Lecture
Hans van der Heijden / Hans van der Heijden Architect / NL
10th International Architecture Festival CANactions / #CANactionsfestival2017
Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine. June 2, 2017.
About
Hans van der Heijden Architect was set up in 2014 by Hans van der Heijden after leaving biq, the company he established in 1994. HvdH has specialised in housing design, both in new build and refurbishment, in the Netherlands and abroad. The Bluecoat arts centre in Liverpool was completed to international acclaim. HvdH has received numerous awards for his housing projects, including two nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award. He is the author of books and essays on housing and urban design. HvdH has been the Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor for Sustainable Urban Design at Cambridge University.
Opulence and delight are experiences which may evoke a sense of luxury in architecture – different from the outdated notion of luxury in the sense of excess or extravagance.
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