Kraaijvanger

Experience architecture with and from Kraaijvanger Architects? This is possible in the coming month during Rotterdam Architecture Month # RAM19.

POST Podium

As a Rotterdam office, Kraaijvanger naturally makes an active contribution to the Rotterdam Architecture Month # RAM19. You can, for example, learn more about our current projects Hart van Zuid Rotterdam and Rotterdam Ahoy. Both are part of the POST Podium program, for which the former Postkantoor on the Coolsingel was transformed into the stage for Rotterdam architecture for the duration of one month.

Wake up in architecture

Do you want to dream about architecture? Then book one or more nights including breakfast in the studio of Dirk Jan Postel of Kraaijvanger Architects. Dirk Jan narrates Rotterdam architecture and backgrounds of Kraaijvanger's high-profile designs. In a poetic way he explains what the profession of architecture entails and talks about his inspirations.

The Rotterdam Architecture Month # RAM19 takes place from May 24th until June 16th 2019. The entire program can be found at https://rotterdamarchitectuurmaand.nl/

About Dirk Jan Postel

Dirk Jan Postel (1957) has been a partner- architect of Kraaijvanger Architects since 1992. He was educated at the Delft University of Technology. Among his best known works are the Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar, 2016), City Office (Utrecht 2015), The Dutch Ambassador’s Residence (Beijing 2007), Town Hall ‘s Hertogenbosch (2004) and the Glass House (Almelo 1997). Transparency, spatial compositions and visual connections are the key elements of his design, as well as a keen eye on detail.

Currently he is working on a large school campus (Lelystad), the extension of the British School (The Hague) and private housing. Kraaijvanger Architects was established in 1927 and became a large office during the reconstruction of Rotterdam after World War II. Presently owned by 5 partners, the office is focusing on cradle-to-cradle and zero energy architecture.