In January 2011 the competition for a community school for the island of Bonaire was launched. In May it was announced that the HL Architecture team of Lada Hrsak won the first prize, while the second prize position was taken by Attika architects.
The jury overlooked the design of the strong and multi-disciplinary team with below entry, formed by Ton Salman (KSK Architects), Maarten Boelsma (BOA Advies) and Berend van der Lans (FBW Architects / BKvdL), assisted by Hein van Lieshout and Egle Suminskaite.
The 10th Docomomo conference ‘The Challenge of Change’ took place in the Van Nelle Design Factory in Rotterdam, from 16 - 19 September 2008. The conference marked the 20th anniversary of the world wide network.
The direct environment of the JP Coenschool, a primary school in Amsterdam Oost, served as the perfect place for activities which cannot stand daylight. Obviously a situation which was not appreciated by nor the school nor the parents of the school kids.
the manifestation ‘de Groep van Delft’ tells the story of a group of active students at the architecture department in Delft in the 30-s of last century and their further lives. Via a book, an exhibition, lectures, theater, fim and music performances and a debate, this until hidden part of Dutch history was brought back to life. The activities brought to the surface how the group members undoubtedly had influence at Netherlands after the Second World war.
Also people who - on the contrary - became well known, like Joris Ivens, Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, Granpré Moliere, Mannus Franken and others, played a sometimes even perculiar role.
The Blueprints of Paradise prize winners Kobina Banning, Oladayo Oladunjoye and Martin Kruger introduce their entries, while chair of the jury Joe Addo reflects upon the competition and exhibition. This video was taken during the opening festivities at the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal and produced by Infofilm, Leiden. Find more videos and interviews at aam-blueprintsofparadise.tumblr.com.
African public space fruitfull inspiration between Dutch mountains
Africa is planning for the future. Some projects, like the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, affect the entire world, others, like the works of Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Doual’art, or the team of Takako Tajima and Aziza Chaouni, are locally focused.
(photo Afrika Museum)
The competition Blueprints of Paradise invited architects, artists and visionaries of African descent to send in their ideas for the built future of Africa. For African Architecture Matters and the Afrika Museum Architectureplus developed the exhibition Blueprints of Paradise based upon the selected entries.
Architectureplus handles architecture projects which are off the beaten track.
We easily cross disciplinary, geographic and social borders and deliver output varying from design and project management for exhibitions, new built and renovation works to research, articles, feasibility studies, events and exploration missions.
The project successes are based upon out of the box creative solutions, extensive knowledge on building issues in different zones of the world, a strong network and an open dialogue with clients, users, user communities, participants, target groups and collaborating parties.
Architectureplus is lead by Berend van der Lans, combining over 20 years of experience in architecture in Europe and Africa with his experience as co-founder of ArchiAfrika and other NGO’s.
Architectureplus works with a flexible team and has working relations with FBW Architects, gENUINEfake, Infofilm, Constructs LLC, Studio Laucke Siebein, Anything is Possible, Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, Delft University of Technology and others. Berend van der Lans is secretary of the Board of ArchiAfrika and director of African Architecture Matters.
Architectureplus operated as BKvdL in the past.
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In January 2011 the competition for a community school for the island of Bonaire was launched. In May it was announced that the HL Architecture team of Lada Hrsak won the first prize, while the second prize position was taken by Attika architects. 
