Hans van der Heijden Architects

Hans van der Heijden Architect works within the tradition of architecture. The office designs solid buildings which are adaptable, are self-evidently present in the city and which can be occupied by their inhabitants. Design is negotiation. Sustainable urban design has to be imaginable and pragmatic. Hans van der Heijden is an architect who designs, writes and teaches. The pleasure of building is paramount.

Hans van der Heijden [the Hague, 1963] studied Architecture and Urban Design at TU Delft and graduated in 1988. In 1994 he established biq in Rotterdam with Karel Fibbe and Rick Wessels. In 1996 he won the Europan-4 competition for young architects. HvdH published articles in different professional magazines and the books Architecture in the Fractured City [2008] and Habitat [2013] and on behalf of AIR Foundation he curated the debate series ArchitectuurCases [2009-2010]. He is an editor of the Dutch Architecture Yearbook and a member of the research group Brick Dresses of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. HvdH lectured and taught and he is visiting professor in Sustainable Urban Design at Cambridge University. In 2014 he moved to Amsterdam to establish his own design studio Hans van der Heijden Architect and to continue his practice as an independent designer.

Fritz-Höger-Preis 2011 für Backstein-Architektur

2. Platz Gesamtsieger und Sieger in der Kategorie „Wohnungsbau, Geschosswohnungsbau“ mit dem Büro biq stadsontwerp.