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water treasure

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

WATER TREASURE

Client: Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier regional water board

Project: Exhibition design of permanent collection for water board in its new office building in Heerhugowaard. 2011

This exhibition emphasizes contrasts within the collection, with fine crystal glasses used by directors placed alongside rough tools for building dikes. Such objects symbolize the inner and outer worlds of the institution in its centuries-old struggle against the water.

In association with suopulab.nl

Object mounting by Mark de Graaff  http://artefactmontage.nl/

ATELIER MALKOVICH

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

ATELIER MALKOVICH

Client: The Nieuw en Meer – Amsterdam artist studio complex

Project: Competition to design the artist studio of the future.

Archetypisch and Suopulab won the Atelier Malkovich competition with their proposal for artist studios at the Nieuwe Meer, Amsterdam. Called PARKPARK, the studio design was part of an exhibition of experimental architecture that features eight pavilions built at half scale. The design was presented at the Nieuw en Meer artist studio complex in the summer of 2008.

In association with www.suopulab.nl

www.nieuwenmeer.nl/Malkovich

Foto 3 Thomas Lenden

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SPACE

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SPACE

Client: Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Department of Inter-Architecture

Project: A week-long workshop for first and second year students on ‘culturally specific design’. 2013

Students observed the behaviour of people from different cultural backgrounds in the city to see whether it reflects a particular way of using public space. Drawing on the research findings, they then designed an intervention in public space that accentuates certain culture-based behaviour. The photographs show the student projects.

For more lessons on public space see http://inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl/?page_id=7532

 

 

BREDERODE CASTLE

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

BREDERODE CASTLE

Client: Rijksgebouwendienst/Government Buildings Agency, Cultural Heritage of North Holland

Project: Design of information system that updates visitors on the castle’s renovation. 2010

A system of boards and weathering steel installations enables passers-by to zoom in on all kinds of details about the renovation process, such as the type of bricks and plaster used, the treatment of vegetation, or the bats living in the castle walls.

In association with Yvonne van Versendaal and Madelinde Hageman

DUTCH DOC AWARD

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

DUTCH DOC AWARD

Client: Dutch Doc Photo Foundation/Tropenmuseum Amsterdam

Project: Exhibition design for Dutch Doc Award, a biennial prize for documentary photography, that presented work by the 6 nominees in 2013. The design, featuring a colour gradation on the walls from white to dark grey, was enhanced by a light installation made up of a cloud of neon tubes that vary in light intensity.

In association with SuopuLab and Yvonne van Versendaal

www.dutch-doc.nl

PUBLIC SPACE IN CHINA

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

PUBLIC SPACE IN CHINA

Study tours to explore the use of public space in China. I travelled to schools and universities in Shanghai, Hefei, Wuhan, Taihe, Jinan and Jincheng, lecturing about codes of behaviour in Western and Eastern cities.

In November 2011, I was a guest tutor at the School of Architecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

www.archetypisch.nl/blog

 

VRIJSTAAT AMSTERDAM

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

THE MAKING OF VRIJSTAAT AMSTERDAM

Client: Zuiderkerk Information Centre, Amsterdam

Project: Design and production of exhibition. 2009

Within the framework of the 4th International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam/Amsterdam, nine young urban design offices developed proposals for nine metropolitan locations in Amsterdam. The Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam presented studies, sketches and models of these ‘spaces for freedom and change’ in an exhibition landscape composed of scaffolding and fabric.

In association with Yvonne van Versendaal www.yv2.nl

http://iabr.nl/nl/editie/open-city-designing-coexistence

A BEAUTIFUL THING

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A BEAUTIFUL THING

Client: Museum Hilversum

Project: Design of the exhibition “Een mooi ding/A Beautiful Thing”. 2010

This exhibition on design and craftsmanship in Holland from 1890 to 2010 presented the full spectrum of Dutch design creativity, varying from unique pieces to objects of mass production. The objects were not displayed chronologically but in groups according to type. Instead of small captions, each item featured a detailed label with information about the designer, material, technique, manufacture, edition, purchaser, etc.

In association with www.suopulab.nl

800 METER COETZEE

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800 METER COETZEE

Client: De Balie, Amsterdam

Project: Spatial installation for Coetzee Festival in 2010.

To mark the 70th birthday of Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, the Balie cultural centre organized a festival in honour of the celebrated South African writer. In the installation designed by Archetypisch and SuopuLab, every line of Summertime, Coetzee’s latest novel, was cut out and glued together. His 297-page book became an 800-metre-long strip that meandered through the spaces of the Balie.

In association with www.suopulab.nl

 

GOOI WOMEN IN ART

Posted by Anika Ohlerich

GOOI WOMEN IN ART

Client: Museum Hilversum

Project: Concept and design of exhibition featuring the work of 41 female artists living in the Gooi region during the period 1850-2010.

To turn this eclectic selection of art into a coherent show, Archetypisch and SuopuLab displayed the works according to colour. All paintings, photographs and prints that make up a century of female art in the Gooi region were strictly arranged according to their chief colour. The tonal gradation generated interesting connections and associations between the various artworks.

In association with www.SuopuLab.nl