April - May - June 2001

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Results Europan 6
June 28, 2001
Today the results of the Europan 6 have been announced. This international design contest in which young promising architects can contribute to innovations in the field of architecture and urban design does not limit itself to a competition alone, winners are also given the opportunity of realising their project. In the Netherlands - where about 50% of the winning project of earlier Europan's have been realised, much more than elsewhere - winners have been chosen for five diffentent locations. For all the results and the report of the jury see the Eurpan-NL website.
A Genuine Greg Lynn in Amsterdam South-East?
June 28, 2001
Friday June 15 saw the opening of an exhibition of submissions to the limited competition for the honeycomb apartment building Kleiburg. Three artists and three architects were set the task of giving Kleiburg a facelift. Remarkably, the three artists turned out to have submitted typically architectural projects, and the architects produced art. American architect Greg Lynn (1964) made the best plan and will receive a further commission to translate his ideas into a feasible plan.
Future Materials for Architecture
June 20, 2001
Syntens, an 'innovation network' for entrepreneurs that advises on product innovation, last month held a symposium devoted to new materials in architecture. There were lectures by Els Zijlstra and Adriaan Beukers and the afternoon ended with a discussion chaired by Tom Bouws of Syntens. Performing the City
June 15, 2001
From 31st May to 2nd June, the Prototypo Seminar in Architecture entitled Performing the City joined in Oporto 36 distinguished architects to discuss the city in its several dimensions. We hereby present a review of the proceedings sent to us from Portugal.
OMA wins in Cordoba
June 11, 2001
OMA won the competition for the design of a new conference center for the city of Cordoba, Spain. The competition was between the offices of Cruz y Ortiz, Toyo Ito, Zaha Hadid, Rafael Moneo and OMA/Rem Koolhaas.
The Giant Gets Ready
June 5, 2001
After the earlier press offensives 'The Giant Awakens' and 'The Giant Stands Up' (the Giant in question being the Haarlemmermeer), on May 17 it was the turn of 'The Giant Gets Ready'. On the basis of a cool 1000 dwelling units at a density of 30-35 units per hectare and The Ten Commandments for Vinex-Free Building, the architecture firms - Soeters Van Eldonk Ponec, MVRDV, Erick van Egeraat Associates and Steven Holl - were given two months to come up with designs for the Toolenburg South area. Fedde Reeskamp attended the presentation.
ArchiNed discussion: Pig City
May 28, 2001
Over the past four years the Rotterdam architecture office MVRDV has studied ways to streamline production in the intensive pig farming sector. Animal welfare and efficient land use were important factors in developing the concept. The result is Pig City: tall towers in which pigs spend their entire lives. Although Pig City is a concept, MVRDV stress its feasibility. But can it, should it, must it be implemented? ArchiNed outlines the background and canvases views.
Chipperfield gets BBC Scotland contract
May 28, 2001
Mecanoo Architecten and David Chipperfield Architects were the only two left on the short list for designing the new BBC Scotland headquarter. 'Them from upstairs' chose Chipperfield. It's not the first time Mecanoo is left out in a Brittish commission. They were nominated for designing the Tower of London new entrance and visitor centre. This commission went to Stanton Williams.
More information: David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled its designs for the new BBC Scotland head office to built on Glasgow’s Pacific Quay * Chipperfield wins BBC Scotland contract * Mecanoo looks to Auntie to land its big break in UK * website Mecanoo Architecten

A Building like an Adaptable Shelving Unit
May 8, 2001
On show at the Hoorn Architecture Centre until June 10 is an exhibition devoted to FLEX Buildings. Architectural firm Ruimtelab (Space Lab) is presenting a fictitious multi-company building completely geared to accommodating change.

ArchiNed moves
April 26, 2001
At the end of this week ArchiNed will move within the building. The office on the first floor of the Groothandelsgebouw in Rotterdam will be exchanged for a room with a view overlooking the Westland area up to The Hague.

Follow the Flow
April 18, 2001
To get them accustomed to the changes ahead, passengers arriving at Rotterdam's Central Stationlast week were given a picture postcard of the new station, while Alsop Architects from England presented their master plan for the station and surroundings. If you were to emigrate now and return in fifteen years, Rotterdam Central will seem like another planet.

Cruz y Ortiz architects of New Rijksmuseum
April 17, 2001
Government Architect Jo Coenen has nominated the Spanish architecture team of Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz for the task of preparing the Rijksmuseum for the 21st century. This adds an unexpected chapter to the historical ties, evident in this very museum, between the Netherlands and Spain.