Maarten van Kesteren architecten
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News:
In 2024 we won the Abe Bonnemaprijs, Rietveld / Truus Schröder Prijs, ARC24 Award, Gouden Piramide and Gulden Feniks for the transformation of craft school Nimeto.
In 2025 we won an ARC25 Award for the transformation of a house in Amsterdam.
Nimeto: transformation of a craftschool
2018-2023 in Utrecht
15.700 m2 building and 6000 m2 landscape
photo’s MWA Hart Nibbrig
Nimeto: transformation of a craftschool
Won: Abe Bonnemaprijs 2024 jonge architecten, Rietveld / Truus Schröder Prijs 2024, ARC 24 award, Gouden Piramide 2024 , Gulden Feniks 2024
Nominated for: BNA Beste Gebouw van het Jaar 2024 and Schoolgebouw van het jaar 2024 award
credits
Nimeto: transformation of craftschool
Year and location: 2018-2023, Utrecht;
Program: 15.700 m2 building and 6000 m2 landscape;
Client: Nimeto Utrecht;
Initiative design research: Stichting Mevrouw Meijer;
Design of the building, furniture and landscape: Maarten van Kesteren architecten;
Team: Maarten van Kesteren, Jesse van der Ploeg, Kees Fritschy, Simone Tettamanzi, Eline Degenaar, Meng Ye, Leonardo Rossi, Camillo Fiorito;
Building technical support: VDNDP;
Support landscape design: Tomas Degenaar;
Other advisors: ZRi (buildings physics, acoustics, fire safety), JVZ (stability), Galjema; (services), SmitsRinsma (technical support landscape), Silo (signing), Building for Tomorrow (project management);
Construction: Van Miltenburg, Scherrenberg and students and teachers of Nimeto and the Hout- en Meubileringscollege Rotterdam
Photography: MWA Hart Nibbrig;
Won: Abe Bonnemaprijs 2024 jonge architecten, Rietveld / Truus Schröder Prijs 2024, ARC 24 award, Gouden Piramide 2024 , Gulden Feniks 2024
Nominated for: BNA Beste Gebouw van het Jaar 2024 and Schoolgebouw van het jaar 2024 award
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Passive House: transformation of a house and garden
Year and location: 2021-2024, Amsterdam;
Program: 240 m2 building and 370 m2 landscape;
Design of the building and landscape: Maarten van Kesteren architecten;
Team: Maarten van Kesteren, Leonardo Rossi, Pien Nods;
Support landscape design: Tomas Degenaar;
Stability: Remmerswaal bouwadvies;
Passive house calculations: Silke Elsässer;
Construction: Volkmaakt Bouw;
Photography: MWA Hart Nibbrig;
Won: ARC25 Award
Nominations: Arie Keppler Prijs 2024.
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Transformation of a barely used school garden
Year and location: 2024-2025, Amsterdam;
Program: 1000m2 garden (planting, paving, chairs and benches);
Design: Tomas Degenaar and Maarten van Kesteren;
Construction: Hoefakker and Leon constructie;
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Verborgen tuin: transformation of a sylvan garden
Year: 2016-2017;
Sculpture and landscape: Enzo Valerio and Maarten van Kesteren;
Foundry: Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen;
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Cafe: installation for Amsterdam Art Fair
Year: 2016;
Design and construction: Enzo Valerio and Maarten van Kesteren;
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Elephant trail: installations for Artis Royal Zoo
Year and location: 2017-2018, Amsterdam;
Client: Artis Royal Zoo;
Design and sculpting: Maarten van Kesteren architecten;
Team: Maarten van Kesteren, Jesse van der Ploeg;
Other advisors: CM3 (technical support), Sounddesign (sound), The Snifferoo (smells);
Foundry: Bogart Bronsgieterij;
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Hollandsche Schouwburg: Holocaust memorial and museum in Mokum
Year: 2013-2014;
Graduation project;
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