Luchtsingel open Rotterdam

New Rotterdam De Luchtsingel ZUS Architecten

Architectenbureau ZUS in Rotterdam bouwt samen met de Rotterdammers een 350 meter lange voetgangersbrug vanaf Centraal Station naar de Hofbogen, het oude spoorviaduct waarin nu winkels en bedrijfjes zijn gevestigd.

Dat zei vandaag een woordvoerster van het bureau. Rotterdammers worden opgeroepen om voor 25 euro een plank te sponsoren waarop hun naam staat geprint. De brug telt 17.000 planken, ofwel 3500 brugdelen en wordt in april opgeleverd, tijdens de vijfde Internationale Architectuur BiÃ«nnale Rotterdam (IABR).

De Luchtsingel
De Luchtsingel, zoals de brug gaat heten, moet het gebied meer smoel geven. 'Wij vinden dat hier op dit moment onvoldoende kwaliteit op straatniveau is', aldus het bureau. De brug gaat 400.000 euro kosten. 'Mocht er niet genoeg geld worden opgehaald, wat wij niet verwachten, dan wordt de brug gewoon wat korter', aldus een woordvoerder.

De wijze van financiering van de brug, ook wel crowdfunding genoemd, komt voort uit de economische crisis. ZUS vindt dat de stad zich moet blijven ontwikkelen, ook als is er niet voldoende geld. 'Met dit project verkennen we nieuwe mogelijkheden om burgers actief te betrekken bij het maken van de stad.'

Digitale mogelijkheden
'De wijze waarop burgers invloed uitoefenen, verandert snel door de opkomst van digitale mogelijkheden in de ruimtelijke ordening. 'I Make Rotterdam' speelt hierop in door een platform te zijn voor particuliere initiatieven en crowdfunding. ZUS wil een impuls aan de stad geven en wel zo dat iedereen kan meedoen; een winkel beginnen, een concert organiseren, een restaurant openen of een huis bouwen.

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ZUS Zones Urbaines Sensibles

mission statement
ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] researches and intervenes in the contemporary urban landscape with productions ranging from urban plans and architecture to installations and fashion. Within this complex field we find ourselves constantly in between two positions: as co-author and as critic.

YES
ZUS works with a belief that every place has the potential to become unique and thrilling. A spatial intervention should therefore always be inspired by the specific qualities of the situation and driven by an optimistic attitude. We have to deal with rapid changing conditions and adapt our tactics to give shape to our constantly modernizing society. With designs for urban districts, parcs, public spaces, buildings and installations we try to contribute to a collective and sustainable future.

NO
Architecture has become marginalized in the last two decades by responding mainly to the demands of the market. ZUS reclaims the public role of the architect by making social challenges explicit by means of unsolicited architecture and architectural activism. With proposals, exhibitions and publications we not only contribute but also question and criticize the field we work in.

office profile
In 2001 Elma van Boxel (1975) and Kristian Koreman (1978) founded ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]. In their Rotterdam office they lead an international team of architects, urban planners, designers and landscape architects. ZUS takes on solicited and unsolicited designs and research studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design.

Realized projects include the landscape design of the Dutch Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the Central Park on the World Expo, the Printemps park at Grand Bigard Brussels and the exhibition pavilion Spiegelzee on the Dutch coast. Also ZUS is involved with a number of large-scale urban plans, such as Almere Duin, a multi use coastal district in the Netherlands that is about to go under construction. A typical result of their pro-active working methods is the Schieblock, a vacant office block in the middle of Rotterdam turned into an urban laboratory.

Their critical research focusing on urban politics of the contemporary city has resulted in books and articles such as Laboratory Rotterdam: Decode Space (AIR publishers 2007), Re-public, Towards a new spatial politics (NAi Publishers 2007). ZUS curates exhibitions like My Public Space for the Netherlands Architecture Institute (2008) and Unbuilt Rotterdam (2010) for the Historical Museum Rotterdam. Their work has been exhibited at architecture biennials in Venice, SÃ£o Paulo, Rotterdam and Christchurch and urban design exhibitions in Mumbai and Moscow, and it is part of the traveling exhibition Architecture of Consequence curated by the Netherlands Architecture institute (NAi). Van Boxel and Koreman are members of the curatorial team for the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2012. Also they have been selected as team members for the BMW Guggenheim Lab New York. From August till October 2011 Van Boxel and Koreman run workshops, experiments and dialogues in collaboration with i.e, Columbia University, Poiesis fellowship New York University, MIT and THNK.

Van Boxel en Koreman teach and lecture at universities and schools worldwide, such as the Berlage Institute, TU Delft, Film Academy Amsterdam, Hong Kong University and Ghent University. In 2011 they cofounded Inside, a new master course for interior architecture at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Van Boxel and Koreman were both members of the Rotterdam Board for Spatial Quality. For their cross-disciplinary approach and their constant reflection on the fine line between private and public space the duo received the prestigious Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2007.

Elma van Boxel
1975 / born in Delfgauw (NL)
1998-2002 / Landscape architecture, IAH Larenstein
1999-2000 / Art & Architecture, Greenwich University London
2001 / founded ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] with Kristian Koreman
2004- / Architecture and Urbanism, Academie van Bouwkunst Rotterdam
2007 / received the Maaskantprize for Young Architects 2007 together with Kristian Koreman
2006-2009 / teacher TU Delft, Wageningen University, Larenstein, Film academy, AvBR
2008- / member Ruimtelijke klankbord (municipality of Rotterdam)
2009- / member Committee of Recommendation IPO Expeditie Mooi
2010- / member of the curatorial board of the 5th International Architecture Biennale
2011 / founder INSIDE, master program at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague

Kristian Koreman
1978 / born in Nieuw Bergen (NL)
1995-2000 / Landscape architecture, IAH Larenstein
2001 / founded ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] with Elma van Boxel
2002- / Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2007 / received the Maaskantprize for Young Architects 2007 together with Elma van Boxel
2006-2009 / teacher TU Delft, Wageningen University, Larenstein, Film academy, AvBR
2008- / member Ruimtelijke klankbord (municipality of Rotterdam)
2010- / member curatorial board of the 5th International Architecture Biennale
2011 / founder INSIDE, master program at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague

Violette Baudet
2007-2008: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Architecture
2000-2007: TU Delft, Architecture
2003-2005: University of Amsterdam, Art History

Pierre Berthelomeau
2005-2008: Ecole Nationale SupÃ©rieure d’Architecture Montpellier, Architecture
2006-2007: TU Delft, Architecture

Sam De Baere
2006-2010: Sint-Lucas School of Architecture Ghent, Interior Architecture

Jos Hartman
2005-present: Acadamy of Architecture and Design Rotterdam, Urbanism
1999-2005: University of Wageningen, Landscape architecture
2002-2003: TU Delft, Urbanism

Anne-Wil Hop
2007-2009: Erasmus University, Cultural Economics and Entrepeneurship
2002-2007: Erasmus University, Art and Culture Studies

Marin Kulas
2001-2006 AvBR, Architecture
1995-1999: HTS Rotterdam, Architecture
1989-1994: MTS Rotterdam, Elektronica

Tania Sanjurjo Fernandez
2008-2010: L’Escola Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona, Architecture Landscape
1994-1999: Universidad de Vigo, Fine Arts

Jouke Sieswerda
2000-2009: TU Delft, Architecture
2005: KTH Stockholm, Architecture

Catinca Tilea
2009-present: Piet Zwart Institute, Interior Architecture and Retail Design
2003-2009: National University of Arts, Industrial Design

Alba Calvo Balcells
2005-present: Escola TÃ¨cnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona, Architecture
2009-2010: Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Architecture

Maria Daria Oancea
2006-present: Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Architecture
2009-2010: IUAV University, Venice

Jolanda van der Ploeg
Office management and Chief Financial Officer

Menno Kattenwinkel
Chief technical services

Polle van Gijzel
Deputy-chief technical services

jobs
At the moment we are looking for:

Experienced architect
For the elaboration of existing projects as well as upcoming new ones we are looking for a young and experienced architect.

Requirements:
- excellent Adobe Suite and AutoCAD skills
- excellent 3d AutoCAD, Sketchup and/or Rhino skills
- five years proven experience with a renowned architecture office
- good knowledge of technical drawing and building regulations
- affinity with urban planning and landscape design
- fluency in written and spoken English and Dutch

Applications should include a motivation letter, a cv and a portfolio with accurate samples of your work in pdf format (max. 5mb).

Applications can be send to Anne-Wil Hop (a.hop@zus.cc)

Interns
For support of the team we are currently looking for talented and ambitious interns. Applicants must be able to work on different scales ranging from interior architecture to urban design and have a hands-on mentality.

Requirements:
- excellent Adobe Suite and AutoCAD skills
- experience with 3d AutoCAD, Sketchup and/or Rhino
- great model making skills
- fluent in English

Applications should include a motivation letter, a cv and a portfolio with accurate samples of your work in pdf format (max. 5mb).

Applications can be send to Jouke Sieswerda (j.sieswerda@zus.cc)

contact info
ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]

Office:
Schieblock
Schiekade 189, unit 303
3013BR Rotterdam

Post:
P.O. Box 2024
3000 CA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

T: 0031 (0)10 2339409
F: 0031 (0)10 2339409
E: info@zus.cc
W: ZUS site klik hier

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