The Profession of Architect

[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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Meet the nominees of De Meester!

Organized by the Fleur Groenendijk Foundation in collaboration with Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design and under the guidance of Dikkie Scipio, the De Meester award serves to highlight and promote work of young architecture graduates in the Netherlands.

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Thank the Crisis

[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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Ilse Mathijssen and Mint Ruimtelijk Ontwerp & THIS IS WAT

[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…

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Dominique Panhuysen wins with Containercampus, Bijlmerbajes en “Jailtown” Q3 2016

[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…

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The 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…

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