Bekkering Adams architects is looking for a PR and communication trainee

December 19th

To support the design proces and to communicate with the professional field of architecture, Bekkering Adams architects has a vacancy for a Dutch speaking PR and communication trainee.

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Construction School Campus Peer in Belgium is progressing steadily

December 15th

The construction of School Campus Peer is on schedule. 139 Piles are drilled and the first concrete floors are poured. The campus will be build in two phases, with the secondary and elementary school starting first. The construction of the boarding school and sports complex will begin in spring 2015. The construction is registrated by four live webcams.

For more information and images of the webcam on the site check: Scholen van Morgen

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Friday November 28th: Inaugural speech prof.ir. Juliette Bekkering

November 7th

Since January 1st 2013 Juliette Bekkering is appointed as full chair Professor Architectural Design and Engineering at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University in Eindhoven - TU/e. Friday November 28th she will deliver her inaugural speech. Download invitation

Date: November 28th 2014 - Location: TU/e campus, Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium download directions

Fire Station Doetinchem wins in two categories for the APA - Architectuur Prijs Achterhoek 2014

November 7th

Bekkering Adams architects design for the Fire Station Doetinchem has won in both categories of the 'APA - Architectuur Prijs Achterhoek 2014': The jury award and the audience award. At the entertaining ceremony in the evening of 7th November 2014 it was announced that the Fire Station won both categories. We are more then proud! The ceremony was held in the DRU Cultuurfabriek - Hutteweg 24 in Ulft.

Watch nomination interview          Download special issue Achterhoek Magazine

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Form-ContraForm part of Microwave New Media Arts Festival Hong Kong

November 7th

The movie and study model of the installation FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm by Bekkering Adams architects is exhibited at the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Hong Kong 2014. Theme of this years' 18th edition of the festival is 'Living Architecture'. Revolving around city, technnology and life, Microwave has invited multiple world known artists and scholars. The programme comprises a series of exhibitions, artist talks, film screenings, and workshops. Download press release

Grand opening Fiday November 7th - Exhibition Hall - Low Block - Hong Kong City Hall

The festival runs until December 7th 2014

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Bekkering Adams architects part of two calenders

November 6th

Two projects by Bekkering Adams architects are part of two 2015 calenders. Ensemble Bloemershof on the Archipendium 2015 calender and the Form-ContraForm installation for the Architecture Biennale in Venice on the Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2015.

Start build of School Campus Peer in Belgium

October 3th

Tuesday the 30th of September the Flemish Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits and the Mayor of Peer Steven Matheï, performed the ceremonial handling to celibrate the start of the building activities of School Campus Peer in Belgium, designed by Bekkering Adams architects.

For more information see under 'read more'. Also check the clients' website Scholen van Morgen-Agnetendal

photo in the middle: Steven Matheï - Mayor of Peer, Lisette Loos - Director Agnetendal, Daniël Geerts - General Manager DBFM Scholen van Morgen, Hilde Crevits - Flemish Minister of Education, Philippe Monserez - Project Manager Build Scholen van Morgen, Denise Tops - Deputy Director Agnetendal, Rik Schepers - Chairman Building Committee

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Visit Bekkering Adams architects at la Biennale Architettura Venezia 2014

September 30th

Bekkering Adams architects is represented at the Architecture Biennale in Venice with the installation FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm. This exhibition puts the definition and perception of space and infinity on center stage. The installation provides an experience that is shaped by the physical boundaries of space, as well as it is extended beyond the tangible.

This installation is part of exhibition TIME SPACE EXISTENCE, created by the Global Art Affairs Foundation and financial supported by the Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie. The design is developed with BeersNielsen Light Designers and structural engineers ABT.

Visuals on Vimeo: Juliette Bekkering and Monica Adams talk about FUNDAMENTALS: Form-ContraForm

Visuals on You-tube: Showing the making of the installation in Venice

The exhibition runs until November 23th - Palazzo Mora - Strade Nova 3659 - Canaregio - Venice - Open daily 10 - 18 hrs - closed on Tuesdays - FREE ENTRY

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Ceremonial start of construction School Campus Peer

September 29th

Tuesday the 30th of September the Flemish Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits, together with the client, will perform the ceremonial handling to celibrate the start of the build of School Campus Peer in Belgium, designed by Bekkering Adams architects.  For more information check the clients' website Scholen van Morgen-Agnetendal

School Campus Peer contains a Secondary school, an Elementary school, a boarding school and sportscomplex designed as a landscaped urban ensemble with sportsfields, playgrounds and a large public park. When finished it will be a green campus for the students and a green heart for the residents of the city of Peer.

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Kick off 'Planet Texel Academy' - graduation studio TU Eindhoven

September 29th

This week the graduation studio 'Texel Metabolised' part of "Planet Texel Academy" started of their research for a selfsufficient and autarkic Texel. This TU Eindhoven graduation studio is being led by Juliette Bekkering, Bernard Colenbrander and Barbara Kuit. During the upcoming year the nineteen students of the studio will do research and make architectonical proposals for autarkic selfsufficient Texel.

The ‘Planet Texel Academy’ is a spin off of the IABR–Projectatelier and an initiative of  TU Eindhoven and TU Delft. Groups of students work under guidance of professors and experts on proposals based on the results of the IABR-Projectatelier. The Texel areas De Koog and Nieuweschild will be the first subjects.

Fire Station selected for the 'APA - Architectuur Prijs Achterhoek 2014'

September 22nd

Bekkering Adams architects design for the Fire Station Doetinchem is one of the three nominated projects for the 'APA - Architectuur Prijs Achterhoek 2014'.

The APA is awarded every year to a project in the Achterhoek region. The jury members are: Emmie Vos, Paul Toornend, Gus Tielens, Jan Willem van de Groep, Geert Jan Jonkhout, Harry Harsema and Fons Catau. 

There is also a price to be awarded by the general public:

soon everyone can vote for this award on the website of 'De Gelderlander'.

Winners of both awards will be announced Friday November 7th at the DRU Cultuurfabriek - Hutteweg 24 in Ulft.

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Summer school Cagliari 'Cultural Landscapes'

September 13th

On the 13th of september the end results of the workshop of the summer school Cagliari 'Cultural Landscapes' were successfully presented in a big exhibition to an international jury and representatives of the city of Cagliari. The jury included Nicola Di Battista, Hans Kolhoff, Juliette Bekkering and Enrica Puggioni, counselor of the city of Cagliari. The evening was concluded with a lecture by Joseph Rykwert and a presentation of Domus magazine.

Juliette Bekkering lectures in Cagliari, Sardinia on 11 september 2014

September 11th

As part of the third International Summer School of Architecture “Sardinia, The territory of places” Juliette Bekkering will give a lecture in Cagliari, Sardinia. Juliette speaks at the invitation of the Dutch Embassy in Rome. She will reflect on the theme of this year's edition, entitled "CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, Projects for an European Capital of Culture 2019".

The Summer school adresses related topics to Cagliari’s candidature for the “European Capital of Culture” 2019, and the opportunity tp transform the remoteness of Sardinia into a strength and relocate the richness of its "local" landscape in a "global" perspective.

Contract for realization School Campus Peer is signed

September 8th

End of August our client signed the final contract for the realization of the project School Campus Peer in Belgium, check website Scholen van Morgen-Agnetendal. This meant the  official command for contractor Strabag who started the first of September on the site. Thursday the 30th of September the Flemish Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits, will lead the ceremonial start of the build in Peer, Belgium.

The School Campus in Peer is part of the Belgium 'Schools of Tomorrow', a major operation upgrading and renewing over 200 schools. Bekkering Adams architects was the first Dutch architecture office who won one of its enclosed competitions.

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Fire Station Doetinchem published on BauNetz

Bekkering Adams architects is proud of the international interest in Fire Station Doetichem, which is published today on BauNetz.

Other international websites publishing this project: ArchDaily EuropaConcorsi WorldArchitects ArchiLovers

Juliette Bekkering interviewed by lifestyle magazine ZIN

July 1st

The July issue of lifestyle magazine ZIN includes an elaborated interview with Juliette Bekkering. The article is part of a series of interviews with inspiring people from the Dutch art and culture scene. In the interview Bekkering talks about her background and perspective on her work as an architect.

ZIN July summer issue, interview by Minou op den Velden, photo by Brenda van Leeuwen

Vernissage FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm at the Architecture Biennale of Venice, curated by Rem Koolhaas

June 6th

The first two openings of the exhibitions in which Bekkering Adams architects take part at the Architecture Biennale in Venice were a great succes. Please, feel welcome at the two opening party's tonight Friday 6th of June.

FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

Palazzo Mora - Strada Nova 3659 - Cannaregio - Venice - download map

MORPHOS Sustainable Empires

Palazzo Albrizzi - Cannaregio 4118 - Venice - download map

Read more about the exhibited installation FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

Watch Monica Adams and Juliette Bekkering talk about FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

5th & 6th of June - Grand opening FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

June 4th

Join us at the opening of FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm,  One of the two exhibitions of the Architecture Biennale Venice, curated by Rem Koolhaas, in which Bekkering Adams architects takes part.

June 5th & June 6th - 18.00 hrs - 22.00 hrs, please feel welcome.

The exhibition runs from June 6th until Nov 23th - open daily 10.00 - 18.00 hrs - FREE ENTRY

5th June: Opening party second exhitbition Bekkering Adams architects at the Architecture Biennale Venice

June 3th

The press conference and preview of the second exhibiton in which Bekkering Adams architects takes part - MORPHOS Sustainable Empires - will be on Thursday 5th of June at 17.00 hrs. The opening of the event will be on Friday 6th of June at 18.00 hrs.

Please, feel welcome at both events. download entry ticket

MORPHOS Sustainable Empires - Palazzo Albrizzi - Cannaregio 4118 - Venice - download map

other participants: MVRDV - LETH & GORI - Allmann Sattler Wappner - ross barney architects - ADEPT - Derek Mark Pirozzi - Massimo Guidotti - Francesco Verna - KGA Architecture Pty Ltd. - RALPH BRILL ASSOCIATES - Exquisitie Corpse - CORFONE+PARTNERS - Ersi Krouska - Ilario Bontempo - Johannes Knoops - Mar Garrido - Shaun Wilson - Felix Leffrank - Javier Bassi - Pauline Thomas - Nat Wilms - Ya-Wn Fu

5th & 6th of June - Grand opening FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

May 31st

Please, feel welcome at the opening of the FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm exhibiton by Bekkering Adams architects at the Biennale of Venice. Click here for Palazzo Mora on Google Maps

Read more about the exhibited installation FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

Watch Monica Adams and Juliette Bekkering talk about FUNDAMENTALS:Form-ContraForm

Download press release

Architecture Biennale Venice: Building the installation for real

May 30th

This week the Bekkering Adams architects team arrived at Palazzo Mora in Venice to build the installation out of 14.000 balls and 4,5 km of wire.

Bekkering Adams is part of the exhibition MORPHOS Sustainable Empires in Palazzo Albrizzi, and therefore featured in two exhibitions at the Biennale di Venezia!

May 29th

Nearly two weeks before the opening of la Biennale di Venezia Bekkering Adams architects was invited to join a second exhibition at the Biennale: MORPHOS Sustainable Empires. An international event of architecture, photography, video art, installation and performing art, held in Palazzo Albrizzi in Venice. The exhibition is a collaboration of It's LIQUID Group and International ArtExpo.

The main concepts of MORPHOS Sustainable Empires are the unifying power of sustainable architecture and the relationship between man and the city. Within this concept the curator Arch. Luca Curci selected  Bekkering Adams architects to take part in the exhibition. Two projects will be shown: Ensemble Bloemershof and Booster Pump Station.

The exhibition runs from June 6th until June 13th - open daily 10.00 - 19.00 hrs - FREE ENTRY

Press conference & preview: June 5th 5.00 hrs - Opening: June 6th 10.00 hrs, opening party starts at 17.00 hrs

Palazzo Albrizzi

Cannaregio 4118

30121 Venice, Italy

Biennale - Fundamentals: Form-ContraForm- taking shape

May 2nd

The installation for the Biennale - Form ContraForm - is gradually taking shape. 14.000 white balls arrived yesterday on Rotterdam airport, shipped to us from China. The steel construction - designed to hold the installation without disturbing the original structure of the Palazzo Mora- is still under construction, but also reaching it's final form. Now we focus on the next step of sewing the balls perectly from within the middle, and solving the transport issue of how to get 14.000 stiched balls to Venice untangled and undamaged.... Solutions are welcome!

The exhibition runs from June 6th until Nov 23th - open daily 10.00 - 18.00 hrs - FREE ENTRY

Press preview: June 5th & June 6th - 18.00 hrs - 22.00 hrs

Palazzo Mora

Strada Nuova 3659, Cannaregio area

30121 Venice, Italy

Hotel Rotterdam - Wake up in it!

April 22th

Monica Adams and Juliette Bekkering are hosts in "Wake up in Architecture".

"Hotel Rotterdam, Wake up in it!" is an initiative of Wibbine Kien and Judith van den Berg which promises an adventure and offers a personal match between architect and visitor.

Hotel Rotterdam is not a Hotel. Hotel Rotterdam connects to the cultural city-event: IABR: the  International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. Overnight stays in the homes or studios of architects who work in the same subject as this event are offered exclusively for guests of the Biennale. Extra adventurous is the fact that the exact address and architect will only be revealed after registration as a guest. This surprise element is an essential part of Wake up in It.

More information Hotel Rotterdam

More information Wake up in it

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Visit our latest project Fire Station Doetinchem at Open Day April 5th

1 April 2014

Saturday, April 5th, Bekkering Adams architects latest project Fire Station Doetinchem can be visited during the Open Day organized by Fire Brigade Achterhoek West.

The fire station is designed as a villa, integrated in the landscape. It is a green oasis situated along side the major thoroughfare in Doetinchem. The horizontally oriented building is surrounded by majestic trees and has a clear, crisp lines and surfaces.

Everyone is welcome to visit the 24 hours operational station, a building wich houses a mix of functions for living, working and sleeping facilities. It has an A+ energy label and is situated next to an important route for bats. Functionallity, sustainability and environmental integration have been the leading design themes during the proces.

The Open Day takes place from 10.00 hours until 16.00 hours - Stokhorstweg 1 Doetinchem

Fire Station Doetinchem officially opened

March 21st

The festive opening of the Fire Station Doetinchem at Friday March 21st was celebrated with speeches of the mayor of Doetinchem mr. Joosten, chief-commander mrs. Harriet Tomassen and Monica Adams.

After the the mayor finished the ceremonial cutting of a rod, visitors could visit the building. The Fire brigade looks back on a very successful day!

Bekkering Adams architecten part of la Biennale di Venezia 2014

March 13th

Bekkering Adams architects will be part of la Biennale di Venezia 2014. The office is invited by Global Art Affairs Foundation, a Dutch non-profit organization that aims to heighten the awareness about the more philosophical themes in contemporary art, to join in on their exhibition in Palazzo Mora. This exhibition is officially part of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014, curated by Rem Koolhaas.

In the coming period Bekkering Adams architects will further develop the exhibition proposal, collaborating with light designers BeersNielsen and structural engineers ABT. The design is supported by the Grant Programme Internationalization of the Stimulerings Fonds Creatieve Industrie.

Juliette Bekkering chairman Victor de Stuersprijs 2014

January 20th

The Victor de Stuersprijs is the offcial architecture award of the city of Maastricht. This award is for an architect, client or institution that has contributed to the cultural heritage or architectural or urban quality of the city of Maastricht. In 1987 the award was invented by the municipality of Maastricht. This year jury members are Fred Humblé, Rene Coenegracht and Juliette Bekkering, who will also chair the jury.

Fred Humblé is the last years winner of the award with the design for Lydwinahuis by Humblé Martens / architecture & urban design. Rene Coenegracht, architect and co founder of Vandehoek Coenegracht  + Kromwijk and member of the Welstands-/Monumentencomissie 2005-2011.

The winner will be announced on the 20th of  june.

Public Playground filmed for Korean Television

January 21st

In June 2013 Bekkering Adams architecten hosted the Korean television crew of EBS for a contribution to their reportage ' 2013 Play Projects ' about the value of playgrounds in public spaces in Europe. Head of the primary school 'Mullerpier', Hanny van der Heide and Monica Adams were interviewed about play in general and the design of Public Playground in particular. The childeren of the school were the main focus, filming their play and movements around the square.
 

The reportage is finished, the Bekkering Adams architecten fragment will be shown on the website soon.