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Building on ambition Architectuur Lokaal in 2011 | # 84 Building on ambition 1 | editorial | Photographs Maarten van Schaik Architectuur Lokaal is the independent national Clients & partners the Netherlands: Municipality centre of expertise and information devoted to building patronage and of Almere * Municipality of Amsterdam * Municipality of Gouda * Munici- development in the Netherlands. From our independent position we pality of Haarlem * Municipality of Haarlemmerliede * Municipality of act as bridge-builder between parties involved in the building process. Hilversum * Municipality of Landgraaf * Municipality of Langedijk * We organise themed excursions, discussions and other programmes Municipality of Leeuwarden * Municipality of Lelystad * Municipality of for building patrons such as local authorities, housing associations Zaanstad * Municipality of Zuidwest Friesland * Chief Government Architect and property developers. Recurring themes are the cultural significance * Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations / Government Buildings of building patronage and the importance of collaboration between Agency / Studio of Chief Government Architect / Gouden Piramide * client and designer. The Steunpunt Architectuuropdrachten & Ont- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science / Cultural Heritage Section / werpwedstrijden (the national Procurement & Design Competition National Redevelopment Programme * Ministry of Education, Culture Office) operated by Architectuur Lokaal advises clients about the pro- and Science / Arts Section * Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture gramming of competitions and procurement procedures to select and Innovation / PIANOo * CBK Zeeland * Ministry of Infrastructure and architects and property developers. We have always maintained close the Environment * ABC Balans * Amsterdam Academy of Architecture * ties with local and regional architecture centres throughout the ARCAM architecture centre * Architectenweb * Architectuur Film Festival Netherlands. Architectuur Lokaal is part of the infrastructure of insti- Rotterdam * Royal Institute of Dutch Architects * CASA * CROW * Vereniging tutions that implement the cultural and architectural policy of the Dorp, Stad en Land * Dudok Wonen * Elastik * Het Gebouw Breda * government. To do this, it receives an annual subsidy of € 500,000. In Griffiersvereniging Lokaal 01 * Ignatiuscollege Amsterdam * Stichting addition, Architectuur Lokaal carries out commissions on behalf of Kleur Buiten * Museum Hilversum * Netherlands Architecture Institute * third parties. Annual turnover totals an average of 1 million euro. Neprom * NICIS * NLPB * Rietveld Prize Foundation * Richard Krajicek Foundation * RIGO * Servicecentrum Scholenbouw * Trudo * Velux * Visage Figures In 2011 some 171,239 people made use of our * VNG * Ymere * Woonstad Rotterdam and elsewhere: Nether- services. The website www.arch-lokaal.nl was visited 29,749 lands Consulate Düsseldorf (G) * Stiftung Baukultur (G) * Forum Netzwerk times: an average of 81 times a day. The website www. Baukultur Nieder-sachsen (G) * Flemish Government Architect (B) * ontwerpwedstrijden.nl was visited 47,479 times: an Embassy of Belgium (B) * Consejo Nacional de las Artes Chile (CL) * Euro- average of 130 times a day. Some 9227 participants pean Forum for Architectural Policies (EU) * European Parliament (EU). attended events, debates, competitions, courses, excursions and lectures by Architectuur Lokaal. The Procurement & Design Competition Board (above) Yves de Boer, Felix Rottenberg (chair), Charlotte ten Office wrote 77 letters of recommendation on im- Dijke, Monika Chao, Henk van den Broek, Thérèse van Schie and Arno Brok. proving the procedures for architecture commissions. Bureau (below) Cilly Jansen, Bram Talman, Michel Geertse, Maaike van Beusekom, Wendeline Dijkman, Dirk Bergvelt, Indira van ’t Klooster, Tom Prins, Margot de Jager and Tanja van Slooten. 2 Building on ambition | editorial | Personal COLOFON Building on ambition / Architectuur Lokaal in 2011 is a special edition of the quarterly magazine of Architectuur Lokaal and gives readers an impression of the activities of Architectuur Lokaal and Steunpunt Architectuuropdrachten & Ontwerp Photographs Maarten van Schaik wedstrijden in 2011 (Procurement & Design Competition Office). Photo Maarten van Schaik Architectuur Lokaal Appears 4x each year Tussen de Bogen 18 uring a recent debate at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Europan 1013 JB Amsterdam +31 (0)20 - 530 40 00 presented a book containing the winning designs by young architects from [email protected] at home and abroad in the eleventh biennial international competition. www.arch-lokaal.nl D @ArchLokaal The property developer who took part in the discussion showed a design for a freestanding apartment building, surrounded by water, with fresh green plants Steunpunt Architectuur opdrachten & Ontwerp wedstrijden cascading down all façades. A design that just a couple of years ago would have [email protected] been considered a relevant proposal for a commercial property development. www.ontwerpwedstrijden.nl ‘That’s not the way it is now,’ said the property developer. ‘Nobody is going to build Texts Architectuur Lokaal, unless otherwise stated. it, nobody is going to invest in it, and nobody is going to buy an apartment in this Photography building.’ What was more striking than these resolute statements was that most of Architectuur Lokaal, unless otherwise stated. the architects in the audience weren’t surprised. After all, for which problem was Although every effort was made to find the copyright holders for the illustrations used, this building offering a solution? it has not been possible to trace them all. Interested parties are requested to contact A rapid turnaround has occurred in a short space of time. Architectuur Lokaal has Architectuur Lokaal. followed the developments over the past year and has also looked back over the Cover photograph past twenty years. The latter resulted in our report Bouwcultuur (Building Culture), Monne Tuinhout which notes a broad social responsibility for our spatial environment, with a Design particular responsibility for those who commission building or development work. CO3, Woltera Niemeijer, Amsterdam In this issue of Building on Ambition we offer an impression of our daily work and Printing Die Keure, Brugge are therefore able to offer a cross section of practice in the field of patronage and Circulation design this year. The changing field of practice surfaces in all reports. It is what 7500 generates inventiveness. A case in point is the unusual initiative for the develop- ISSN ment competition in the small village of Jabikswoude in Leeuwarden. It was a com- 1385-0482 petition in which all projects would be realised. Accordingly, there was no danger of Subscription Subscriptions to the Architectuur Lokaal costs and efforts being invested on projects that would eventually end up in the bin. periodical are free and available upon The competitive element lay in the question who would best succeed in applying request. All previous editions are available in PDF format from www.arch-lokaal.nl. the most sustainability measures in a well-designed, affordable house of maximum € 160,000 (without property tax). The urban plan was inspired by Friesian villages Winter 2011 #77 Lente 2011 #78 Hengelo: Winnaar Gouden Piramide 2010 Refl ecties op het fenomeen Wildernis Berlijn: 150 Baugruppen Wethoudersestafette: van Van Poelgeest naar Straat Amsterdam: Ronald McDonald Centre Gemeentelijke ontwerpateliers over PO en stedenbouw built on terps (historical artificial hills), and contemporary interpretations were re- quested for the architecture. To that end, the developing contractors from the region had to a ppoint a registered architect. The winner was exempt from paying construc- tion interest for a year. For the local authority the cost of the competition proved bet- ter than expected: a high percentage of the homes had been sold by the time of the competition award, in which the professional jury and the public chose the same project. Contractors expressed surprise at the good collaboration with architects, Zomer 2011 #79 Herfst 2011 #81 Wellness on waste Tien iconen van Dudok Wonen Gevangenis te koop Wethoudersestafette van Rotterdam naar Breda since a number of them had no previous experience in this area. Combining know- Sas van Gent krimpt Het NAi verbouwd ledge of construction and design creativity turned out to be a matter of personal contact. For this issue of Building on Ambition we asked the professionals Yves, Chris, Ton, Jurriaan, Philomene, Jolijn, Geurt, David, Rob and Yvette about their motivations, and we draw on our growing collection of group photographs. Building on Ambition is the work of people who seek the right answer to relevant questions. Cover photographs, from left to right: Cilly Jansen, director Architectuur Lokaal Thomas Wrede, Yvonne Seidel, Elger Esser, Johannes Schwartz 38 buildings converted to Excursion Amsterdam 27 Geurt and Philomene Jolijn, Jurriaan, David, to according Architecture Amsterdam I nho 15 2011 Competition NAi Ymere wins reaction Chain Haarlem 10 clients commissioning for school app: Alderman’s Haarlem 40 Ton to Infrastructure Hague The The Hague School building chart 43 ud 36 beginning Second Hague The d elft Workshop on privately commissioned housing 46 Rotterdam Autonomy and service level of architectural design 32 22 sessions decline population The Olifantenkooi: Amsterdam 15 2011 Piramide