Rochdale favours DeFlat !

Xander in De Olifantenkooi

DeFlat, Amsterdam

The images of DeFlat / TheFlat are published !

Consortium DeFlat (KondorWessels Vastgoed, Hendriks CPO, Vireo Vastgoed and Hollands Licht) and the other competitors have presented their plans to Rochdale. Let the best win !

Press release: www.rochdale.nl

Kivi Niria

Foyer of Kivi Niria, designed bij the Iraqi architect Amer Alhassen (AAArchitects); published at Dezeen.

The garden door is part of the facade.

Amsterdam, 3 May 2011

2nd round selection Kleiburg !

Rochdale wants to sell Kleiburg for a Euro. Hollands Licht proposed a plan with Hella Hendriks (Hendriks CPO), Frank Zwetsloot (Vireo) en Willem Gaymans (KondorWessels Vastgoed), to transform the 'FLAT' with a concept of self-builders and a real life soap on RTL. Our plan was selected for the second round, to work out for the final selection.

Amsterdam, 22 March 2011

New Year Event 14 Jan 2011

Friday 14th January, 17.00 hours, the companies of Parool6 will host a New Year Event !

Parool6 has grown since 2007 to 10 companies on the 6th floor of the Parooltoren, working together in an open concept en re-using an old office-building of architect Bakema. The drinks will be underlined with a debate about re-use with guests of the Municipality of Amsterdam.

Relations and friends are welcome, RSVP.

Fishmarket, Istanbul

Fishmarket in Besiktas, Istanbul.

A concrete roof with a 'fishbar' as interior elements. The lighting is already adapted to the users' needs, cut off or without lamps. Conceptually strong.

Architect: Gokhan Avcioglu 

6 Oct 2010

Menara Mesiniaga

KL collects modern architecture. Maybe not so known, but it's a high rise city, with lots of new and good high rises.

A bit outside the city centre I visited the office for IBM: Menara (= tower) Mesiniaga by architect Ken Yeang. An experiment of eco-medium-high-rise.

September 2010

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, in contrast to Delhi: a clean place.

High rises around the city park. Yet something is wrong: people live inside, there is no life in the streets.

September 2010

New Delhi

Oi, 5 days New Delhi, which image lasts ?

This: crowds, dust, chaos. Animal, man and machine fight for the same place. A moment later nothing is the same. Nothing stands still. It seems to work.

September 2010

SOM, Rotterdam

Impressive buildings, still. There they are, a bit alone and simple; a closer look makes us notice the stone facade and the smooth details of, for example, the railings. Also the interior with stone walls and copper lift doors is marvellous.

1975/1978, architect: Skidmore Owings Merill (SOM).

15th Juli 2010

De Hallen, Amsterdam

On the Day of Architecture, taking a look in het former halls of the 'tram remise' in Oud West.

The city, neighbourhood and developers are struggling for years now, making plans.

27th Juni 2010

Brussimo

My favorite building of Philippe Samyn. A cristal clear floor plan, full glazing and a double climate facade.

Just a bit tight in the profile of the Belliardstraat.

17th June 2010

MediaTIC, Barcelona

New rationality in architecture: the MediaTIC building is based on the best possible userspace ratio, the least construction weight possible and the newest climate and energy techniques.

The construction is painted with a fluor green colour.

Architect: Enric Ruiz-Geli (Cloud9).

Barcelona, 14 May 2010.

New new hotel, Zaandam

A pastiche style hotel, based on Zaandam historic architecture. A marvellous result.

The station area is filled with this kind of architecture. We'll be back.

Architect: Molenaar van Winden.

28 April 2010

Tours & Taxis, Brussel

Incredibly beautiful former transit halls at Tours & Taxis site in Brussels.

10 April 2010

XXX at IJburg, Amsterdam

BNB Architects and B06 Architects initiated this office building at IJburg, in collaboration with developer Lingotto.

8 April 2010

Loft at the Schinkel

The Schinkel is granted a new office building by ZZDP Architects.

28 Jan 2010

Conservatorium

The island of the former Oosterdok (ODE) is getting its shape.

The Conservatorium is beautiful. But warm behind the glass facade !

Architect: Frits van Dongen (de Architecten Cie).

12 Dec 2009

Passage Rijksmuseum

View of the construction work in the passage. The columns will be replaced by new, smaller ones.

They are now hanging free.

An extraordinary image, during an excursion through the Rijksmuseum, part of the research mission for the new design of the passage.

February 2010

Alexanderplatz

De Alexanderplatz, walking from the Karl-Marx Allee.

The scale of Berlin is overwhelming all day. Cycling around: Reichstag, Siegessaule, Tempelhof, Spree and Karl-Marx Allee.

How to compete with these collosal building ?

Berlijn, 10 okt 09

The stairs of Pei

Architect I.M. Pei has designed this extension of the German Museum of History. This is just beside the Museum Insel.

Berlijn, 10 okt 09

Riverfront Valencia

Image of the riverfront of the city at the former riverbank. The river profile is nu made into a city park.

A busy and crowded image of the 'modern' city, next to the historical centre and Calatrava in de river park. What is the urban image ?

Valencia, 16 okt 09

Candela

A real 'Candela' !

Making study of Candela in university, still wishing to experience one. The facades are added later, it was supposed to be a solitary roof.

Valencia, 16 okt 09

Market hall

Open day of the terrain of the Foodcenter in Amsterdam (Jan van Galenstraat).

Now the terrain is used for transport of food to the city for the restaurants and shops in Amsterdam. In the future the area could get available for redevelopment. This market hall can easily be used for a day market.

Amsterdam, 28 sep 09.

View of Almere

At this place I doubted my fear of heights.

It’s an altitude of a 100 meters in the tower of architects Dam & Partners for Eurocommerce in Almere.

Almere, sep '09

Offices ZZDP in Almere

Offices building designed by ZZDP architects for Eurocommerce in Almere. The planhas another 2tower, by Dam and the Architecten Cie.

Almere, sep '09

Diana's Memorial

Sometimes you are pleasantly surprised. It happened at the memorial for Diana, a brilliant landscaping design. Somebody pointed out this could by an image of the ‘Peripherique’ of Paris.

Londen, sep '09

Serpentine Gallery

Annually built pavillion at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park, Londen. This year is designed by the Japanse architects of Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima en Ryue Nishizawa).

This was my ultimate goal of the trip to Londen. I was not disappointed. Whas the space under the roof ‘inside’ ?

London, sep '09

Mies-Rogers-Foster

Urban image in de City: a Mies(-like) building of the 70-ties, Rogers' Lloyd's Building (80-ties) and Fosters' Swiss Re. They meet and talk.

Londen, dec 2006

Building cranes

Nuevo officinas, Barcelona

I encounterd this stunning building during my bike tour through Barcelona. Still under construction, but it’s more convincing this way. Who is the architect ?

28 juli 2009

Torre Agbar, Barcelona

By Jean Nouvel. At the Diagonal, crossing Cerda’s grid in Barcelona.

A really big tower. Not easy to ge ton the screen. The rised track of metro or tram will stay in the image.

28 juli 2009

Tram station, Straatsburg

This tram station is on Place de l'Homme de Fer, near Place Kleber. It’s the shopping area of the city. The different directions are connected by the roof.

26 juli 2009

EU-parliament, Straatsburg

The EU-parliament, taken from the best side, over the water. A colossal building, at the edges of Straatsburg.

The building is only used 4 days per month, which costs 2 billion Euros. The Benelux wants all meetings to take place Brussels. Who will use these buildings then ?

Architect: Architecture Studio (F). 26 juli 2009

Library by Foster, Nimes

Across a Roman temple. A pure and functional design.What about that ! Nice pictures can be taken at Sunday morning, no busses or cars. A cup of coffee at the roof terrace is a brilliant experience.

18 juli 2009

Roman Temple

In Nimes the Romeinse past is convincingly present. I was there for the Foster library, but this was more impressive. The temple is nog being renovated in phases. Let them take out the cinema, then.

"Rien de monument en interieur ???" "Non, monsieur."

18 juli 2009

City Archive, Cologne

Looking at the site, after the collapse of the metro works and the disappearance of the City Archives in the urban hole.

The Amsterdam people came to watch. What a drama, but small same time.

4 april 2009.

Ruhrgebiet

The former Steel Mills of the Zollverein in the Ruhrgebiet (near Essen).

They skate at the pond in winter.

5 april 2009.

Dageraad in Rotterdam

Rotterdam,from the Euromast at 100 m.

The night is ending, the day brakes: dawn.

7 maart, 07.11 uur.

Harbour-by-night

A night view of the Rotterdam harbour, during a 24-hour excursion.

7 maart2009

Silo's at Zeeburg

Untouched, powerful.

Contest in 2009, won by the 'Annie M.G. Schmidt-museum'.

We have also participated with a team; the design will be shown later.

NY at night

Walking in the rain through the Big Apple. This is Citicorp Centre.

November 2007.

Crane track

This week an excursion to a former crane track at the Norther IJ-waterside in Amsterdam. Design by: Trude Hooijkaas.

New offices !

Since November 2007 we have moved into our first real office, the 6^th floor of the Parool-tower at the Wibautstraat 129 in Amsterdam: Paroolzes. We start with half a floor with DARE projects, Third Place and emma architects.

Opened on 17th Januari '08 !