Fire trucks moved in array to Fire Station Doetinchem

December 23th

With great interest from the local residents - and the design team of Bekkering Adams of course - all fire trucks of the municipality of Doetinchem moved to the new fire station. The final completion of Fire Station Doetinchem is heading fast forward. From Januari 1st it will open its doors for the public on its new adress: Stokhorstweg 1, Doetinchem.

Completion Fire Station Doetinchem approaching

December 17th

The completion of the Fire Station in Doetinchem is approaching fast, and Bekkering Adams architecten is proud to give a preview with the following photo's. Note a very proud Monica Adams and Juliette Bekkering together with the fire commander in chief Harriet Tomassen!

Read more about the design for Fire Station Doetinchem

Tonight the results of Europan Europe 12 will be presented

December 13th

The jury of Europan Europe 12, in which Juliette Bekkering takes part, will present the results of the 12th Europan competition in the Netherlands. The award ceremony starts at 1400hrs and will take place at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25 Rotterdam.

Jury: Juliette Bekkering - architect Bekkering Adams architecten and professor TU Eindhoven, Marc-Jan Ahne - mayor municipality of Ommen, Jean-Jacques Terrin (FR) - architect and urban planner, professor, Sarah Reichwein (DE) - architect and urban planner, Patrick van der Klooster - director Architectuurcentrum Rotterdam AIR, Josja van der Veer, director FCO of the VU University Amsterdam, Julian Lewis (UK) architect East architecture, landscape, urban design, Ton Schaap - urban planner of the municipality of Amsterdam & Harry Abels - architect IAA architecten

foto: Theo Bos

In total 165 teams registered for one of the Dutch Europan 12 sites and 132 of them actually submitted an entry. Sites were located in Assen, Groningen and Schiedam. The adjudication took place in two stages. During the first stage, a part of the jury selected together with representatives of the sites a total of 23 plans from the 132 entries. These were discussed during the international 'Forum of Cities and Juries' in Paris, after which the jury selected two winners, four runners-up and one special mention.

Click here for the jury's report

Assen winner - Building on the Present - Egbert de Warle & Marcus Kempers

Groningen winner - Prelude - Elizabeth Keller & Remco Rolvink

Schiedam runner-up - A New Start with Old Genes - Joost van Rooijen, Maarten Thewissen & Redmer Weijer

Schiedam runner-up - Complete Schiedam - Matteo Bettoni, Michiel van Driessche, Bart Pouw & Milena Zaklanovic

Assen special mention - Waste?land - Vicente Molina Dominguez

Design Esprit Headoffice price-winner in Amstelveense architectuurprijs 2013

November 20th

For the Amstelveense architectuurprijs 2013 Bekkering Adams architecten were price winning in two panels: One award based on the votes on the website dichtbij.nl, and one awarded by a jury of professionals, chaired by Indira van 't Klooster - Architectuur Lokaal & A10. The evening was presented by Indira van 't Klooster and elderman Mr Levie of the Municipality Amstelveen. 

photographer: Lioba Schneider

The Esprit Headoffice design ended in the top for both awards. Second place for the jury award and third place for the audience award.

From the jury report:

'The design of the building is convincing, projecting a robust and self-confident pavilion on the site. (...) Also the tension and authenticity of the design is further implemented and realized in the interior. The detailing and application of materials are consistent with the design and are carefully executed.'

'Striking and pleasant is the fact that the building is completely free of the often disturbing fences, gates and parking. The parking is effective solved under the building.'

It was the first time the Amstelveense architectuurprijs was awarded. The municipality means to make this an annual event, in order to stimulate good quality in architecture, the public domain and the build environment.

Interview Public Playground published

October 29th

This month Stedenbouw & Architectuur magazine published the interview with Monica Adams about Public Playground; the research Bekkering Adams Architects performed about the importance of public (play) squares and school yards.

Author of the interview is Peter Bekkering. Theme of Stedenbouw & Architectuur no 6 October 2013, year 30 is school buildings and it's playgrounds. Other articles reseach theme's such as Education and Sustainability by Liag Architects, Revitalisation of old school buildings by ARCONICO Architects and innovative financing Child care centers.

Download interview

Download Public Playground research

Design Esprit Headoffice on shortlist Amstelveense architectuurprijs

October 28th

On the initiative of the municipality of Amstelveen an award for architecture is created, the Amstelveense Architectuurprijs 2013. Bekkering Adams architects design for Esprit Benelux Headoffice is nominated.

So far Bekkering Adams architecten is on the short list - thanks for all the votes. Next week the winner will be announced.

read more about the Amstelveense Architectuurprijs 2013 on dichtbij.nl and Architectuur Lokaal

Kick off Seminar Concrete Design Competition hosted by Juliette Bekkering

October 24th 2013 - 19.30 - 22.00 hrs - Eindhoven

The 6th Concrete Design Competition will be kicked off with a seminar in collaboration with Eindhoven University of technology. The International Concrete Design Competition for Students is a biennial ideas and design competition for students in architecture, engineering, design and affiliated disciplines. It is organized and funded by a consortium of European cement and concrete associations and open for students registered in an educational institute in one of the participating countries.

Lecturers of this Seminar are Bjarne Mastenbroek, founder of SeArch Achitecture and Planning and Andreas Bründler, founder of Buchner Bründler Architekten, this years winner of the prestigious Swiss Architekturpreis Beton.

Prof.ir. Juliette Bekkering and ir. Jan Schevens - TU/e Archituctural Design and Engineering - will host the seminar.

Date: 24 October 2013

Time: 19.30 - 22.00 hrs

Location: Grand cafe de Zwarte Doos, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven

Monica Adams interviewed for Stedenbouw & Architectuur

September 25th

Magazine Stedenbouw & Architectuur will publish an interview with Monica Adams about the research Bekkering Adams architecten did in 2008 about the importance of public playgrounds. This research resulted in a design for the Public Playground Mullerpier and has been previously published in Lay Out Magazine, and in several international books about Play grouns and the Art of Playing.

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Esprit Benelux Headoffice nominated for Amstelveense Architectuurprijs

September 23th

On the initiative of the municipality of Amstelveen an award for architecture is created: the Amstelveense Architectuurprijs 2013. Bekkering Adams architects design for Esprit Benelux Headoffice is nominated.

All nominated designs are located in the regio Amstelveen and build after 2009. A distinction is made in housing and other buildings, such as offices and schools. An independent jury, chaired by Indira van 't Klooster - Architectuur Lokaal - made a shortlis wich will be presented in the Amstelveens Nieuwsblad and the website dichtbij.nl. It's up to the public to vote for the best design.

Everyone can vote between October 21 and 25 by sending an email to architectuurprijs@amstelveen.nl

Kick off new project

August 20th

After the summer-stop we kicked off with a new challenging project commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. Together with Feddes Olthof Landschapsarchitecten we will develop a spatial coherent concept for the landscape and architectural guidelines for the highway A13 / A16, the new highway north of Rotterdam. The large variantion in landscape of the area brings a variation in use and thereby a large scale of ambitions and oppurtunities. We see opportunities to develop a sustainable and green highway, with new recreational facilities for the adjecent neighborhoods.

Read more about Rijkswaterstaat

Public Playground filmed for Korean television

June 21st

Friday the 21th of June Bekkering Adams architecten hosted the Korean television crew of EBS for a contribution to their reportage about the value of playgrounds in public spaces and the design for Public Playground. Head of the primary school 'Mullerpier', Hanny van der Heide, and Monica Adams were interviewed. As well as the childeren of the school. Thanks to one of the local residents the film crew was able to shoot some overviews from their balcony on the 7th floor.

Filmed material will be shown on the website in November.

Design Phase of School Campus Peer completed

27 june 2013

The design for the School Campus Peer in Belgium, consisting of an elementary school, a high school, a boarding housel and sports complex, is completed to the satisfaction of the client and other interested parties. This month the final design is agreed to and we have started with the next phase in which the building permit will be obtained.

The project is part of 'Scholen van Morgen' – ‘ Schools of Tomorrow’ ; a big operation in the region of Flanders to catch up with the modernization of more then 200 currently out-dated school buildings.

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Archilecture in Eindhoven by Juliette Bekkering, 26 June 2013

19 June 2013

Wednesday June 26th Juliette Bekkering will deliver the last lecture of the series Archilectures before the summerbreak. The lectures are organised by The Architecture Centre of Eindhoven, together with Casa Vertigo of the TU/e.  Juliette Bekkering will close the series which started last September with Adriaan Geuze (West 8) and Thomas Rau (RAU).  After the Archilectures the nominees for the Dirk Roosenburg Award will be announced. The lecture will take place 26 June 2013. Time is from 16 hrs to 17 hrs. The location is at Bar Zwarte Doos, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven. The entrance is free. 

See also:

Architectuurcentrum Eindhoven

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

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Highest point for Fire Station Doetinchem

10 June 2013

This month the Fire Station in Doetinchem will reach it's highest point. On the construction site the contours of the builing are rapidly growing and the top floor is a fact. Meanwhile the design team is finalizing the last finishing touch to the materialisations, patterns and other design issues of the interior.
For more pictures see also this link.

Public Playground will be featured on Korean television

7 June 2013 

Public Playground, the innovative playground for the preliminary school "Locatie Mullerpier " in Rotterdam, will be featured on Korean educational television (EBS TV). Friday 21th of June the crew will film the square and have various interviews.  The design of the Public Playground is based on the research of the office into the potential of playgrounds for the public domain. It has been international been widely published in books and magazines. We are proud and happy to welcome the Korean televisioncrew.

To download a summary of the research report in Lay-Out 05, click here

Juliette Bekkering part of jury Europan Europe 12

2 May 2013

Theme of Europan 12, the European wide competition for young architects, is The Adaptable City. In this context adaptabillity is the qualitiy of a space that can be easily modified in harmony with the changes to which its use is subject or may be subject.

Europe's cities are engaged in a radiacal transformation: they need urgently to reduce their ecological footprint to help resolve the energy crisis, combat the greenhouse effect and preserve nonrenewable resources.

Juliette Bekkering will be part of the Europan jury. As a member of the national jury Juliette Bekkering will select projects for the Dutch shortlist, and join the Forum of Cities and Juries in Paris for the final selection of winning projects.

Friday 13th of December the results of Europan Europe 12 will be announced.

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Doetinchem steadily ahead

26 April 2013

The concrete panels of Doetinchem have been placed, looking good!

If you like to see at what stage the building activities are right now, check out this link.

Official start of the construction Fire station Doetinchem

22 February 2013

On 22 february the official ceremony of the start construction of the Fire Station took place.The start of the construction phase was festively inaugurated by burying a time capsule and the unveiling of the building board. These acts were performed by Chief Commander Harriet Tomassen and Councilor Peter Drenth. The building is scheduled to be finished by December this year.

See also website Brandweer Noord- en Oost-Gelderland and article De Gelderse Post.