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post updated 1 January 2025
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25 November 2024
Eurovea Towers, Bratislava, Slovakia
Visualisations: Playtime
Eurovea Towers Bratislava
KCAP Architects News 2021 – 2023
29 Jan 2023
Stationspostgebouw, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Design: KCAP and Kraaijvanger Architects
photo © Ossip van Duivenbode
Stationspostgebouw, The Hague
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28 Oct 2022
Yantai Seafront Garden, Yantai, Shandong province, eastern China
rendering © KCAP
Yantai Seafront Garden
13 Jun 2022
Droogbak, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
photo © Bram Vreugdenhil
Droogbak Amsterdam Office Building
26 Apr 2022
HafenCity residential tower building, Hamburg, northern Germany
Design: KCAP and K+H, in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering, PML Lange and WTM Engineers
image © Playtime
HafenCity residential tower building
27 Jan 2022
Tours Val de Loire Airport Area Masterplan, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Loire Valley, north west France
Design: Lafayette, in collaboration with KCAP, Etablissement, Elioth, Suez, Ville en Œuvre, Mint and E.Co
image © Filippo Bolognese Images – Lafayette
Tours Val de Loire Airport Area Masterplan
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7 Dec 2021
The Grid, Aan het IJ, Amsterdam North, The Netherlands
photo © Ossip van Duivenbode
The Grid Amsterdam, Aan het IJ
3 Dec 2021
ZIL-South Masterplan, by the Moskva River, Moscow, Russia
render © KCAP
ZIL-South Moscow masterplan design by KCAP
1 July 2021
Grand Central Park Masterplan, Nanjing, China
image © Frontop
Grand Central Park Masterplan Nanjing
6 May 2021
Inntel Hotels Den Haag Marina Beach, The Hague, The Netherlands
photo © Ossip van Duivenbode
Inntel Hotels Den Haag Marina Beach
16 Apr 2021
Ute Schneider appointed Professor of Urban Design at TU Vienna
Ute Schneider
18 Mar 2021
Block 8 for Merwede Utrecht, Merwedekanaalzone
Design: KCAP
image © KCAP
Block 8 for Merwede Utrecht
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9 Oct 2020
The Student Hotel Delft, Nieuw Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
photograph © Ossip van Duivenbode
The Student Hotel Delft
16 Jul 2020
Ligovsky City, Ligovsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia
Architects: KCAP Architects&Planners and ORANGE Architects with A.Len Architectural Bureau
image © KCAP/Orange/A.Len
Ligovsky City
11 June 2020
Spatial Development Framework for former naval airfield Valkenburg
image © KCAP
Valkenburg Naval Air Base, Katwijk
7 May 2020
East Dike Shenzhen’s demonstration zone, Dapeng peninsula, near Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Southern China
Architects: KCAP + FELIXX
image © Felixx © KCAP
East Dike Shenzhen’s demonstration zone
24 June 2019
Golden City Block 4, Vasilievsky Island, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Architects: KCAP Architects&Planners and ORANGE Architects
image courtesy of architects
Golden City St. Petersburg
13 Mar 2019
HS Kwartier, Laakhavens, The Hague, The Netherlands
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners
image © KCAP and WAX
HS Kwartier The Hague
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KCAP Architects&Planners News in 2018
27 Nov 2018
Planning Dialogue Hafner – Urban Design Competition, Konstanz, South Germany
image © KCAP, Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl
Planning Dialogue Hafner – Urban Design Competition
12 Sep 2018
NEO 2, Brussels, Belgium
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners with Ateliers Jean Nouvel
image Courtesy architecture office
NEO 2 Brussels Building
30 Mar 2018
Wetenschapspark Arenberg Masterplan, Leuven, Belgium
photo © KCAP
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Dutch Architects and Planners News in 2017
16 Nov 2017
Kees Christiaanse wins Dutch ARC17 Oeuvre Award
Rotterdam/Zurich, 16 November 2017 – Today it was announced that Kees Christiaanse, founder and partner of KCAP, is the winner of the prestigious Dutch ARC17 Oeuvre Award. The jury praises his work, his idiosyncratic vision of the city and his way of working, which is completely unique.
The award is annually awarded to honour one’s life time achievement and lasting and innovative contribution to the improvement of the built environment. On November 30th, the prize will be awarded at the ARC17 Award event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
photo © M. Bertschi
Alphen aan den Rijn, 16 November 2017
Kees Christiaanse awarded with ARC17 Oeuvre Award
Kees Christiaanse (KCAP) is this year’s winner of the ARC17 Oeuvre Award. The jury praises his work, his idiosyncratic vision of the city and his way of working, which is completely unique. The jury led by Patrick van der Klooster crowns a large and influential architect and urban planner.
Craftsmanship in complex urban planning situations
Kees Christiaanse works on a broad oeuvre that shows a thorough knowledge of the city. He plays a leading role in the European debate on the role of urban centers. Projects such as Hafencity in Hamburg, Wijnhaveneiland in Rotterdam and the station area of Zurich are forerunners.
Patrick van der Klooster, chairman of the jury: “Unlike most architects and urban planners, Christiaanse fathoms the complexity of the assignment very well. He combines this skill with a great strategic understanding. The ability to commute between different levels and the people working at these levels shows his mastery.”
“Kees Christiaanse recognizes the qualities of the nineteenth-century city. He renews this where possible, but embraces continuity where necessary. In this way he knows how to reconcile the existing city with the desired contemporary comfort. On the changes in spatial planning, with other ways of working and a shift from industry to service, Christiaanse comes up with compelling answers.”
According to the jury, the Oeuvre Award can also be regarded as a prize for the KCAP office that he founded in 1989. Christiaanse has gathered a team that performs his views in a consistent manner. Completely in line with the intentions of the ‘founding father’, the agency works as a connector and derives authority from pure professionalism.
ARC17 Oeuvre Award
The ARC17 Oeuvre Award is annually awarded by the editors of ‘de Architect’ to a person who makes a lasting and innovative contribution to the improvement of the built environment. This year’s jury consists of Patrick van der Klooster (AIR, chairman), Wienke Bodewes (Amvest), Ninke Happel (HCVA) and Harm Tilman (De Architect, secretary). Previous winners of the ARC Oeuvre Award are Office Winhov, Michael van Gessel, Riek Bakker, Thomas Rau and Maarten Kloos.
ARC17 Awards
Kees Christiaanse will receive the ARC17 Oeuvre Award on 30 November 2017. During a festive evening at De Kauwgomballenfabriek in Amsterdam, the winners of six other categories in the ARC17 Awards will also be announced. For more information, visit www.arc-awards.nl
Read more at www.dearchitect.nl/keeschristiaanse
28 Aug 2017
Masterplan for Jurong Lake District, Singapore
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners ; SAA Architects ; Arup ; S333 & Lekker
picture © KCAP/SAA/Arup/S333/Lekker
Masterplan for Jurong Lake District
22 May 2017
KCAP presents «Train and the City» exhibition in OMI Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Train and the City exhibition in OMI Rotterdam
31 Mar 2017
US military site in Heidelberg will become future knowledge city
picture © KCAP and ORANGE Architects
Patrick-Henry-Village in Heidelberg by KCAP Architects
4 Mar 2017
KCAP wins international design competition ‘Sewoon District #4’ in Seoul, Korea
Rotterdam, March 2017 – KCAP Architects&Planners has won the international design competition to redevelop ‘Sewoon District #4’ area in Seoul, Korea into a sustainable mixed-use area combining urban manufacturing and respecting its cultural heritage. That was announced by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 2nd of March 2017.
Flexible, people-oriented design that starts from historic and cultural values
KCAP‘s plan proposes an integrated approach for the 280.000 m2 of mixed uses including offices, retail, hotel, entertainment, education and medical facilities, preserving the historical structures and at the same time developing a people-oriented urban design to function as a driving force for stimulating craftsmanship in Seoul.
The strength of the proposal is the subtle integration of the building mass in the surrounding context, the adequate modulation and connection that creates flexible unit combinations to respond to future demands and lasting place making generated through the preservation of historic traces and buildings. Especially, the proposal of the public anchor program in ground and underground floors to enhance and adapt urban industry is highly appreciated.
Process
A jury comprising six experts in the field of urban design and architecture from academia and industry selected KCAP out of eight national and foreign offices as the winning team. The president of the jury, Prof. On Young Tae mentioned that KCAP’s proposal “presented the most suitable strategy for Sewoon District #4 based on excellent understanding of historic and urban conditions of the site.”
KCAP will process the schematic design until December 2017. Construction is planned to start in 2021 and is expected to be completed in 2023. From 6th till 17th of March, the design entries will be exhibited in the lobby of Seoul’s City hall.
Visuals © KCAP Architects&Planners
8 Feb 2017
Jurong Lake District Masterplan
Jurong Lake District Masterplan in Singapore
24 Jan 2017
KCAP wins competition for transformation shipyard area in Korneuburg, Austria
Shipyard Area in Korneuburg
Dutch Architects & Planners News in 2016
13 Dec 2016
KCAP exhibits station related projects in «Train and the City»
Rotterdam/Zurich, 13 December 2016 – As from tomorrow, KCAP Architects&Planners presents a selection of its station projects in the exhibition «Train and the City» at Architekturforum Zurich, Switzerland.
Since the industrial revolution and the birth of railway transport, cities have developed rapidly around their stations and continue to do so. Today, the arrival of high speed trains, the improvement of transportation and new technologies, brings us to imagine and create new visions for train stations and their surroundings.
«Train and the City» invites you to explore a selection of KCAP’s oeuvre that deals with different aspects of station areas as a driving force for the development of European cities. The starting point for this focus is an article by Kees Christiaanse, called «Europe by Rail» (2013) in which he describes stations in their historical urban context on a train trip from Zurich to Amsterdam.
Beyond the need to build dense and walkable cities around hubs, through its work KCAP considers the impact of new stations on the city, how they mutually develop and how shrinking railway infrastructure offers opportunities for urban development.
In the exhibition, a catalogue of KCAP’s station related projects is combined with a presentation of seven themes and their exemplary projects. These themes are relevant for KCAP’s approach to urban design and for the diverse cultural and political context of our work. A comparative research on the relation between train infrastructure and city growth carried out by students from the University of Liechtenstein offers an additional historical perspective to the exhibition.
The exhibition will be opened tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14th at 7 pm and can be visited until February 11th 2017.
«Train and the City»
Carte Blanche XIV – KCAP Architects&Planners
ARCHITEKTURFORUM ZURICH, Brauerstrasse 16, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland
15.12.2016 – 11.02.2017
www.af-z.ch
KCAP Architects&Planners is an internationally operating design firm specialised in architecture and urbanism. KCAP holds offices in Rotterdam (NL), Zurich (CH) and Shanghai (CN) and works with a staff of 85 professionals. KCAP is led by five partners: Han van den Born, Kees Christiaanse, Ruurd Gietema, Irma van Oort and Ute Schneider. Since its founding in 1989 by Kees Christiaanse, KCAP has grown to be one of the leading offices for architecture and urban planning in Europe and Asia. www.kcap.eu
Architekturforum Zurich is an institution that provides since 1987 a platform for discussing current positions in architecture and urban planning. It is an integral part of the cultural scene of Zurich and beyond. The exhibition format «Carte Blanche» offers Swiss architecture offices the opportunity to compose a contribution to a topic of their choice.
www.af-z.ch
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Netherlands Architecture Practice News in 2015
20 Dec 2015
Vasilievsky Island competition St. Petersburg, Russia
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners / ORANGE Architects
picture © KCAP and ORANGE Architects
Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg
P+R De Uithof Utrecht, The Netherlands
KCAP Architects&Planners
picture © Studio SK
P+R De Uithof Utrecht
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KCAP Studio News
KCAP/Fakton/Ramboll win masterplan FredericiaC Denmark
FredericiaC Masterplan, Denmark
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FredericiaC Masterplan
KCAP celebrates today official opening of KCAP Shanghai and launch of Chinese website
Rotterdam, 12 May 2011 – KCAP Architects&Planners celebrates the official opening ceremony of their Shanghai based office today, May 12th. On this occasion the Chinese version of their website www.kcap.eu will be launched. KCAP Shanghai is the third office next to the headquarter in Rotterdam (NL) and the branch in Zurich (CH).
images from KCAP
KCAP is working since 10 years in China and is currently involved in about 10 projects in China. The current projects range from large-scale urban design and regeneration strategies across master plans to a series of architectural commissions for mixed-use developments including housing, retail and community facilities, hotel and commercial complexes. Just recently KCAP was awarded the first prize nomination in the urban regeneration competition in Shenzhen.
KCAP Shanghai is operational since the beginning of 2011 and is located in the Dutch Design Workspace Shanghai (DDWS). DDWS supports Dutch Design firms with their start in the Chinese market with shared workspace and specialist support.
The opening ceremony of KCAP Shanghai is a joint event including the launch the first edition of the Dutch Design in China Yearbook 2011 by DDWS.
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KCAP Architects&Planners Buildings News
Django Building Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Django Building Amsterdam
De Blaak 31 Office Building, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
De Blaak 31 Building
Bay of Pasaia, San Sebastian, northern Spain
Bay of Pasaia San Sebastian design
Talentencampus and Sibeliuspark Oss, The Netherlands
Talentencampus Oss Buildings + Park
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KCAP celebrates 20 years of architecture and urban planning
Olympic Legacy London, UK
image © KCAP
Hafencity Hamburg, Germany
photo © KCAP
Rotterdam, 10 December 2009 – KCAP Architects&Planners celebrates its 20th anniversary. Since its founding in 1989 by Kees Christiaanse, KCAP Architects&Planners has grown to become an leading international office for architecture and urban design, with projects around the world. KCAP’s oeuvre covers a great variety of projects, from large scale urban and landscape interventions to complex inner-city transformations to building designs and interiors.
“Scale is an important theme in our work. We’re not specialists, but we work on all scales – from the planning of the infrastructure to the details of the façade. And this multiplicity of scales is of benefit to the development and analysis of functional programmes and conceptional ideas,” says Kees Christiaanse.
Strategic Masterplan Perm
image © KCAP
Kavel 25 The Hague
photo © KCAP
Key projects of KCAP’s portfolio are the residential building Kavel 25 in The Hague, which marks the starting point of KCAP’s career, the GWL site in Amsterdam as the first sustainable housing quarter in The Netherlands and, most recently, the residential tower, The Red Apple, in Rotterdam. Major urban projects are Stadionpark Rotterdam (NL), Olympic Legacy London (UK), Perm Strategic Masterplan (RU) and Hafencity Hamburg (DE), which is currently under construction.
Alongside its activities as architects and planners, KCAP Architects&Planners has always combined professional work with education and research. This has produced successful cross-fertilisations, generated various publications and has gained Kees Christiaanse the position of curator of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) in 2009.
“We see our task as urban designers and architects as to observe and listen well and to use design as an instrument to create functional, aesthetic and inspiring environments for daily life”, says Kees Christiaanse. “In the past 20 years we have developed specific experiences and skills in creating urban breeding grounds that stimulate social interaction. With the challenges of the Urban Age increasing rather than decreasing KCAP Architects&Planners will keep developing this knowledge to provide answers for the future of cities.”
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Developments by KCAP Architects&Planners
De Witte Keizer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
De Witte Keizer
Killesberg Urban Quarter, Stuttgart, Germany
Killesberg Urban Quarter
Oostelijke Handelskade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Oostelijke Handelskade
P&R Hooggelegen Utrecht, The Netherlands
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners, JHK Architecten
P&R Hooggelegen Utrecht
The Red Apple, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Red Apple Rotterdam
Royal Docks Business Park, London, UK
Royal Docks Business Park
Science City, Zurich, Austria
Science City Zurich
Shenyang, Liaoning, northeast China
Shenyang buildings
Stadiumpark Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stadiumpark Rotterdam
Zalmhaven Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Zalmhaven Rotterdam
More buildings by KCAP Architects online soon
Location: Piekstraat 27, 3071 EL Rotterdam, Netherlands, northern Europe
Architecture Practice Information
Architect office based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
KCAP Architects&Planners
KCAP is an internationally operating Dutch design office for architecture and urbanism, which is led by four partners: Han van den Born, Kees Christiaanse, Ruurd Gietema en Irma van Oort.
This architectural practice is based in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Zürich (CH). The office works with an international staff of approximately 80 employees that operate on all levels of architecture and urbanism.
KCAP Architects&Planners has a wide scope of work including large scale urban and landscape projects, complex inner city urban transformations and building designs. Apart from the Netherlands, KCAP has a number of projects throughout Europe and Asia.
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