Category Archives: Merten Nefs

Merten @ Association Delta Metropolis

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In March 2010 Merten joined Association Delta Metropolis as researcher/designer. The association promotes an integrated sustainable development of the Delta Metropolis – the western conurbation of The Netherlands, necessary to maintain its competitive position in Europe. The activities of the association concern landscape, new metropolitan forms of land use and mobility. Merten focuses mainly on this last topic, as project leader of SprintStad, a project that explores the benefits of simultaneous development of infrastructure and real estate on station locations.

Kunstfort Genieloods competition – results

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The main issue of the design competition was the reuse of a historic military engineers barrack, the “Genieloods”, on the premises of the fort.
The competition was won by a joint venture of the architects Office Jarrik Ouburg, Paulien Bremmer Architects and CC Studio. The Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen Foundation wishes to actually realise their winning design, “SILVER BULLET”. Two runner-up designs were awarded an honourable mention : “CROSS ROADS” by Forum Architecten & Planners and “UP” by Ateliereen Architecten.
After the award ceremony, the exhibition of the winning design and the remaining entries was opened. This exhibition will show in Kunstfort’s Genieloods until June 26, 2010.
A full-color tabloid was issued especially for the event, containing a detailed jury-report, and also mentioning other designs that were representative in some way. The Tabloid was edited by Reonald Westerdijk, Jaco Woltjer and Holger Nickisch. Melle Hammer was responsible for graphic design and production of the tabloid. Merten Nefs wrote an article for the tabloid as a visiting author, placing the Genieloods design competitition in the international context of cultural reuse of industrial heritage. The article is partly based on an interview with Kunstfort director Holger Nickisch.

Click here to download the tabloid (13 mB)

Click here to download the press release of the winning design (220 kB)

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http://kunstfort.nl/nl/international-design-competition/361-design-competition-silver-bullet

Tour de Velo – nomination

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Tour de Velo is a competition entry by Janneska Spoelman and Merten Nefs. The project for an innovative bicycle parking in the centre of Nieuwegein, near Utrecht, was nominated by the jury (president: Bert Dirrix, Diederendirrix architects). The competition is being organized by the municipality of Nieuwegein, in collaboration with Architectuur Lokaal Amsterdam.
Winners will be anounced at the ceremony on April 9, in Nieuwegein. At the same time the exhibition of the 10 nominees will be officially opened. The projects are exhibited until May 28 at the Nieuwegein Architecture Info center, Borgstede 1.

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Competition website
www.nieuwegein.nl/ontwerpwedstrijdfietsenstalling

Download full presentation panels (72 dpi)
Tour de Velo

Building for Bouwkunde – publication

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The entry by Merten Nefs and Vanessa Grossman was included in the publication of the international ideas competition for a new architecture faculty in Delft. The project ‘Educational Landscape’ can be found on page 11 of the book, published by the Delft University of Technology – Faculty of Architecture, which has been sent to all alumni and students.

Read more:
www.projetosurbanos.com.br/2009/03/16/building-for-bouwkunde/

Back to the land below sea level

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After more than five years in Brazil, I have recently moved back to the Netherlands. For the moment I´m living in Rotterdam. The Projetos Urbanos website and email will continue to function normally.

Port of Rotterdam

North-South connection of Rotterdam over the river Maas

New mixed use developments on the south bank