In 2008 the Zuid Hollandse Vormgevingsprijs (a design competition) was about the Grevelingen. This sweetwaterlake in the southwest of The Netherlands is getting less popular with tourists. The design brief asked for new ways of stimulating tourism. I focussed on the middle area of the lake. This very quiet part of the Grevelingen could be developed in extensive recreation area, where the experience is focussed on the water. Floating bungalows, for the most part underwater, have a minimal impact on the openess of the landscape and are very well suited to act as a base for diving activities. The Grevelingen has some of the best diving spots in Europe.
After I handed in this design I got a completely different and much better idea about promoting the Grevelingen. But i will post on that later.
Together with Sebastiaan Hermans I realized his design for an exhibition object. In it 2 students of the Artemis fashion school had to show their graduation projects. We made a very practical object, easy to set up and dismantle. The object enable the students to show their fashion in space (instead of flat).
Posted
on 24 June 2009, 11:47 AM,
by Tim de Boer,
under
Critism,
Kritiek.
Unfortunatly this article on the new faculty of architecture building in Delft is not available in English, Sorry.
De inzendingen van de Food for Thought competitie zijn nu te zien bij Lunchroom de Overkant in Den Haag. Als je geen placemat onder je eten krijgt vraag er dan om!
zie verder over de tentoonsteling op www.24-7sandwichshop.org
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on 23 May 2009, 10:35 AM,
by Tim de Boer,
under
Critism,
Kritiek.
5 older articles written in Dutch have been translated into English. They are listed below:
Rotterdam Decentral - about the temporary railwaystation in Rotterdam
Wallhouse for beginners : A practical use of a theoretical model - on the design and construction of the Wallhouse #2 by John Hejduk in Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ken Yeang: Bioclimatic City / Verticale Stedenbouw - Report on a lecture by Ken Yeang in Rotterdam.
A station of 150 milion euro - on the new Bijlmer Arena Station in Amsterdam
BInckhorst: genuine ambition or hysterical impression - On the masterplan design by OMA for the Binckhorst, a industrial area in The Hague
I hope you will enjoy these articles.
Posted
on 8 May 2009, 9:08 AM,
by Tim de Boer,
under
Design,
Ontwerp.
In 2003 I was able to study in Los Angeles at SCI Arc (Southern Californian Institute of Architecture). i took a designstudy given by Perry Kulper, an amazing teacher with tremendous dedication to his teaching and students.In the studio we had to assemble our own designbrief. It should contain a museum for things re(a)d and a roadside motel. There was no location given, it had just had to be placed adjacent to the Salton Sea. This manmade saltwater lake is Southeast of Los Angeles in the middle of the desert. Once this lake was supposed to become known as the next Vegas, but that never happened. Infrastructure was put in place though. But nobody came. And the lake? It smells badly of rotten fish.
The museum collection consists of 2 major parts. A metaphorical red part: Weapons of Mass Destruction; The other part consists of protective gear (against the WMD) coloured red. Showpiece of the museum is an airtight area where all kinds of bacterial agents (from biological warfare) are free to roam. Visitors can enter this part of the museum (at their own risk) by using another piece of the collection, the biohazard suit (in red of course). The museum and motel are intertwined. The collection can be found in the rooms, in the parkinglot, around the swimmingpool. Through the bottom of the swimmingpool you can look down into the biohazard chamber. The swimmingpool also contains fluoresent bacteria that light up when stirred. Specific spaces in the design were charaterized by a soundtrack (available on cd) to describe their feel before actual design would take place.
Posted
on 1 May 2009, 1:11 PM,
by Tim de Boer,
under
Critism,
Kritiek.
Agnes Denes - Wheat field - A confrontation
Unfortunatly only available in Dutch. (see language button top right)
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on 26 April 2009, 11:37 PM,
by Tim de Boer,
under
Kritiek.
Unfortunatly only available in Dutch. (see language button top right).
The last couple of months I have been closely involved in the competition that was organized by the 24/7 Sandwichshop. We were quite overwhelmed by the amount of entries, but really pleased at the same time. Last week we annouced the winners on the website. Go and check it out!
Since the 1990’s youth that are causing nuissances in public space are being dealt with in a weird way. In a lot of cases the nuissances are solved not by pointing the youth on their responsibilities as a member of society (and thus caring about not causing disturbances). No, they are solved by providing the youth with their own space (JOP or translated youth meeting point) far from the public eye, where they can do the things they do without bothering nayone but themselves. This development fits perfectly in the general development of public space: I.E. an amazing array of very specific uses and designs of public space are coming into existence and are run in an almost private matter. I am planning to research this through the specific case of the JOP’s. How did they come into existence? How are they planned? Where are they exactly?
I will publish preliminary results on this blog or email me for more information
