nov 8th, 2016 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Design, Landschap, Publicaties, Stad, Tracy in Nederland tours, Video, Water
On November 4th, 2016, I was awarded the Maaskantprijs 2016 by Mayor of Rotterdam Aboutaleb. This is a bi-annual prize for a person that stimulates the debate on architecture, landscape and urban design by publications, teaching or commissioning. That day I also launched the multimedia project ‘Tracy in Nederland‘ (Tracy in the Netherlands) that I developed with multimediaproducer Submarine, artist Jan Rothuizen and podcastmakers De Kostgangers. Part of the project is the essay The Dark Side of Urban Success designed by Hamid Sallali.
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sep 26th, 2016 | Artikelen, Kunst, Publicaties, Stad
In galerie Vroom & Varossieau hangen vindingrijke portretten van bekende street-artkunstenaars. Twintig jaar lang had de Deense fotograaf Søren Solkær popsterren geportretteerd. Kennelijk was het tijd voor iets nieuws, want drie jaar terug begon hij met Surface. Voor NRC Kunst schreef ik een recensie.
Een van de mooiste foto’s is van de Spanjaard Borodo, die zijn eigen portret ondersteboven heeft geschilderd op een betonnen muur tussen twee viaducten over een kanaal. Bij rustig weer, en goed licht, spiegelt zijn portret in het water.
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aug 1st, 2016 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties, Stad
The Edge was designed to advance workplace standards with an energy-neutral building that not only lowers the cost and environmental impact of power consumption, but also enhances the occupant experience. For Architectural Record I wrote about this extraordinary office building on Amsterdam’s Zuidas that was completed in 2015.
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jul 30th, 2016 | Artikelen, Publicaties, Stad
During my travels through the Baltic States, I write short observations.
From the back window of the Museum of Liepaja I see an enormous statue hidden in the garden, next to the parking lot. Why is it tucked away where no one will see it?
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jul 10th, 2016 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Design, Publicaties, Stad
For the June edition of Architectural Record I went to the new Generator Amsterdam. This mix of a hotel and a hostel is located on the edge of a park in the up-and-coming eastern part of town, this reflects the spread of tourism beyond the historic center – a trend that has been encouraged by the city, which has been greatly restricting hotel permits since the fall of 2013.
With its surprising combination of old and new architecture, bursts of local art and design, and a clever hotel formula that attracts a wide-ranging crowd. Generator has brought a new kind of flair to Amsterdam’s flourishing tourism scene.
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jun 9th, 2016 | HEYU! Urbans, Stad, Video
Dinsdag 7 juni ging ik tijdens de grande finale van HEYU! Urbans Amsterdam in gesprek met de burgemeester van Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan. Welke lessen kan Amsterdam leren van de frisse ideeën van de buitenlandse stadsdenkers die in eerdere edities rondom Londen, Athene, Tallinn, Barcelona en Istanbul te gast waren? Read the article…
