Dick van Gameren, 1962
architect
principal Dick van Gameren Architecten
professor architectural design, Technical University Delft
Dick van Gameren (1962) graduated as architect from the Delft University of Technology in 1988.
He joined Mecannoo Architects the same year. Dick started collaboration with Bjarne Mastenbroek in 1991, leading to their own practice Van Gameren Mastenbroek Architecten.
From 1993 they joined De Architectengroep in Amsterdam. Dick founded his own practice Dick van Gameren Architecten, based in Amsterdam, in 2005
From 2006 Dick van Gameren has a professorship at the Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture.
Awards (selection):
1991 First prize in the Europan II competition
1995 Charlotte Kohler Award for complete works, Prins Bernardfonds
2007 Aga Khan Award for Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Publications (selection):
Dick van Gameren, Bjarne Mastenbroek: Prototype > Experiment (010 Publishers, 2001, ISBN 90-6450-465-2)
Dick van Gameren: Revisions of Space, An Architectural Manual (NAI Publishers, 2005, ISBN 90-5662-419-9)
Arjan Dingsté
architect
senior architect UNStudio
Arjan Dingste graduated from the Technical University Delft 1999 and completed his postgraduate education at the ETH in Zürich in 2000. He joined UNStudio in 2001and has worked as designer on several key UNStudio projects, such as the Wadsworth Museum in Connecticut (2001-2003), the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart (2003-2006) and the urban Master plan project including the Public Transport Terminal in Arnhem (2004-present).
His integrated approach towards design management and his interest in complex geometries make him seek a consistent design process and he has become an expert when linking organizational design models with effective implementation.
Gerald Lindner, 1966
structural engineer
principal cc-studio
tutor Technical University Eindhoven
Gerald Lindner (1966, Mombassa, Kenya) graduated as civil engineer at the University of Technology Delft in 1990 and studied architecture at the Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam, in 1995-1996.
Gerald developed great expertise in projects where structural and architectural design are symbiotic and integrated in one design proces. After working for several architectural practices and engineering firms, he started his own practise in 2003, now called cc-studio. The aim of the studio is to create spatially surprising and well engineered designs, which help create a human and ecological balanced environment.
Since 2002 Gerald Lindner is assistent professor at the University of Technology Eindhoven, faculty of Architecture.
Nanne de Ru, 1967
architect
partner Powerhouse Company
Nanne de Ru received the Master of Excellence in Architecture in 2002 from the Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture, in Rotterdam and graduated with honors for a Bachelor of Architectural engineering from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in 1999. During the years 2002-2004 he worked at AMO/OMA Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam as a lead researcher and designer on numerous large scale regional planning projects including: Ruhrgebiet - a study for a new identity for the Ruhrvalley in Germany, Eurocore, a study into new forms of urbanity in Europe, and The image of Europe, study and exhibition on the image of Europe, a joint commission of the Dutch presidency and the European Commission.
Nanne de Ru is co-founder of Powerhouse Company. Founded in 2005, by Charles Bessard and Nanne de Ru, the Powerhouse Company developed a strong position in future design and research in architecture and urbanism. The office is based in Rotterdam (NL) and Copenhagen (DK).
Pascal Flammer
architect
principal Pascal Flammer Architect
tutor Academia di architettura Mendrisio, Universita della Svizzera italiana & Harvard University at chairs of Valerio Olgiati
Pascal Flammer studied architecture at the ETH Zurich, Lausanne and TU
Delft and traveled extensively in Europe, South America as well as the Middle and Far East. He opened his practice in 2005 and has since then been awarded the Swiss Art Awards and the Weissenhof Architecture Award. He is currently planning the construction of a villa in the Swiss Jura, that was nominated for the Swiss Art Awards 2009, a house in Liguria, Italy and a Community Center in the favela Julio Otoni in Rio de Janeiro, exhibited at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2009. Former projects, such as 'Office With Two Stairs', 'Skyscraper for Zurich' and the 'Chiesa de la Neve' have been widely exhibited in Switzerland and Germany. Pascal gained his experience through his time at Valerio Olgiati, where he worked from 1998 until 2005. Since 2006 he has taught at the Accademia di architettura Mendrisio, Switzerland as well as at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Cambridge.
Philip Allin, 1980
architect
editor dax magazine
Philip Allin (1980) is an architect and writer who was educated in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. He combines his passion for words and buildings in his capacity as the editor of the Dutch architecture journal dax.
Interested in a wide range of subjects, he has taken part in several competitions, been shortlisted for a number of awards and is always looking for new ways to create and share knowledge.
Besides working for dax, Allin is busy with the design-development of a private residence and is preparing several publications on architecture theory and practice.
He has worked with a large number of Dutch architects (from rising practices such as Powerhouse Company to established firms such as UNStudio) and has a broad international network.
