Agenda

ROOTS - Studio presentation II

The following three studios will present themselves through short lectures. They were selected on May 7th by the panel of experts (Harm Tilman (De Architect), Florian Heilmeyer (BauNetz), Sabine Kraft (Arch+), Hans Ibelings (A10) and Stefan Devoldere (A+)). 

Gagat international

Interested in the borders between architecture, design and art, Luc Merx founded his practice in Rotterdam in 1999. In 2003, a grant from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture enabed him to study the parallels between late baroque architecture in Southern Germany and the influence of computers on modern architecture. This resulted in the design and research project "Rococo relevance". Luc has taught at several schools, incl. the Universities of Technology in Eindhoven and Darmstadt. He was the head of the Maastricht Building Academy and is currently a professor at the University of Technology in Kaiserslautern. www.gagat.com.

Philippe Dirix Architect

Philippe Dirix is interested in creating clear and pleasant spaces, modest in appearance but rich in context. According to Philippe, the context does not always need important architectural gesture to create interesting contrasts and dialogues. By placing the new creations not necessarily in the foreground, they act as objects in a larger whole and have the right to be themselves unashamedly. With completely new dwellings, too, the surrounding circumstances and buildings act as an impulse in the concept, without slipping into fixed patterns. This may sometimes lead to interesting, unexpected types of housing.

schulz & schulz

The architecture of the schulz brothers “(…) exhibits an unheard of presence — concise, concentrated, with a direct statement reminding the observer of the teachings of Mies van der Rohe. But behind this directness and the amazing flair the two architects have for using the right motifs, there is a discipline and self-control giving the buildings a surprising, simple, unexpected grandeur. It is a balancing act not unlike an aphorism: to say what is essential without being trivial.” (UPW Nagel 2007). www.schulz-und-schulz.com