Architect:
FRES architectes: Laurent Gravier + Sara Martin Camara
Comes from:
France + Spain
Studied at:
E.N.S. Arts et Industries Strasbourg + E.T.S.A. Sevilla
Work in:
FRES architectes > Laurent Gravier + Sara Martin Camara
What style in architecture do you love the most?
We are very inspired by Modernism, since it has been a complex and unprecedented revolution in the history of architecture. Its pioneers have progressively shifted from a traditional way of thinking, based on the repetition of what had already been done, towards a new conception based on what could be done, with the use of new materials and construction techniques. This adequation and constant update between architecture and the world it evolves in is very important to us.
What is your favorite brick building?
One of our favorite brick buildings would be the Piraeus housing in Amsterdam, by Hans Kolhoff and Christian Rapp. Despite its strong density, it is focused on giving the maximum qualities to the units, and embodies in a precise way the aspirations of Modern times : light, air and sun. The large windows and the very specific hard-fired bricks give a familiar and domestic tone to this unusual project, fully integrated in the former Amsterdam Harbour.
Which of your brick projects is your favorite?
For now, our only building made of bricks is the 23 social housing dwellings in Béthune. It is very special to us since it is our first completed building, and it has been since nominated for several awards. Recently, it has received a special mention at the 2017 Fritz-Höger Preis for brick architecture. We had no doubt for the use of brick in that region of the North of France as it is the traditional material there. But we reinterpreted it in a contemporary way through color and implementation.
Why do you like (working with) brick?
We love working with brick since its possibilities are virtually endless. The modularity and flexibility it offers works on different architectural levels : the possible colors, reliefs, proportions, sizes or layout patterns can be infinite and suit most of our desires.
Who/What inspires you?
We can say that we are inspired by the Amsterdam School, in the sense that the brick is used there not only for its practical qualities but also for its poetic potentials. The complicated masonry works, associated with other elements such as wooden frame windows, allowed facades to be perceived as a whole, where each element is connected to the others through composition and detailing.
I like my job because...
...each day is different. Even with the experience gained through many years, architects are everyday confronted with new challenges, construction techniques, possibilites... Architecture is made of so many evolving parameters that each project is the playground for experimentation and adventurousness.
I can't work without...
...people. As in life, and maybe very particularly in architecture, no one achieves anything alone.
Architect:
JUMA architects: Julie van De Keere & Mathieu Luyens
Comes from:
Conix architects & Glenn Sestig Architects
Studied at:
Sint Lucas Gent
Work in:
Belgium and worldwide
JUMA architects, residential architecture custom-designed.
JUMA Architects is a Gent based architecture firm founded by Mathieu Luyens & Julie van De Keere in 2009 with a focus on creating well-crafted and custom made structures. Our aesthetics are modern and minimal with careful usage of light, space, emotion and the unique characteristics of each location. It is our mission to efficiently deliver a project from the first planning stages through to the fine detailing of materials and furniture design.
Our specific approach allows us to be passionate designers and functional builders while efficiently creating a cost effective and personal structure for our clients.
What style in architecture do you love the most?
Contemporary modern
Which of your brick projects is your favorite?
Project b
Why do you like (working with) brick?
It's sustainable
Who/What inspires you?
Frank Loyd Wright
I like my job because...
...I can design beautiful buildings.
I can't work without...
...my computer.
C.F. Møller Architects is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural firms, with 90 years of award-winning work in the Nordic region and worldwide.
Every day we create architectural quality based on innovation, experience and Nordic values. This assures sustainable and aesthetic solutions with lasting value for clients, occupants and society.
A unique design approach
Our design solutions are methodically and holistically created following a rigorous analysis of the local context. We look to set new global standards by fostering a design approach which uniquely integrates urban planning, landscape, architecture and design of specific building components.
We regard environmental concerns, resourceconsciousness, healthy project finances, social responsibility and good craftsmanship as essential elements of our work. This ethos is fundamental to all our projects, a thread which runs from masterplanning to detail design.
Since our founding in Denmark in 1924, we have contributed significantly to the development of welfare societies in Scandinavia and the rest of the world. We are continuously recognised and awarded internationally for setting new architectural standards, due to our strong focus on the functional, artistic and social value of architecture.
Today C.F. Møller has app. 350 employees. We have offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Stockholm and London.
CORE VALUES
VISION
Our vision is to Improve life for people and planet.
MISSION
Our mission is to holistically create solid, quality
solutions based on Nordic values adapted to future
global challenges.
ASPIRATION
We aspire to be global influencers by caring for the local
context based on innovation, quality and sustainability.
PROMISES
We promise longevity and clever solutions in everything
we create by delivering design that can pass the test of
time and serve both clients and users with great value
from start to finish.
SPIRIT
Our company team spirit is based on simplicity, clarity,
honesty, openness and passion.
VALUES
Our values are strongly focused on professionalism,
credibility, quality, innovation, agility and loyalty.
Examples of projects
Coming soon...
MONICA ADAMS
Monica Adams is co-founder and co-director of Bekkering Adams Architects. She has graduated in 1989 with honours at the architectural department of Delft, Technical University in the Netherlands. She gained international experience working in London. From 1991 she worked with Mecanoo architecten, joining Erick van Egeraat in 1995 when he set up his own office (EEA) Erick van Egeraat associated architects in Rotterdam.
She worked on several large-scale buildings, such as the FEM in Utrecht, the INHOLLAND Hogeschool in Rotterdam, the Alphen aan den Rijn City Hall and the Royal Dutch Embassy in Warsaw. Since 2005 Monica Adams has been collaborating with Juliette Bekkering, starting the office of Bekkering Adams Architects together.
Monica Adams has taught and lectured at various (inter)national architectural institutes.She is frequently requested to lecture, being a member of various Quality and Advisory teams, such as the building committee of Amsterdam and the cross-over committee of the Dutch Architects Register. She also enjoys to participating in jurying, master classes and workshops.
JULIETTE BEKKERING
Juliette Bekkering is co-founder and co-director of Bekkering Adams Architects. In January 2013 she was appointed professor at the Eindhoven Technical University, leading the Chair of Architectural Design and Engineering at the faculty.
She graduated in 1989 with honours at the architectural department of Delft Technical University in the Netherlands. In 1993 she finalized a post-graduate education in Urban design at Barcelona Polytechnic University. From 1989 untill 1997 she worked at several renowned architectural offices, including OMA and collaborated in 1995 with Neutelings Riedijk architecten, working as an associate project architect on, amongst other projects, the Maastricht and Breda Fire station. In 1997 she established her own office, ir. Juliette Bekkering Architecten in Rotterdam. In 2005 she started a collaboration with Monica Adams, founding the office Bekkering Adams Architects.
Juliette Bekkering teaches and lectures at various national and international architectural institutes and universities such as the Aachen Technical University in Germany, Delft Technical University and has worked as guest professor at the Technical University of Architecture in Prague. She has acted as advisor in different Quality and Advisory teams and is frequently asked to participate in jurys, debates, master classes and workshops. Her projects and articles have been widely published in national and international reviews.
WE ARE...
Bekkering Adams architects is a dynamic and versatile architectural office, operating internationally, and working and looking towards our future society with an open mind. The founders, Juliette Bekkering and Monica Adams, share a fascination of enhancing the urban environment. Together with an enthusiastic team of architects and designers, they work on innovative and sustainable projects with a strong identity, defined by expressive architecture with a tactile expression of material and detail.
Over the years a distinct oeuvre has been established, characterized by iconographic and characteristic buildings. Research plays a key role within projects and parallel to the design process the office frequently seeks collaboration with other parties to set up research routes to deepen the content of the design, including research into sustainability, materialization, scenographic and typological studies. The office has a special interest in the potential of public and collective space in the contemporary transformation processes of our cities.
The commissions vary from complex building assignments to concept development, ranging from headquarter offices to public buildings, from urban plan to interior design. The work of Bekkering Adams architects has been published in a wide range of renowned national and international architectural reviews and books. Various projects have been nominated for national architectural awards.
Recently completed buildings include a firestation in Doetinchem, the head office Esprit Benelux in Amstelveen, the urban ensemble of public buildings called ‘Bloemershof’ in Dieren, the school and daycare centre called ‚de Schatkamer’, a public playground in Rotterdam, the head office of the Schuurman Group, the Booster Pumpstation East in Amsterdam, the Municipality Offices Maashaven in Rotterdam and the fire station and rescue service Vlissingen Middelburg. Furthermore the office completed an installation for the Biennale in Venice, Italy and a comprehensive concept design for a highway.
Among others the office is currently working on a Secondary and Preliminary School, a Boarding School and a Sport complex, all embedded in a new public park in the vicinity of the Peer city centre, thus comprising a new School Campus in Peer, Belgium.
OUR WORKING METHODS
The office has a comprehensive approach. The aim is to create projects that go beyond the purely architectural and to repeatedly surprise. Great attention is paid to the consistent development of the projects. With a preference for natural and beautifully aging materials, the office is constantly searching for possibilities to combine idiosyncratic materials and a characteristic detailing with environmentally friendly techniques.
The compact organizational structure of our office ensures that it is possible to collaborate in a very direct and personal way, and that there is room for thorough investigation. This personal involvement also ensures that the office can deliver customized solutions and can quickly and adequately respond to clients questions.
Our work includes all the standard operations of feasibility studies to implementation. On large scale projects the office cooperates with long-term partners for technical support in architectural engineering, cost control and site engineering. All partnerships are entered into from shared love for the profession. In this way our dynamic design expertise is reinforced with engineering experience and knowledge in the area of cost control, and enables the office to accept commissions of any scope and scale.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Audience and jury award APA Architectuur Prijs Achterhoek 2014- Fire Station Doetinchem, 2014
Nomination Architectuurprijs Amstelveen 2013- Headoffice Esprit Benelux Amstelveen
1st Prize Competition Schoolcampus Peer (selected for realization)
Life time honourable member Chamber of Czech Architects
1st Prize Competition Firestation Doetinchem (selected for realization)
1st Prize Competition Datacentre (selected for realization)
1st Prize Competition Bloemershof (selected for realization)
Nomination BNA Building, 2006, Maashaven de Zuidpunt
Nomination BNA Building, 2006, Boosterpumpstation East
Nomination Concrete Award Boosterpumpstation East
Facade Award. Boosterpumpstation East
1st Prize Competition Booster pumpstation (selected for realization)
Honourable mention Archi-Prix, 24 uur toeval of Odysseus
EXHIBITIONS
Microwave Festival, Hong Kong, 2014
Time, Space, Existence: Palazzo Mora, Architecture Biennale Venice 2014, Venice, Italy, 2014
Morphos, sustainable empires: Palazzo Albrizzi, Architecture Biennale Venice 2014, Venice, Italy, 2014
Stilwerk, Berlin, Germany, 2008
ZO ZIT DAT, Arcam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
DAT ZIT ZO, De Witte Dame, The Netherlands
Expositie Zetel, Ahrend inrichten Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Women NL architects, ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2005
Bezoekerscentrum IJburg, The Netherlands
Stadhuis Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Atrium Stadhuis Den Haag, The Netherlands
Fort Asperen, Asperen, The Netherlands
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Centre d’Exposition de la Défense, Paris, France
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Louis I. Kahn
architect
(b. Saarama (Saaremaa), Estonia, February 20, 1901; d. New York, N.Y. 1974)
Louis Kahn was born in Saarama (Saaremaa), Estonia in 1901. His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a thorough grounding the the Beaux Art school of architecture. During the 1920s and 1930s he worked as a draughtsman and, later, as a head designer for several Philadelphia-based firms.
In 1925-26 Kahn acted as the Chief of Design for the Sesquincettennial Exhibition. During the Depression, he was active in the design of public assisted housing. Beginning in 1935 Kahn worked with a series of partners, but from 1948 until his death in 1974, Kahn worked alone. From 1947 to 1957 he was Design Critic and Professor of Architecture at Yale University, after which he was Dean at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kahn’s architecture is notable for its simple, platonic forms and compositions. Through the use of brick and poured-in place concrete masonry, he developed a contemporary and monumental architecture that maintained a sympathy for the site.
While rooted in the International Style, Kahn’s architecture was an amalgam of his Beaux Arts education and a personal aesthetic impulse to develop his own architectural forms.
Considered one of the foremost architects of the late twentieth century, Kahn received the AIA Gold Medal in 1971 and the RIBA Gold Medal in 1972. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1971.
