[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″] THE HUMAN FACTOR For years the Over-Amstel Penitentiary with its tower blocks, at 48 Wenckebachweg in Amsterdam – or the ‘Bijlmerbajes’ (Bijlmer lockup) as it was popularly known – was the most famous and infamous prison in the Netherlands. The Bijlmerbajes, though it’s…
Read moreDe Meester 2016: Alex de Jong follows up
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″] Fleur and Linda had a very nice conversation with de Meester 2016, Alex de Jong. He explains: “Winning de Meester changed my life.” Keep in touch with our Facebook and read more on how this is working out for him. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
Read more4th quarterly winner 2016: Fenmei Hu with Micro Space
Fenmei Hu wins the Fleur Groenendijk Foundation 4th-quarter Prize with project Micro Space in Space101 Space101 is a new cultural space in Rotterdam’s Chinatown, located at 101 Diergaardesingel. Space101 implements different projects that are linked in some way to Chinese culture, Rotterdam or the West Kruiskade area. The projects are always accessible and yet profound….
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Winner De Meester 2016 Alex de Jong
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″]ALEX DE JONG WINS DE MEESTER 2016 FOR THE BEST GRADUATION PROJECT! [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”18.95px|0px|10px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″]On Wednesday, 16 November 2016 the Rotterdam encouragement award ‘De Meester’ was awarded for the second time at Het Nieuwe Instituut. Alex…
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Programme De Avond van De Meester
The program of De Avond by De Meester is known: 19.30 pm Walk-in 8.00 pm Opening by moderator Chris van Langen, director Rotterdam Academy of Architecture 20.15 hours Presentation Barend Mense – Inlcusive Hackney 8.40 pm Presentation Martins Duselis – Roseform 21.05 hrs Presentation Alex de Jong – Water renews! 21.30 pause and jury deliberation…
Read more Nominees De Avond van De Meester 2016
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.13.1″] On Wednesday November 16, the Fleur Groenendijk Foundation (FGF) organizes the Evening of De Meester for the second time in collaboration with the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture (RAvB). Date: Wednesday, November 16 Time: 20.00 – 23.00, walk-in from 19.30 Location: Auditorium of Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Museumpark 25 Free access….
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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.13.1″] The Fleur Groenendijk Foundation, in collaboration with the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, organizes an annual promotional prize with the name De Meester. This year the presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25 in Rotterdam. The program and the invitation for this evening will…
Read moreThe triumph and demise of Wielewaal
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Dikkie Scipio on the work of the fourth quarterly winner of 2015 Anne Beeksma The city centre of Rotterdam was bombed at the beginning of WWII and Rotterdam West was bombed in 1943. During the war several temporary housing areas, or ‘emergency villages’, were built in Rotterdam to soften the initial blows…
Read moreDe Meester
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Fleur Groenendijk Foundation, in collaboration with the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, has created the new promotion prize De Meester. The prize, for which only graduates of the academy are eligible, serves to support and promote the promotion of the work of the architect or urban planner and amounts to 5000 euros. Fleur…
Read moreThe night of the Meester 2015
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] On Wednesday evening 18 November 2015, the first winner of the new Rotterdam encouragement award ‘De Meester’ was announced at Het Nieuwe Instituut. Ruben Sannen landed the prize of 5000 euros for his graduation project Tanah Antara. Encouragement award ‘De Meester’ has been initiated by the Fleur Groenendijk Foundation in collaboration with…
Read more4th winner 2014: TALKS about architecture
A permanent location, four evenings, four lectures of four architectural practices. TALKS about architecture, the lecture stage for architecture we have initiated, does not bother us much anymore. You could call it concise. Yet there is more behind our initiative. To interpret this, we pick up a small gray book entitled ‘For an…
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