Wiel Arets Architects
Encyclopedia
Wiel Arets Architects is a multidisciplinary architecture
and design
firm with studios located throughout Europe
, founded by Wiel Arets
in 1983.
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and design
Design
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firm with studios located throughout Europe
Europe
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, founded by Wiel Arets
Wiel Arets
Wiel Arets is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist, industrial designer and 'Professor of Building Planning and Design' at the Berlin University of the Arts , Germany. Arets studied at the Technical University of Eindhoven, graduating in 1983...
in 1983.
Notable projects
- Fashion Shop Beltgens, (MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
, 1986-1987) - Maastricht Academy of Art and ArchitectureAcademie Beeldende Kunsten MaastrichtThe Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, Dutch: Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht , is located in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is part of the Zuyd University...
, (MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
, 1989–1993) - AZL Pension Fund Headquarters, (HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
, 1990–1995) - KNSM IslandKNSM IslandThe KNSM Island is a man-made peninsula in the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam. It is named for the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij , the Royal Dutch Steamboat Shipping company which used to have its headquarters and its docks on the island...
Apartment Tower, (AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 1990–1996) - Police Station, (VaalsVaalsVaals is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which in its turn finds itself in the southeastern part of the Netherlands....
, 1993–1995) - Tower Hoge HerenHoge HerenThe Hoge Heren is hybrid complex composed of two towers in the center of Rotterdam designed by Wiel Arets, located in the former Zalmhaven of the city near the Erasmusbrug. The building was completed in 2000. The complex is 102 meters heigh and has 34 floors.- External links :* *...
, (RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, 1993–2001) - Police Station, (CuijkCuijkCuijk is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands of pre-historic origin. Its existence is recorded on the Roman roadmap Tabula Peutingeriana under the name of Ceuclum. Cuijk is twinned with Maldon in Essex, UK. It is a big commuter town with very good public transport services to...
, 1994–1997) - Lensvelt Factory & Office, (BredaBredaBreda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
, 1995-1998) - University Library, (UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, 1997–2004) - The Hedge House (WijlreWijlreWijlre is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.Wijlre was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Gulpen.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....
, 1998–2001) - Sport Campus Leidsche RijnLeidsche RijnLeidsche Rijn is a neighbourhood under construction west of Utrecht in the central Netherlands. The neighbourhood is expected to be completed in 2025 and will have approximately 80,000 inhabitants....
, (UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, 1998–2006) - Kwakkel Office & Showroom, (ApeldoornApeldoornApeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, 1999–2002) - GlaspaleisGlaspaleisThe Glaspaleis is a modernist building in Heerlen, Netherlands, built in 1935. Formerly a fashion house and department store, Schunck, it is now the cultural centre of the city...
, (HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
, 1999–2003) - Housing Kloostertuin, (ApeldoornApeldoornApeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, 2000–2006) - Tea & Coffee Towers, (Limited Edition for Alessi, 2001–2003)
- 4 Towers Osdorp, (AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 2002–2008) - Living Madrid, (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, 2002–2008) - Gallery Borzo, (AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 2004–2006) - EuroborgEuroborgEuroborg is the stadium of football club FC Groningen, with a capacity of 22,329 seats. Located to the south-east of Groningen, the Euroborg site houses a casino and a movie theatre, a school, a supermarket and a fitness centre. A temporary railway station at the Euroborg has opened in late 2007....
Stadium, (Groningen, 2004–2006) - Il Bagno dOt Alessi, (Alessi, 2004-2007)
- The H House, (MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
, 2005–2009) - The V Tower, (Eindhoven, 2006–2009
- Hotel Zenden, (MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
, 2006–2009) - The E Tower, (Eindhoven, Under Construction)
- The B Tower, (RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Under Construction) - The A House, (TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Under Construction) - Urban Studios, (MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
, RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Under Construction) - AllianzAllianzSE is a global financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core business and focus is insurance. As of 2010, it was the world's 12th-largest financial services group and 23rd-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine.Its Allianz Global Investors...
Headquarters, (ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Under Construction) - Media House Schwäbischer Publishers, (RavensburgRavensburgRavensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
, Under Construction) - The IJhal (Amsterdam Centraal Station, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Construction to begin in 2012) - Truman Plaza (BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, In Development)
Awards
- Victor de Stuers Award (1987)
- Charlotte Köhler Award (1988)
- Rotterdam Maaskant Award (1989)
- Victor de Stuers Award (1994)
- Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture: Special Mention Emerging Architect (1994)
- BNA Kubus (2005) http://www.architectenweb.nl/aweb/redactie/redactie_detail.asp?iNID=6002
- iF Product Design Award (2009)
- Good Design Award (2009)
- Amsterdam Architecture Prize (2010) http://www.arcam.nl/evenementen/programma_nl.html
- ContractWorld Award (2011) http://www.contractworld.com/68566?x=1
- Best Dutch Book Design Award 2010: STILLS: A Timeline of Ideas, Articles & Interviews 1983-2010 (2011) http://www.bestverzorgdeboeken.nl/nl/selectie/?book_id=20&edition_id=1
Further reading
- Architecture & Urbanism (A+U), Number 281 ISSN 0389-9160
- Wiel Arets, De Singel, Antwerpen, 1996 ISBN 90-75591-04-7
- El Croquis, Number 85, Madrid ISSN 0212-5683
External links
- Wiel Arets Architects
- Complete List of Projects (Dutch)
- E-Architect UK Profile
- Wiel Arets at the Berlin University of the ArtsBerlin University of the ArtsThe Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...