The following architecture companies are participating:
- UNStudio
- Wiel Arets Architects
- KCAP Architects&Planners
- VenhoevenCS architects
- KuiperCompagnons
- NLArchitects
- Alliance NL (Tekton Architects, Archipelontwerpers, OKRA Landscape architects)
- KOW Architecture
- NITA Design Group
- XML Architecture Research Urbanism
- Aim-architecture
- SeARCH
- Jo Coenen & Co Architects
- MVRDV
- npk design
Architecture and Public Space
The Dutch presentation at SICIW will highlight how Dutch designers contribute to the design of public space, on various scales, from urban planning to street furniture. How to accommodate traffic and city residents, commercial and public interests as well as personal contact and large-scale gatherings are key concerns. In the context of China’s explosive urbanisation, the design of public space has become a highly topical issue.
The Netherlands have a long-standing tradition in the design of public space, and play a leading role internationally with their careful and programmatic approach. The different design disciplines complement each other here: urbanists work alongside product designers, planners, architects and landscape architects. Their work encompasses large-scale developments of urban areas such as the Delta metropolis as well as the renewal of city centres (Almere, Breda) and road signage systems for new city areas and motorways. The project and products presented illustrate the Dutch know-how and the quality of their sustainable development and urban planning.
