{"id":103381,"date":"2016-01-01T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T17:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/ben-van-berkel\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:44:16","slug":"ben-van-berkel","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/ben-van-berkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Van Berkel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/ben-vanberkel.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"false\" width=\"560\" height=\"770\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 560\/770;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/ben-vanberkel.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"false\" width=\"560\" height=\"770\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Van Berkel, courtesy of&nbsp;UNStudio.<strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Firm <\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNStudio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location <\/strong>:&nbsp;Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honors <\/strong>: Royal Institute of British Architects Jencks Award and International Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio <\/strong>:&nbsp;Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988 he and Caroline Bos set up an architectural practice in Amsterdam. The Van Berkel &amp; Bos Architectuurbureau has realized amongst others projects the Karbouw office building, the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam, museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Moebius house and the NMR facilities for the University of Utrecht.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998 Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos established a new firm: UNStudio (United Net). UNStudio presents itself as a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure. Current projects are the restructuring of the station area of Arnhem, the mixed-use Raffles City in Hangzhou, a masterplan for Basauri, a dance theatre for St. Petersburg and the design and restructuring of the Harbor Ponte Parodi in Genoa. With UNStudio he realized amongst others the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, a facade and interior renovation for the Galleria Department store in Seoul and a private villa up-state New York.<\/p>\n<p>Ben van Berkel has lectured and taught at many architectural schools around the world. Currently he is Professor Conceptual Design at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Central to his teaching is the inclusive approach of architectural works integrating virtual and material organization and engineering constructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completed Projects <\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"projects\/9365-on-a-high-note\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On A High Note: UNStudio Designs Graz, Austria&#8217;s MuMuTh Music Theater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"projects\/10275-nature-nurture-a-house-by-unstudio-embraces-the-du\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature, Nurture: A House by UNStudio Embraces the Dutch Landscape<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Van Berkel, courtesy of&nbsp;UNStudio. Firm :&nbsp;UNStudio. Location :&nbsp;Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Honors : Royal Institute of British Architects Jencks Award and International Fellowship. 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