[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.7″ hover_enabled=”0″]We know Ms Merel Pit, of course, from her work as architecture journalist and as a talented writer. She was part of the De Meester 2016 jury, along with Fritz van Dongen, Arjan Knoester and Hans Lensvelt; the memorable event of De Meester award rewarded Alex de Jong….
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.1″ hover_enabled=”0″] Hong Kong has been inhabited for some 5000 years. However, its recent history begins with the British East India Company when they established Aberdeen, an operational base for the opium trade on the island of Hong Kong in 1821. Relations between Great Britain and the Chinese Empire…
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.7″] In the 19th century when large residential complexes were built, the servant quarters were often put in the attic or added on the roof. In European cities like Paris and Barcelona and some American cities like New York these spaces have become highly desirable and expensive penthouses with…
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ custom_padding=”37.9167px|0px|0|0px|false|false” top_divider_flip=”horizontal”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_image src=”https://www.fleurgroenendijkfoundation.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-of-the-architect.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row_inner custom_padding=”23.45px|0px|0|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Architecture is called the master of the arts but in the Netherlands the profession has ever since I can remember a dualistic attitude towards this salutation. Does the profession want to be part of the…
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.19.14″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.14″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.19.14″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.14″]De Architectural Creative Community ondersteunt jonge architecten om hun carrière te versnellen. De non-profit startup wil een all-inclusive aanbieder zijn van BEP-masterclasses gericht op internationale en Nederlandse studenten. “Onze missie is om de kloof tussen academische kennis en de veeleisende werkomgeving te overbruggen” Beïnvloed door hun eigen persoonlijke proces…
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”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 admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] On 2 September, architect David Baars explained how this architecture was realized between the trees. He also tells about the underlying process. This is part of the series GB5: In the Spotlight. Read more… [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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Column by Dikkie Scipio following the project of Quarterly Winner 1 – 2018 Ankie Petersen.
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Ankie Petersen is the the first quarterly winner of 2018 with her project ‘Controversial Heritage: European Cases in Architecture and Urbanism’.
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The project De Wasemer by Ilse Mathijssen, winner of the second quarter of 2016, is progressing well. You can read an update of the project here.
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[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″] Machiavelli first said, “Never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.” Winston Churchill popularized Machiavelli by saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste” and in 2008 last crisis president-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel got the headlines with never let a serious…
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The winner of the second quarter is De Dépendance by Research by Debate. “Research by Debate is een vijfdelig reeks publieke gesprekken over de grote stedelijke vraagstukken van deze tijd en de (ontwerp)opgaven die hieruit volgen. De reeks wordt geïnitieerd door podium voor stadscultuur De Dépendance en gecureerd door verschillende onderzoekscollectieven, kennisinstituten en culturele instellingen…
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[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=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Follow-up Zaterdag 1 juli van 10 tot 14 uur : Finissage van de expositie Massive City / Micro Living in Space 101 aan de Diergaardesingel 101 in Rotterdam, met Chinese thee en lekkernijen. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://www.fleurgroenendijkfoundation.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Massive-City-Micro-Living.jpg” _builder_version=”3.12.2″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left”…
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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″] UPDATE April 7th- April 25th After the final presentations (April 7th) we have continued to work on the project CampusPlan Eindhoven. The chosen plan presents a new perspective on the contemporary analysis of the Campusplan. Besides the applied architectural and urban rules, the use by the users will be the starting…
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Follow-up Fenmei Hu, 4th quarter winner of 2016, opened her forthcoming exposition on Saturday the 1st of April 2017. The exhibition “Massive City/Micro Living” tells the story of the Liu Xian Dong Project in Shenzhen – a building designed by MLA+ and one of its architects. Read more…
Read more[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] GLASS PAVILION ON THE MAAS BEAUTY IS AMORAL Around the world everyone who’s heard of Holland knows that the Netherlands has won the war against water, that the land lies below sea level and is a land of rivers. It is well-known that this country has always battled with fluctuating waters. Our…
Read more[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Fenmei Hu 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. Current events are often the stimulant behind…
Read more[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 moreFenmei 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….
Read more[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 moreA 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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