |
tender: | 2022 |
design: | 2022- 2024 |
realisation: | 2024- 2026 |
client: | Gemeente 's Hertogenbosch - STEAD Advisory |
structural engineer: | Goudstikker De Vries, 's Hertogenbosch |
advisor technical installations: | Nelissen |
project management: | Steven Van Dijk |
quantity surveyer: | Basalt |
acoustics/ building physics/ fire safety: | Peutz |
advisor lighting: | Joost de Beij |
advisor wayfinding: | Job Rompa |
primary school Edison
renovation and expansion of two schools
The historical images of the impressive school complex on Onderwijzersstraat evoke different emotions: nostalgia, respect, admiration, but also some aversion. The pupils of that time must have felt very small. The elongated schools grandeur is awe-inspiring yet equally intimidating.
Todays perception of education and the associated spaces is much different than 100 years ago. A contemporary school must be an inspiring learning and living environment that presents itself to its surroundings with an open face, not a walled fortress. Yet in our opinion the strict school has timeless, spatial and architectural qualities that make it suitable for a meaningful transformation. Even without extensive changes, Edison can become a school that does justice to its past and at the same time complies much better than before with current educational views. The large playgrounds and gardens play an important role in this.
In our proposal, the generous, clear and symmetrical layout serves as the starting point for a contemporary school that accommodates different forms of education.
location: | Hoboken, Antwerp |
competition: | 2018 (1st price) |
design: | 2018-2020 |
realisation: | 2021-2024 |
client: | AG Vespa |
structural engineer: | Goudstikker De Vries, 's Hertogenbosch |
advisor technical installations: | RCR, Herent |
contractor: | TM ACH Bouw - Floré - De Molen |
illustrations: | Rotraut Susanne Berner |
citygate Brussels - a l’île
Living, working and learning in the productive city
Biestebroeck was, is, and will be a place of production, initiative and activity. A place where working, learning, living coexist side by side. A place for everyone, a neighborhood for all.
Together with AHA, noArchitects and Sergison Bates Architects, we are working on the Citygate II / Petite Île project in Brussel after a competition won in 2019. Over the next few years, a new district with 400 flats, 15,000 m2 of workspace and a large school complex consisting of several buildings will be developed in Biestebroeck, a former industrial area in Anderlecht. The project is part of the 'Canal Plan' of the Brussels city architect, which specifically focuses on the idea of the productive city aiming at lively and productive city neighbourhoods with mixed programmes for working, producing, learning and living.
clients: | SLRB/ City Dev/ Foyer Anderlechtois |
collaborating architects: | AHA (Aurelie Hachez/Elseline Bazin); Sergison Bates Architects SBA; NoA Architects; Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten |
design team A l’île: | Boom landscape Amsterdam, landscape; Detang, consultant technical installations; Groep D, consultant structural design; Daidalos Peutz, consultant acoustics; ELD, consultant costs and specifications |
programme: | ca. 400 apartments; ca 15000m2 workshops; school complex (kindergarden - secondary school); offices |
competition: | 2019, BMA Brussels |
building application: | 2021 |
tender: | 2022/ 2023 |
realisation: | 2024- 2027 |
illustrations: | collaborating architects, with special thanks to Nora Walter and Elke Schoonen (NoA Architects) |
Het Predikheren- Mechelen Public Library
library within baroque walls
The baroque Predikherenklooster, or Dominican Monastery, is a more than impressive building. In 2011, after several failed attempts to repurpose the ruins of the monastery, the city decided to restore the historic landmark building and turn it into a public library, which will open in the autumn of 2018.
Before the restoration work began, the monastery and adjacent church were a harsh, monolithic block; for many years the expressive texture of the derelict façades told passers-by an enigmatic story of its tormented history.
The baroque monastery was built starting in 1650 and was deconsecrated at the end of the 18th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries it was mainly used for military purposes and has been abandoned since 1975. Together with the neighbouring buildings, the new Holocaust Museum, the Kaserne Dossin and the new Tinelpark, the Predikherenklooster is part of an ambitious development on the edge of the city center: the Tinelsite.
We developed our design for the library in the Predikherenklooster with the utmost respect for the particular characteristics of the existing edifice. The programming, the spatial design, our concept for the restoration as well as the design of the technical installations, and all structural interventions are intended to preserve and reinforce these characteristics.
location: | Predikherenklooster, Goswin de Stassartstraat, Mechelen (BE) |
design: | 2011-2012 |
realisation: | since 2015 THV Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten | Bureau Bouwtechniek | Callebaut Architecten |
competition: | 1st prize, Open Call Flanders 2213, competition in collaboration with Hildundk, Munich |
restoration architects: | Callebaut Architecten |
technical advisor: | Bureau Bouwtechniek |
client: | City of Mechelen |
structural engineer: | ABT Antwrepen |
advisor - technical installations: | RCR Herent |
contractor: | Renotec (roof and façades), Monument (interior) |
photography: | Luuk Kramer |
Campus Cadix
Campus Cadix
The project for the new Cadix school campus on the Eilandje in Antwerp is a complex urban and architectural design task with a long history. The project was implemented in phases from 2017 and will be fully operational from 2022. It involves the integration of two secondary schools and housing in a highly urban port environment. The highly diverse programme components are spread over a large new building block and several existing monumental buildings, all designed by Emiel van Averbeke. The former primary school with kindergarten from 1927 and the former 'recruitment hall for dockworkers' from 1938 or the 'CAD sheds' form the heart of the development. They have been restored, rebuilt and extended.
location: | Cadixwijk, Antwerp |
design: | 2009-2017 |
realisation: | from 2017 |
competition: | 1st prize, Open Call Flanders 2104, in collaboration with Hildundk, Munich |
client: | Scholen Van Morgen / SO Antwerpen |
structural engineer: | ABT Antwerpen |
advisor - technical installations: | RCR Herent |
advisor - restoration: | Callebaut Architecten Gent |
advisor - garden design: | Atelier Arne Deruyter |
photography: | Luuk Kramer |
illustrations competition: | team KSA, with special thanks to Moritz Bernoully and Arne Weiss |
Campus Cadix monumental building VVA
Campus Cadix VVA
The monumental school ensemble designed by former city architect Emiel Van Averbeke was built between 1921 and 1925. The large building complex is conceived as a representative palace-like structure with three courtyards and clearly designed hierarchies. In the original design, both style preferences and explicit views on education played a role. In an eclectic composition, we find different façade compositions, floorplan types, roof shapes and very different inner courtyards side by side.
The pedagogical concept of the building as an institute consisting of different departments with distinct pedagogical aims and the stylistic development of architecture between 1900 and 1930 run parallel, creating a building complex that simultaneously refers to the architecture of The English House from the turn of the century as well as to the progressive architecture of Berlage and his followers. The eclectic architectural language positions the entire school at a significant cultural distance from the architectural character of its direct surroundings, the port area of the 'Eilandje' with its industrial hangars and working-class housing.
location: | Cadixwijk, Antwerp |
design: | 2009-2017 |
construction: | from 2017 |
competition: | 1st prize, Open Oproep n.1726, in collaboration with Hildundk, Munich |
client: | Scholen Van Morgen / SO Antwerpen |
structural engineer: | ABT |
advisor - technical installations: | RCR Herent |
advisor - restoration: | Callebaut Architecten, Ghent |
advisor - design interior gardens: | Atelier Arne Deruyter |
Campus Cadix nieuw building NKD
"school factory" with workshops and classrooms
The new building block on the Kempisch Dok Westkaai replaces a derelict existing school building. The large new school is a compact volume with characteristic, repetitive, pitched roofs whose shapes refer to the repetitive roof structure of the CAD hangars facing the other side of the street. It consists of a total of six-storey front building approximately 16.4 m in depth and four slightly lower wings with three small courtyards in between.
location: | Cadixwijk, Antwerp |
design: | 2009-2017 |
construction: | from 2017 |
prize: | 1st prize, Open Oproep n.1726, competition phase in collaboration with Hildundk, Munich |
client: | Scholen Van Morgen / SO Antwerpen |
builder: | ABT Antwerpen |
advisor technical installations: | RCR Herent |
advisor design interior gardens: | Atelier Arne Deruyter |
photos: | Luuk Kramer |
Campus Cadix CAD/KOT
the CAD halls
The building application for the recruitment room for port workers dates from 1938; the building was commissioned on 5 February 1940. The architect was Emiel van Averbeke, the city architect who ten years earlier had built the neighbouring school ensemble. The complex consists of four interconnected hangars with saddle roofs. Here, port workers came together in large groups; the raised walkways provided overview and control.
location: | Eilandje, Kempisch Dok Westkaai, Antwerp |
year: | 2009 - 2021 |
client: | SO Antwerpen/ AG Realestate - Scholen van Morgen |
contractor: | Strabag (hall 1+2), Monument (Cad hall 3, printing workshop) |
advisor - technical installations: | Adviesbureau vd Weele with AACO Architecten/ Peter van Orshoven (Cad hall 3, printing workshop), RCR |
structural engineer: | H4D, Jaap Dijks (Cad hall 3, printing workshop), ABT |
photography: | Maurice Tjon A Tham, Luuk Kramer, Karin Borghouts |
House Ringvaartplas
Light, timber and water just outside the city
The urban ribbons on the outskirts of Rotterdam traditionally presented a mixed picture of industry, greenhouse horticulture and a few traditionally rather modest houses. Due to the growing scale of new individual urban villas in all kinds of styles and qualities, the informal charm of the place is increasingly under pressure. The new house, turned inwards, is built entirely in CLT and shows greater similarity to the original character of the place than to its new neighbours. From the outside it looks rather small and discreet, but on the inside it feels light, spacious and generous.
location: | Rotterdam Prinsenland |
design: | 2015-2018 |
realisation: | 2015-2018 |
client: | Family W |
constructor: | H4D Raadgevend Ingenieurs |
installation consultant: | Adviesbureau VanderWeele |
contractor: | Aannemingsbedrijf De Hek BV |
contractor wood construction: | Christian Dörschug |
photography: | Maurice Tjon a Tham |
Secondary school Labors
urban school village
In an inner courtyard behind the Lakborslei in Deurne, we are building a large new school. Because of the strange shape and the tight dimensions of the available lot, the many neighbours and urban planning regulations the ambitions of the client and reality do not seem to fit together at first sight. Nevertheless, the sheltered location offers surprising possibilities for a green and homely learning and living environment.
location: | Deurne, Antwerp |
competition: | 1st prize |
year: | 2016 |
client: | SO Antwerpen with AG Vespa |
structural engineer: | Util Brussel |
engineer - technical installations: | Ingenium Brugge |
technical advisor - competition phase: | Jan Piet vd Weele |
Van Eesteren Museum
light, air and space at the Sloterplas
The new pavilion for the Van Eesteren Museum is situated on a triangular plot on the north bank of the Sloterplas. On this particular site, architect and urban planner Cornelis Van Eesteren himself envisioned a small building, which he included in his urban plan. In the last 50 years the plot was covered with hawthorn bushes and its possibilities remained almost unnoticed.
The northern bank still breathes the grandeur of the heroic period in which the Sloterplas was constructed. Located at the western edge of the promenade, the building site forms a pivot point between the vast eastern side of the north bank and the smaller scale of the western side with the marina and recent developments.
location: | Sloterplas, Amsterdam West |
design: | 2012-2016 |
realisation: | 2017 |
structural engineer: | h4d |
advisor - technical installations: | Adviesbureau van der Weele |
contractor: | KBK Volendam |
photography: | Luuk Kramer |
House N&J, Almere Oosterwold
Pioneering in a place of freedom
At first sight Oosterwold seemed to be a place too good to be true. Cheap land, building without aesthetic or any other restrictions, lots of space and a community consisting of like-minded neighbours. With this thought three couples came to us with their plan to pioneer in the polder, with little money, lots of space and great enthusiasm. House N&J is the first of the three related houses that has been inhabited by now, a second is in the making and when the last one will follow is still uncertain. The reality turned out to be more unruly than predicted. The market picked up, building became more expensive, contractors scarcer and pickier. Yet, after various obstacles and some delays, much of the original dream has been preserved.
location: | Almere Oosterwold |
design: | 2015-2017 |
realization: | 2017-2018 |
client: | family N&J |
constructor: | Jaap Dijks, H4D Raadgevend Ingenieurs, Dongen |
Huis F&M, Leonidas Rotterdam
gardenhouse XL
Within a new development in Leonidas exist many independent family homes built as 'large garden houses'. Between the densely built houses there is little room for real gardens and hardly any privacy, rather there are many strong stucco or masonry volumes that have little to do with a garden house. The informal image that was originally intended by the municipality seems to have become lost. Foekje and Marcel, the residents of no. 9, initially struggled with the difference between dream and reality. They bought a very small plot on which they wanted to build a studio house. Due to heavy sustainability requirements, the outer walls of their small house became so thick that they had to have a 'permission-free extension' on the ground floor from the start. Hefty land prices meant there was no choice but to do it yourself, where inevitably construction took much longer than originally intended. Yet they do not regret their adventure for a moment.
location: | Leonidas Rotterdam |
design: | 2015-2017 |
realisation: | 2017-2018 |
client: | Foekje and Marcel |
structural engineer: | Dantuma - Wegkamp BV, Meppel |
contractor: | Bouwbedrijf Damsteegt BV, Nieuw-Lekkerland |
photography: | Maurice Tjon a Tham and Nicoline Rodenburg |
A.J. Schreuderschool
house and garden
To us a school is much more than just a well functioning institution. It's a living environment designed for a specific place and community, with inspiring yet timeless indoor- and outdoor spaces that offer both protection and an open view to the world.
location: | Rotterdam Lombardijen |
design: | 2008-2011/ 2013 |
realisation: | 2011-2013 |
client: | Stichting PCBO, Protestants Christelijk Basisonderwijs Rotterdam |
advisor programme: | Esther Dekhuijzen, Plusontwerp, Rotterdam |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek, Utrecht |
technical installations: | Adviesbureau vd Weele, Groningen |
contractor: | vd Heijden, Schaijk |
photography: | Luuk Kramer, Moritz Bernoully |
tower in Blankenberge
view over the Uitkerkse Polder
For those who want to see, the landscape of the Uitkerkse polder is beautiful and abundant. The beauty of the area unfolds for visitors who want to make an effort for it. This concerns small discoveries, water birds close to the ground, salty soil, modest plants. The visitor center is attractive for those who want to discover the small scale, are curious about plants, animals, trees and especially the sky.
With our building we want the visitor to look at the big and the small. We are not only concerned with the distant view, but also with the many small details that make up the nature of the Uitkerkse polder, with insects, birds and plants. Our tower matches the Uitkerkse polder and the modesty of the current visitor center. It is only spectacular for those who want to see it. The focus of the design is in the details.
locatie: | Blankenberge |
jaar: | 2019 |
status: | competition, 2nd price |
illustratie: | Rotraut Susanne Berner |
House No. 19
nomads in residence
In the context of the arts program "Beyond Utrecht", the municipality of Utrecht invited several "artists in residence" to live and work for a certain period in the new residential district of Leidsche Rijn. Their main task was to observe this place, at the time undergoing rapid change, and to develop interventions and responses to it. Their accommodation, a mobile studio, is also part of the art programme and would see multiple changes of residents and location during the planned activities.
Our main ambition was to design a movable building that would feel as large and robust as a house. It had to be versatile, practical and comfortable throughout the year.
location: | various sites in Utrecht/Leidsche Rijn |
design: | 2003 |
realisation: | 2003 |
client: | Stichting Beyond, BikvanderPol |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek, Jaap Dijks |
contractor: | Jasper Kerkhhofs and Christian Dörschug with Rien Korteknie, Christian Kahl, Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol |
collaboration - design development: | BikvanderPol |
photography: | Christian Kahl |
House in Lyon
house in the garden
In the hilly garden, originally the setting for a tiny temporary chalet, a French family with young children wished to construct a more durable home. Inspired by the publication of our House No. 19 project in a French magazine, they commissioned us to design a timber house around a small pine tree ("the bonsai"); the clients asked for a sturdy yet unconventional place to live for themselves, their many books and their art and design collections.
location: | Charbonnières-les-Bains (F) |
design: | 2005 |
realisation: | 2006 |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek Utrecht, Jaap Dijks |
contractor: | Christian Dörschug with local contractor for foundation and installations |
photography: | Moritz Bernoullly |
Parasite Las Palmas
green exhibition house
In 2001, a bright green object sitting on top of the lift shaft of the former Las Palmas warehouse served a three-dimensional logo, visible far and wide, for its host building, the large, industrial spaces of which were temporarily used for various exhibitions during Rotterdam’s year as European Capital of Culture. One of the exhibitions, Parasites, presented designs of small-scale objects intended for unused urban sites, making ‘parasitic’ use of their existing infrastructure. The exhibition was curated and organized by Mechthild Stuhlmacher and Rien Korteknie, involving an international group of architects. Taking advantage of the enterprising atmosphere of the year of culture, one of these designs was built to full scale. The roof of the warehouse, amidst the varied, spectacular roofscapes of the Port of Rotterdam, proved an ideal location.
*Parasites: prototypes for advanced ready-made amphibious small-scale individual temporary ecological dwellings
location: | Wilheminakade, Rotterdam |
design: | 2000-2001 |
realisation: | 2001 |
client: | Stichting Parasite Foundation |
contractor: | Jasper Kerkhofs, Christian Dörschug (timber assembly) |
photography: | Anne Bousema, Errol Sawyer, Daniel Nicholas, Rien Korteknie, Christian Kahl |
catering pavilion Kobus
cooking at the canal
Pavilion Kobus is a temporary pavilion in the Hague. Located at the Trekvliet, the restaurant and lunchroom form a meeting place for the neighbourhood. In addition, the pavilion is used as a learning and workplace for young people from various schools as part of their education.
location: | Den Haag, Laak |
design: | 2013 |
realisation: | 2014 |
client: | Raam "praktijk voor sociale architectuur" |
structural Engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
contractor: | MaakHaven |
photography: | Luuk Kramer |
Don Bosco Elementary School
learning from nature
The new school site is a children's paradise before we even start. It's vast and green, there are fields, orchards, a broad valley, water, wilderness, groves, endless possibilities to play.
The strong brick architecture of the Salesians gives the place character and spatial identity. The venerable buildings anchor the new development to the village, the history and the meaning of the place. We would therefore like to give these buildings an important role in the design for the new school.
On the site behind the existing buildings we embrace the landscape and design a building complex that is embedded in the orchards. With its slightly sloping green roofs, pergolas, semi-enclosed outdoor spaces and school gardens, the new roof landscape looks like an extension of nature.
location: | Groot Bijgaarden, Dilbeek, Brussels, BE |
competition: | 2nd prize, Open Oproep 3202 competition |
year: | 2017 |
advisor - technical installations: | JanPiet vd Weele |
advisor - landscape and garden architecture: | Arne Deruyter |
House at the Dike, Uitdam
living with a view
Uitdam is a small, picturesque village on the banks of the IJsselmeer. The clients found a small house to be demolished, next to the church and the dike, big enough for a new dwelling for two. Shape, materials, dimensions and the slope of the roof were almost fixed from the beginning. Spatial regulations in the area are very strict, as the inhabitants of the region, the municipality, and the tourists wish to protect the fragile, historically evolved cultural landscape with its present consistency and small-scale beauty.
The new house fits almost unnoticed in the existing neighbourhood; the dark colour of the façade, the traditional roof tiles and the sparkling white of both the edges of the roof and the window frames underline its familiarity with the traditional architecture of the area.
location: | Uitdam |
design: | 2010-2012 |
realisation: | 2012-2013 |
client: | D+M family |
structural engineer: | Jaap Dijks, Pieters Bouwtechniek Utrecht |
contractor: | Christian Dörschug, Aichach (timber structure) and Jan Runderkamp Totaalbouw, Volendam |
photography: | Moritz Bernoully |
Country house, Goeree
outdoor life
This country house on a beautiful site with unobstructed views over the dunes is intended for a large family with many guests. The design seeks connection to the small scale of the region, the traditional, small-scale rural architectural and the vast natural landscape. The pitch and direction of the roofs and the maximum building volume were predetermined by local municipal specifications.
To make room for the new building, an existing, small and slightly dilapidated farm from the 1950s was demolished. It consisted of a small house on the street and a large barn behind it, and despite its vast dimensions, it suited the small-scale character of the site.
The new building, in many respects, owes a great deal to its modest predecessor. The new house is also designed as an ensemble of house and barn, with two roofs, one hidden behind the other. The roadside façades are low and silent while the spacious space inside and the stunning views are revealed only upon entering the structure.
location: | Goeree-Overflakkee |
design: | 2010-2011 |
realisation: | 2012 |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
technical installations: | Adviesbureau van der Weele |
contractor: | Christian Dörschug, Aichach and Bouwbedrijf J. van Huizen, Goedereede |
photography: | Luuk Kramer |
Three Houses in Egelshoek
holiday in our own country
Very small houses built according to the strict building regulations of the bungalow park, located in a beautiful spot with grand views over the landscape. We enjoyed the small commissions and took them just as seriously as larger ones. Thanks to the efforts of the excellent contractor and the involvement by and the pleasant communication with the clients, the small series of three similar houses turned into a pleasant design and building process.
location: | Egelshoek |
design: | 2010 |
realisation: | 2011 |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
contractor: | Emaus Systeembouw |
photography: | Moritz Bernoully |
Bosbaan Rowing Building
rowing in the forest
The Bosbaan in Amstelveen is the premier venue for people interested in rowing in the Netherlands. In order to meet requirements for international competitions, the Bosbaan has recently been widened, resulting in the demolition of the landmark tribune building from the 1920s in which the student rowing association Okeanos was accommodated.
The students consequently worked for many years on the preparation of a replacement building in almost the exact same location. In a joint venture with the Royal Dutch Rowing Association (KNRB), Okeanos was finally able to replace the tribune building with a new structure of appropriate size.
location: | Bosbaan, Amstelveen |
design: | 2004 |
realisation: | 2005 |
extension: | 2013-2014 |
client: | KNRB and student rowing association Okeanos |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
contractor: | MJ de Nijs and WBC (extension) |
advisor - technical installations: | Frank Burger and Mobius Consult |
photography: | Stefan Müller, Luuk Kramer (extension) |
House T in Heiloo
wooden family palace
On a generous plot on the edge of Heiloo, a village in the province of Noord-Holland, a derelict house has been replaced by a newly built family home. Here, different generations and people of different ages and needs live together under one roof.
location: | Heiloo |
design: | 2008-2009 |
realisation: | 2009-2010 |
client: | P-T family |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
contractor: | Christian Dörschug |
photography: | Moritz Bernoully |
Houses on IJburg
huge houses
On the "Steigereiland" on IJburg, the most recent large-scale city extension of Amsterdam, some of the terraces of private houses have been given to individuals to build their own house. The project follows a successful example of a similar row of private houses built in the 1990s by different architects for a variety of clients on Borneo-Sporenburg.
location: | Steigereiland, IJburg, Amsterdam |
design: | 2004-2005 |
realisation: | 2006-2006 |
client: | SdF family |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek |
contractor: | Jasper Kerkhofs with Christian Dörschug, Aichach |
Toermalijn Elementary School
high temporality
The ambition behind this project is based on the ideas we began to explore in the Parasite Project from the late 1990s onwards: temporary architecture and temporarily available sites deserve attention, high-quality architecture and healthy materials - particularly when we deal with educational buildings for children.
With the school Parasites project (Hoogvliet 2003, www.schoolparasites.nl) we looked into alternatives to conventional, temporary school extensions, which are unfortunately very common in the Netherlands. As a result three prototypes for high-quality, singular, temporary classroom units were designed by three different architects and given to primary schools in Hoogvliet to test.
location: | Hijkerveld, Zuidwijk, Rotterdam |
design: | 2006 |
realisation: | 2007 |
client: | Dienst Jeugd Onderwijs en Samenleving, Gemeente Rotterdam |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek, Utrecht |
contractor: | Van der Hoek en Van den Donker Bouwbedrijf BV |
photography: | Stefan Müller, Moritz Bernoully |
Elementary school with childcare
a school as many houses
For outsiders, entries for German architectural competitions display an amazing uniformity. It is almost impossible to tell whether a building is in the city or in a rural area. The vast majority of buildings are shaped like compact boxes; the façades generally consist of a rhythm of repetitive, vertical windows; the architecture is strictly modernistic and the floor plans are efficient and orthogonal.
location: | Ulm Unterweiler (D) |
competition: | Open competition with prequalification |
year: | 2014 |
collaboration/local partner: | Sanwald Architekten Steinheim am Albuch |
Temporary shopping center Strijp S
chess in Eindhoven
The area Strijp S, a wide plot between two colossal former industrial buildings, will in the future be developed as a mixed-use residential area with shops. The urban master plan proposes two large square-shaped building sites with small-scale, kasbah-like buildings with large parking garages underneath.
status: | Project |
year: | 2010 |
location: | Strijp S, Eindhoven |
client: | Woningcorporatie Trudo |
De Kamers
De Kamers
De Kamers is a private initiative. Regarding the pioneering years of Vathorst as a challenging social and cultural task, the initiators of the project, a vicar and an artist, sought to create a place for "sociability, inspiration and expression" in the area, with the generous support of many sponsors and the municipality.
The building and its activities are meant to evolve along with its developing surroundings over time, to offer space for various cultural activities and events, such as theatre, film and creative education. The heart of the building is the "Huiskamer", a public "living room", meant to be a welcoming space for everyone.
location: | Wezeperberg, Vathorst, Amersfoort |
year - design: | 2003- 2006 |
year - realisation: | 2006- 2007 |
client: | Stichting De Kamers |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek Utrecht, Jaap Dijks |
engineer - technical installations: | Boersema BV, Amersfoort |
contractor: | Schoonderbeek BV, Amersfoort |
photography: | Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten, Stefan Müller, Sjaak Henselmans, Moritz Bernoully |
Rieteiland Villa
living and working in IJburg
On the Kleine Rieteiland (‘little island of reeds’), one of the islands that form the Amsterdam suburb of IJburg, several terraces of relatively wide houses have been reserved for individuals to build their own patio-houses. For a family with young children and parents working from home, we designed a timber house offering generous, simple and flexible spaces, with a combination of large openings and areas of privacy.
location: | Kleine Rieteiland, IJburg, Amsterdam |
design: | 2007-2008 |
realisation: | 2008-2009 |
client: | MvdS family |
structural engineer: | Pieters Bouwtechniek Utrecht, Jaap Dijks |
contractor: | Jasper Kerkhofs, Christian Dörschug |
photography: | Jeroen vd Spek |