Sport 2.0

june 2011

Thijs van Bijsterveldt participates at Sport 2.0, an initiative of the municipality Almere that explores promising and innovative concepts for sports. In the coming years Almere will grow from 190.000 to 350.000 inhabitants. This so called 'leap of scale' introduces the possibility to operate as a testground for the rest of the Netherlands. During the event several concepts are generated that combine spatial, programmatic and social issues around sport within the context of Almere.

KEI-atelier 'Sport in de stad'.

june 2011

Harm Timmermans participates at the meeting 'Sport in de stad' organized by KEI and the Mulier Instituut. During the meeting several sport experts discuss how the Olympic Games can stimulate more vital and 'movement friendly' city environments, and how this effects their spatial organization and program.

Link

KEI atelier

Start Studio Sport

juli 2011

In the coming year, Shift investigates how to improve the spatial position of sport in the city. The secondary role of sport in urban planning has deemed sport facilities to the edges and rest spaces of the city. This spatial isolation is contrary to the central role that sport plays in contemporary society. With the conviction that sport can be used as a catalyst for urban quality, Studio Sport will develop strategies to integrate sport in the compact city. The research is supported by the Netherlands Architecture Fund, and will take place in collaboration with the cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.

Link

Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur

Jury Archetypes 2011 competition

juli 2011

Oana Radeş is invited as jury member at the Archetypes 2011 Competition in Bucharest, Romania. Organized by AD(D)VERITAS and the Order of Architects from Romania, Archetypes is a national architectural competition that encourages new solutions for activating ignored or abandoned public spaces. On several locations throughout Romania, the brief asks for temporary pavilions with public functions meant to improve the quality of the surrounding public space. The manifestation has the goal to link the winners to the public administration authorities and market parties in order to eventually build the winning entry.

Rethink LA

august 2011

Shift participates in the 'Rethink LA Exhibition' with their proposal for the conversion of the Judge Harry Pregerson interchange in downtown LA.

Outtake from the exhibition text:

At the dawn of the new century, technological developments inspired by a renewed environmental awareness promise a total revolution in infrastructure and car intelligence. In June 2011 the state of Nevada authorized the use of autonomous vehicles, creating the first step towards more safe and fluent traffic flows; while the use of electricity as an alternative power source will result in clean and silent cars. Not only will our cars and roads become sustainable, they will allow for entire adjacent city portions to witness a reborn by expanding and reconnecting across the infrastructure system. As trade routes and strategic cross-roads have been the starting point for historical cities, the freeway systems will be the new backbone of social, economical and cultural developments of contemporary cities. Los Angeles' freeway system will finally truly become, as Reyner Banham once stated, one of the "greater works of Man, a coherent state of mind, a complete way of life".

Link

Rethink LA

Dentist Practice wind and waterproof

october 2011

The construction of Shift's design for the transformation of a villa into a dentist practice runs on schedule. After the prefabricated timber casco was installed in just a few days, the large glass panels have been installed successfully. Soon the extension will be entirely clad in zinc.

The project has been engineered in such a way that it is delivered in just six months after breaking ground. Shift supervises the construction.

OCupA

november 2012

Thijs van Bijsterveldt participates in the workshop 'Unsolicited Architecture', organized by the NAi during the 9th International Architecture Biennale of Sao Paulo.

The collaboration between Brazilian and Dutch architects/artists resulted in a proposal for the intensification of the public space of the Ibirapuera park. The limits of the continuous space of the modernist park are tested by extending the park on top of the monumental buildings of Niemeyer. Through a series of collages and one on site intervention the hidden potential of the roof of the OCA building as a public hill for the park is explored.

Link

NAi

Tilburgse Bouw Sociëteit @ Tilburg University

december 2011

Harm Timmermans and Paul Hoeijmans (head of real estate Tilburg University) lecture on the recent, current and future developments of Tilburg University for the Tilburgse Bouw Sociëteit.

Shift has developed an urban framework for Tilburg University that strengthens the unique green quality of the campus and provides for the necessary flexibility for future developments in the short and long term.

Kluswoning Rotterdam nearing completion

december 2011

Shift's design for the complete interior renovation of a so-called kluswoning (a do-it-yourself-house) in Rotterdam is about to be delivered. The highlight of the house, an XL piece of furniture that organizes the house over three floors, has been installed successfully. Shift works in close collaboration with the contractors to ensure a high level of precision in the building details.

1st prize 'De groene kamer'

december 2011

Shift wins 1st prize in the restricted competition of De Groene Kamer for the 'Campus'. The proposals for the 'block' and the 'hook' have been awarded with a second prize. The jury, lead by Ton Venhoeven, praises Shift's proposals for their diverse solutions and the convincing integration of architecture and landscape. The designs of Shift also score best of all submissions on sustainability.

Realization of De Groene Kamer, a 30 hectare mix of eco-retail, 'edutainment', leisure program and nature just outside the city boundaries of Tilburg, is scheduled for 2013. Shift will work together with the masterplanners LOLA and Fabric and the other winning architects, Next and Kempe Thill.

Link

De Groene Kamer

Shift lecture 10x10

december 2011

Oana Radeş and Thijs van Bijsterveldt lecture at the first 10x10 lecture evening, organized by Architectenweb. The lecture series give an overview of the next generation of design offices in the Netherlands. Other lecturers of the evening include Anouk Vogel, d.efac.to, DUS, morePlatz, Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk, LINT, LOLA, SUMoffice and XML.

Link

Architectenweb

Presentation Studio for Unsolicited Architecture @ NAi

january 2012

Oana Radeş presents Shift's proposal for an urban sport park on the Binnenrotte, downtown Rotterdam, at the presentation evening of the Studio for Unsolicited Architecture at the Dutch Architecture Institute. During the evening several involved organizations, such as the NOC*NSF, the Richard Krajicek foundation and PRO groen (organized group of inhabitants) express their support for the plan. The bidbook of the proposal is handed over to Alderwoman Alexandra van Huffelen (sustainability, city centre and public areas) and Alderwoman Korrie Louwes (innovation and participation).

Link

NAi

Lecture Stad-forum

februari 2012

Oana Radeş and Thijs van Bijsterveldt lecture and participate at the expert meeting of the Stad-Forum, regarding the added value of the Olympic Games of 2028 for the citizens of Amsterdam.

Link

Stad-forum

'Het bureau' in de Architect

march 2012

Dutch architecture magazine de Architect interviews Shift about the office and its working methods for their monthly feature 'Het bureau'.

Shift twice on new website AIR

march 2012

Two of Shift's projects are selected for on a new website that gathers unsolicited urban proposals and visions for Rotterdam. Both Urban Sportpark Binnenrotte and Superhub Waalhaven are on display.

The new website is an initiative of AIR, the architecture foundation Rotterdam, and the urban planning department of Rotterdam municipality. The editorial is done by archined.

Link

AIR website

Shift wins Red Dot 2012 with Faculty Club

april 2012

The Faculty Club wins prestigious red dot 2012 in the category architecture and urban design. The project was selected from 4.515 entries and was judged by an international jury of thirty design experts, including Ben van Berkel. The jury praises the Faculty Club as a building that combines past and present, and fuses opposites: glass and stone, transparency and solidity.

On July 2nd, 2012, the presentation of the internationally renowned quality seal will take place in the course of the red dot gala. More than 1,000 international guests from the design world, industry, society and the media will gather that evening in the Aalto-Theater, the opera house in Essen, in order to celebrate the highlight of this year's competition. Afterwards, Faculty Club will be on display at a four-week special exhibition in the red dot design museum.

The red dot design award, whose origins reach back to the 1950s, is carried out in three disciplines: the "red dot award: product design", the "red dot award: communication design" and the "red dot award: design concept". The award - the red dot - has established itself internationally as one of the most appreciated quality seals for outstanding designs.

Link

red dot design award

Van der Leeuw academy nr. 2

april 2012

Harm Timmermans participates in an expert meeting, organized by AIR, concerned with the The Erasmus University College in the center of Rotterdam. In a series of workshops, the potential impact of a new urban campus in the Laurenskwartier is discussed with members of the Van der Leeuwkring.

Links

AIR website

van der Leeuwkring

Friends of NAi @ Faculty Club

april 2012

Harm Timmermans guides the friends of the Dutch Architecture Institute around the campus of Tilburg University. Special attention is given to the Faculty Club and the urban framework that Shift has designed for future developments on the campus.

Shift wins Charlotte Köhler Prize 2012

may 2012

Quote from the press release:

"Shift designs for different scale levels. Besides outspoken, expressive and formally strong buildings, they design engaged urban projects. The designs [...] look fresh, uncomplicated and positive. The strong architectural shapes are recurrent in their urban ensembles, where they are successfully embedded in the instable urban surrounding. The role of architecture within the urban context is that of a constant value or even of a value creator, capable of activating the city. The office seeks collaborations with different parties in the development of their projects. The project Sportplein Binnenrotte in Rotterdam is a strong example of this working method."

The Charlotte Köhler Price is an incentive prize for Dutch artists, architects and theater designers under the age of 35. The prize of €20.000 is given to young talent of whom, based on realized works, much is to be expected in the future.

Links

Interview

Charlotte Köhler Prize

De duurzame stadsregio

may 2012

Shift presents and discusses their competition entry for Landgoed the Groene Kamer during a public event about the sustainable cityregion, organized by the Tilburg Architecture institute, CAST. Moderated by Tracy Metz, the discussion revolves around several urban initiatives that connect the city of Tilburg with the surrounding region.

Expertmeeting Studio Sport

june 2012

Shift invites several experts in the field of sport and spatial planning in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam to discuss the research 'Studio Sport'. Amongst the participants are Esther Reith and Kirstin van Velzen (DRO Amsterdam), Rosemarie Maas (S+R Rotterdam), Hugo van der Poel (the Mulier Institute), Roland Draaijer (NOC*NSF), Ivo Smit (the Cruyff foundation), Elger Blitz (design office Carve), Maarten Tas (Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur), Vincent Kompier and Marco Jongeneel.

Designing Olympics

August 2012

Shift contributes to 'Designing Olympics' with their ongoing research Studio Sport. 'Designing Olympics' is the first extra edition of the Design and Politics series, initiated by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. This issue discusses the possibilities and challenges of the Dutch Olympic ambition. By means of two case studies in Rotterdam, Shift's contribution stresses the value of sport as a spur to urban quality.

Studio Sport @ NOC*NSF masterclass

December 2012

Shift lectures at the masterclass of NOC*NSF in the NAi about their research Studio Sport. Together with representatives of the main Dutch sport federations Shift discusses about the sport accommodation of the future.

Faculty Club nominated for the AM NAi prize

December 2012

The Faculty Club has been nominated for the AM NAi prize 2012. The AM NAi prize is awarded every two years to the best building, constructed in the two years prior to the award date, designed by an architect under forty years of age. With the prize the NAI and real estate developer AM want to encourage young architects and convince clients of the strength of emerging talent. The other nominees are: ZUS, bureau SLA en Overtreders W and Zecc Architecten

Studio Sport @ master INSIDE

januari 2013

Thijs van Bijsterveldt and Oana Radeş round off 'Studio Sport' within the space program of the INSIDE master. The studio's aim was to reasearch how sports can contribute to the reanimation of a large empty office building in the center of the Hague. Since September 2012, Shift is permanently involved with INSIDE, the two-year Master Interior Architecture program at the Royal Academy in the Hague.

Link

INSIDE

Jury Red Dot Award product design 2013

february 2013

Oana Radeş is invited as jury member at the Red Dot Award: product design 2013. The product design competition exists since 1955. Its award, the 'red dot', is an internationally recognised quality seal.

The adjudication process follows a canon of strict criteria, which is constantly adapted to the latest findings in formal, technical, manufacturing, societal, industrial and ecological requirements.

Link

Red Dot jury

Indoor Farming

february 2013

Shift, in collaboration with Plantlab, researches the potential of indoor plant production technology for urban farming. High tech indoor farming potentially allows for a paradigm shift in the production and distribution of food towards a decentralized and local model. Commissioned by Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, Shift explores spatial scenarios of indoor farming in relation to the city and its hinterland.

Vertical loft

Assignment

Interior reconstruction of urban house

Year

2010-2012

Client

Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans

Location

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Program

Private house

Project team

Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans

Photography

René de Wit, Jeroen Musch

more info ...

Dentist collective

Assignment

Transformation of an exiting 30s villa into a dentist practice

Year

2010-2012

Client

Mondzorg Best

Location

Best, the Netherlands

Program

Dentist

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans

Photography

René de Wit

more info ...

Klaksvik united

Assignment

international competition, masterplan for a new city centre

Year

2012

Location

Klaksvik, Faroe Islands

Program

30.000m2 of housing, retail and culture

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans, Davide Prioli

more info ...

Urban Sportspark Binnenrotte

Assignment

Unsolicited proposal for an urban sportspark in the centre of Rotterdam

Year

2011-

Location

Rotterdam

Status

Ongoing

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans, Laura Fassio

in collaboration with Paul Zuidgeest

Supporters

NOC*NSF

Krajicek foundation

PRO groen (local inhabitants platform)

Sponsors

NAi

Fonds BKVB

Links

Facebook page

Downloads

PDF bidbook

TOPOS

Assignment

Restricted competition for the architectural design of four different building typologies within the masterplan of .Fabric and Lola landscape architects for a rural eco-retail & recreation development.

Year

2011-

Client

De Groene Kamer

Location

Tilburg, the Netherlands

Program

Eco-retail, leisure, education, public space & landscape

Prizes

Campus: 1st prize Block: 2nd prize

Restaurant: 2nd prize Pavilion: 3rd prize

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans,

Pieter Heymans, Laura Fassio

In collaboration with ABT

Visualizations

A2 studio

Links

De Groene Kamer

more info ...

Living apart together

Assignment

Urban design competition

Year

2010-2011

Location

Waalwijk, the Netherlands

Program

Housing, neigbourhood park and communal facilities

Prizes

2nd place

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans

more info ...

Studio Sport

Assignment

Research by design about sports in the city

Year

2010-2012

Location

Various

Status

Ongoing

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans

Sponsors

Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur

Faculty Club
Tilburg University

Assignment

Design and engineering of multifunctional campus building for the academic staff of Tilburg University

Year

2009-2011

Client

DFB, University of Tilburg

Location

Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Program

Restaurant, lounge, conference spaces

Status

Completed

Prizes

Red Dot Design Award Winner 2012

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans, Sabine Hogenhout, BaharAkkoçlu and Tjeerd Bloothoofd

Photography

René de Wit

more info ...

OPEN specifiCITY

Assignment

Prix de Rome competition, restructuring of the centre of a postwar neighborhood

Year

2009-2010

Location

Overtoomse Veld, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Program

Public facilities and housing

Prizes

basic prize

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Radeş in collaboration with

Harm Timmermans, Gustavo Maya

Publication

Prix de Rome.nl 2010

more info ...

The Acme Manifesto

Assignment

Europan 10 competition, housing manifesto and masterplan

Year

2010

Location

Vienna, Austria

Program

Housing, communal facilities

Project team

Oana Radeş in collaboration with

Point Supreme

more info ...

REplace

Assignment

Europan competition, restructuring strategy for a 'new town'

Year

2010

Location

The Hague, the Netherlands

Program

Housing and communal facilities

Prizes

Final selection

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt in collaboration with Sabine Hogenhout

Publication

Europan 10!

UvT campus

Assignment

Location study for a new faculty building and an urbanistic framework for the future development of the university campus

Year

2009-

Client

Tilburg University

Location

Campus Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Program

Faculty of Social Sciences and other university buildings

Status

Ongoing

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Sabine Hogenhout

Spa Village

Assignment

Urban and architectural concept study for a spa resort

Year

2009-

Client

project group Wellness Schaluinen

Location

Baarle Nassau, the Netherlands

Program

Wellness center and hotel

Status

Ongoing

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans

PERRON XL+

Assignment

Design study for a public transport hub

Year

2009

Client

Stichting A12NU

Location

Westraven P+R Utrecht, the Netherlands

Program

Transferium

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Sabine Hogenhout

Visualization

Mick van Gemert

Cyprus Private Mini Cruise

Assignment

Competition

Year

2009

Location

Cyprus, Greece

Program

Various

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt in collabration with

Sabine Hogenhout

Stadskamer Kapelstraat

Assignment

insertion of 4 houses and public space in existing urban fabric

Year

2008-

Client

Van der Weegen Bouwontwikkeling

Location

Tilburg, the Netherlands

Program

Housing & public space

Status

Ongoing

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans

Green Archipelago

Assignment

Casa Nova Competition, masterplan for the Uithof recreational area

Year

2008

Location

The Hague, the Netherlands

Program

Housing, urban park with sports and recreational facilities

Prizes

First prize

Project team

Oana Radeş in collaboration with

Harm Timmermans

more info ...

Superhub Waalhaven Zuid

Assignment

Research by design project on logistic knot in Rotterdam harbour

Year

2007

Client

Ruimtelab

Location

Waalhaven Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Program

Logistics

Project team

Harm Timmermans in collaboration with

Ruimtelab, Van Bergen Kolpa en Mixst

Sponsors

Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur

Publication

Lay Out 03

Quadranthouses

Assignment

Study for a low rise high density housing concept

Year

2007

Client

Van der Weegen Bouwontwikkeling, Tilburg

Program

Housing

Project team

Harm Timmermans

Reanimating China

Assignment

Sinocities Competition: strategies for regaining public space within new urban development areas of China

Year

2007

Location

Sinocities, China

Program

Various

Prizes

Second prize

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt in collaboration with

Nikoline Dyrup Carlsen

Molenpark

Assignment

Design of a low rise high density neighborhood

Year

2007

Client

Van der Weegen Bouwontwikkeling, Tilburg

Location

Goirle, the Netherlands

Program

housing

Project team

Harm Timmermans in collaboration with

Martin Sobota (Cityförster Rotterdam)

LOOP !

Assignment

Europan 9 competition, proposal for a housing landmark at the end of the Ijmeer boulevard

Year

2007

Location

Almere Poort, Pampushout, the Netherlands

Program

Housing, commercial and public facilities

Prizes

Final selection

Project team

Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans

more info ...

Jozefzorg

Assignment

Invited competition for the redevelopment of an eldery care complex

Year

2007

Realisation

2011

Client

TBV Wonen & Stichting De Wever

Location

Tilburg, the Netherlands

Program

Housing & day care center

Status

Tender phase

Prizes

First prize

Project team

Harm Timmermans in collaboration with

Theo van Esch & Desiree Vermeer (dat architecten)

WestKust NL

Assignment

research by design on defence strategies of the Dutch East Coast

Year

2006

Client

Vereniging Deltametropool, Delft

Location

Eastcoast, the Netherlands

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Kristijan Cebzan

M3 Sculptural Asphalt for the Western Gardencities

Assignment

Graduation project, TU Eindhoven on transforming modernist hardware

Year

2006

Location

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Program

Various

Prizes

final selection Archiprix International, 2007

final selection Archiprix the Netherlands, 2007

Project team

Thijs van Bijsterveldt

Publication

Archiprix 2007

de Architect, 2006

more info ...

HSAwest

Assignment

Spatial planning study on car mobility in the Randstad West

Year

2006

Client

Vereniging Deltametropool

Location

Randstad, the Netherlands

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Kristijan Cebzan

Bulb City

Assignment

research by design on housing in the Bollenstreek

Year

2006

Client

Vereniging Deltametropool, Delft

Location

Bollenstreek, the Netherlands

Project team

Harm Timmermans, Kristijan Cebzan

Reprofiling the Dutch coast at Katwijk & Noordwijk

Assignment

Research by design on the coastal area potentials

within the framework of Zlab

Year

2005

Client

Zandbelt en VandenBerg Spatial Engineering, Rotterdam

Location

Coast Katwijk and Noordwijk, the Netherlands

Project team

Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans, Roel Meurders

Sponsors

Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur

Park City

Assignment

Invited Competition for a masterplan

Year

2008

Location

Tirana, Albania

Program

Housing

Prizes

First prize

Project team

Harm Timmermans in collaboration with

Martin Sobota & Mareike Henschel (Cityförster Rotterdam)

Ulrike Centmayer (landscape)

Exorcizing on Communist Hardware

Assignment

Graduation project TU Eindhoven, on the transformation of a communist landmark

Year

2005

Location

Bucharest, Romania

Program

Multi-use building

Project team

Oana Radeş

Dealing with Vierhaven

Assignment

Graduation project, TU Eindhoven on a harbour tranformation

Year

2002

Location

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Program

Various

Prizes

first prize, Archiprix International, 2003

first prize, Archiprix The Netherlands, 2002

Project team

Harm Timmermans

Publication

Archiprix 2002

Archiprix 2003

F house

Assignment

Refurbishment and extension private house

Year

2005-2007

Client

Confidential

Location

Riel, the Netherlands

Status

Built

Project team

Oana Radeş, Harm Timmermans

Construction

Contractor: Aannemersbedrijf Gebr. Corsten

Furniture contractor: Jannink Interieurs