The Reef at King's Dock in Singapore that KCAP has been elaborating on since 2018 for joint venture Keppel Land / Mapletree in Singapore is now ready for sales. The ...
The team KCAP + Neutelings Riedijk Architects + Arcadis + Ahrbom & Partner + Landskapslaget + Iterio has been selected as one of four finalists in the international tender to ...
The Gustav, a residential ensemble of two individual buildings with various housing types for young professionals and starters, is completed. The project, designed by KCAP in commission of Zuidschans CV, ...
KCAP Architects&Planners with Barcode Architects and Lodewijk Baljon landschapsarchitecten have created the urban vision De Waalhoven for the dike zone in Nijmegen Noord, The Netherlands. In consortium with the developers ...
KCAP partner Irma van Oort is part of "Manifest: architecten over klimaat en ongelijkheid" / "Manifest: architects on climate and inequality", the book to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dutch ...
We are delighted and proud to be present in the Yearbook 2020 Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in The Netherlands. KCAP has been selected by an independent committee of professionals ...
Brno Main Station Competition
17-12-2020
The international urban transport architectural competition for the new main train station in Brno has started! The team MVSA Architects together with KCAP Architects &Planners, JIKA-CZ and m2au is among ...
KCAP teamed up with a group of experts –Architetti Tibiletti Associati (ATA) & Claudio Ferrata, mavo, Studio Habitat, ARUP, IBV, CBM, Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini, AIDEC - to develop a vision ...
The desire of the Russian construction industry's leading representatives to implement the principles of sustainable development has made it possible to achieve important results in this area, especially in recent ...
There is a new place-to-be for seaside lovers at Scheveningen where to enjoy the atmosphere of the famous Dutch beach destination: the 4-star Inntel Hotels Den Haag Marina Beach designed ...
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has announced the appointment of Kees Christiaanse as Distinguished Affiliated Professor. The honorary title acknowledges the outstanding achievements of the architect and urban planner ...
The new Oassis quarter in Crissier is completed. KCAP designed and built two residential buildings as part of a larger ensemble of six residential buildings with 550 apartments and an ...
Ligovsky City St. Petersburg has received a Gold diploma in the category 'residential' of the Russian Architecton Award! KCAP + Orange Architects are working in a consortium with A.Len from ...
Eurasian Award for East Dike Shenzhen
09-10-2020
Earlier this month, we received the gold certificate of the Eurasian Award for East Dike Shenzhen, our shared project with Felixx Landscape architects and planners.For eighteen kilometers of coastline, KCAP+Felixx ...
The Student Hotel Delft opens its doors
08-10-2020
The Student Hotel Delft in the Nieuw Delft area development has opened its doors. KCAP has worked together with The Student Hotel, Municipality of Delft, BAM Bouw en Techniek – ...
KCAP has been announced as the master planner for the development of ZIL-South, the largest brownfield area in Moscow, the ZIL car factory's former site. The old automobile plant's location, ...
Open Fields City, winning proposal for Bucheon Daejang New Town KCAP, in a team with DA GROUP Urban Design & Architecture Co. Ltd., won the international competition for one of the ...
KCAP has won the competition organized by the Shenzhen Water Bureau regarding a new masterplan for the Guangming Reservoir, the largest drinking water storage of Shenzhen for the years to ...
KCAP and CITYFÖRSTER design a new cultural district for Bratislava, Slovakia. Trnavské mýto will house a state-of-the-art concert and congress venue and the area will be transformed into a modern ...
KCAP and Orange Architects are working in a consortium with A.Len Architectural Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia, to transform a former railway yard on Ligovsky Prospekt into a new residential ...
On Heidelberg's largest transformation area, the 100-hectare Patrick-Henry-Village (PHV), the municipality, together with the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Heidelberg and partners, is developing a model for the knowledge city of ...
KCAP designed the spatial development framework for the former naval airfield Valkenburg in the municipality of Katwijk. The spatial framework responds to the urbanization challenge in finding a suitable area ...
Joining forces is moving forward. Springco Urban Analytics, Fakton Consultancy, KCAP Architects&Planners and Dietz communicatie have collaborated in the recent months for and with ‘Werkplaats Overvecht’ and local stakeholders (residents ...
Today, the municipality of Katwijk and BPD, Bouwfonds Property Development, have signed the letter of intent for the feasibility study for the development of a large number of sustainable and ...
Last week, the demonstration zone of East Dike Shenzhen was officially opened by Mr. Huang Min, vice mayor of Shenzhen, accompanied by Mr. Zhang Liwei, head of the Water Bureau ...
Maritime Campus Antwerp (MCA) start of works
06-05-2020
For the first time in years there is activity on the former BP site situated in the south of the city of Antwerp along the river Scheldt. The demolition and ...
East Dike Shenzhen is shortlisted for the World Landscape Architecture Awards 2020, nominated as laureate in the Eurasian Prize 2019-2020, currently exhibited in Roca Gallery London’s exhibition 'Sea Change: Flood ...
KCAP ranks a top 5 as Urban Designer
23-04-2020
We are honoured to be awarded a top 5 position in the urban design discipline of this years 'Competitionline Ranking 2019/2020'. The ranking is the only architects' ranking in German-speaking countries ...
The first 500m demonstration zone Yangmeikeng of East Dike Shenzhen is almost realized. It forms the base for the six strategic realization projects along the 18 km of coastal reinforcement ...
Stadtbauwelt: Golden City St. Petersburg
16-04-2020
Three large urban development projects are changing the silhouette of St. Petersburg at the Gulf of Finland. Golden City by KCAP + Orange Architects is one of them and ‘promises ...
KCAP Home Office
25-03-2020
When the Covid-19 outbreak kicked in, a team of four colleagues of KCAP Zurich was in the middle of preparing a tender for Industry 4.0 Estates in Singapore. As international ...
KCAP works from home. Like many other companies, our colleagues in Rotterdam, Zurich, Shanghai and Singapore have successively switched to home office modus. In an interview with Architectenweb, Jeroen Dirckx, ...
With a height of 34,5 meters the highest point of The Student Hotel Delft has been reached. The Student Hotel is located centrally in the Nieuw Delft area development and ...
KCAP COVID-19 measures
15-03-2020
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, KCAP is taking heightened measures in our offices in Rotterdam, Zurich and Shanghai. We have prepared our organisation to work from home and will do ...
The redevelopment of 2Amsterdam is progressing rapidly and we are looking forward to the opening of the hotel tower, planned for the beginning of December. The design transforms two monofunctional towers ...
In an interview for Lufthansa magazine, Kees talks about the pros and cons of daily life in the megacities of tomorrow. Contemporary urbanization is challenging due to its enormous impact ...
Meet team KCAP at MIPIM 2020
14-02-2020
KCAP is pleased to meet you at the annual real estate fair MIPIM in Cannes. During March 10th until 13th, our delegation will be present at Holland Metropole, pavilion C.19E. Please ...
KCAP promotes talents
04-02-2020
With exciting new projects in the design stage and under construction, KCAP is enjoying a growing portfolio and a strategic development of our office structure. To accommodate this growth, we ...
KCAP at exhibition 'Sea Change: Flood Resilient Architecture for the 21st Century', London
01-02-2020
The overwhelming challenge of our time is to build cities that protect the earth’s resources and habitats through sustainable and climate adaptive planning. KCAP takes on this challenge and has ...
Happy Chinese New Year 2020!
22-01-2020
We wish you all a happy Chinese New Year 2020! May this year of the rat bring you luck and good fortune.
The construction of our East Dike project in Shenzhen is progressing rapidly. In order to ensure protection against storm surges in the near future, hard work has been done on ...
KCAP, in collaboration with Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, designed an ecological masterplan for Jinan's Southern Mountain area in norther China. Its purpose is to restore and protect the mountainous geological structure ...
Rising: The Student Hotel Delft
07-01-2020
The Student Hotel in Delft is well on its way, just a few more floors to go while the prefab façade elements are already being mounted. Exciting project on a ...
The new residential neighborhood by Arkitema Architects within KCAP’s masterplan of Kanalbyen (formerly FredericiaC), is approved. It comprises of 450 homes with a total size of around 38.000 m2, developed ...
We wish you a splendid 2020!
01-01-2020
Our work is fundamentally collaborative and shaped by many hands. The success of a project relies as much on the engagement with others, as it does on our design. We ...
The redevelopment of the Stationspostgebouw in The Hague is official. Developer LIFE.NL, PostNL, Fosbury &Sons, the municipality of The Hague and developer SENS real estate gave the official start sign ...
Construction work of our project East Dike in Shenzhen is progressing fast and the design is taking shape. Team KCAP + Felixx is supervising the construction process on site together ...
Student Residence Massy taken into use
11-12-2019
The student residence in Quartier Atlantis in Massy, south of Paris, has been taken into use. With its sculptural appearance, which is inspired by a massive rock, the building marks ...
On November 29th, the development agreement for the MARK high-rise project in Leidsche Rijn has been signed by alderman Klaas Verschuure (Leidsche Rijn) on behalf of the municipality of Utrecht ...
The construction of Inntel Hotel Marina Beach The Hague has reached its highest point. This was officially celebrated on the construction site on November, 22nd. The 4-star hotel will become a ...
Green Gustav Rooftop shows itself
25-11-2019
The roof landscape on top of our building the Gustav on the Zuid-as of Amsterdam is beginning to take shape. This will soon be a meeting place for the studio ...
Werkplaats Overvecht is an initiative of a group of 10 business organisations and housing corporations to create a plan for the transformation of Overvecht neighborhood in Utrecht, together with residents ...
Workshop urban water landscape Shenzhen
13-11-2019
On 12 and 13 November, KCAP's Kees Christiaanse , Ting Chen, Anna Gasco and Ya-Hsin Chen, attend a 2-day brain storming workshop “Flow-Morphing: The Urbanist Action on Shenzhen’s Water Landscape ...
The Piekstraat tower is nominated as one of three Rotterdam projects for the award 'Meest Markante Rotterdamse Vastgoedproject 2019'. During the 'Rotterdamse Vastgoedborrel' on November 7th, you can cast your ...
Construction nearing completion in Crissier
22-10-2019
Our residential project OASSIS in Crissier is nearing completion fast. The facade of one building has been finished and the first apartments were delivered. The project is set in the ...
Green light for Humanities Campus Leiden
21-10-2019
On 17 October, the city council of Leiden approved the urban development plan and the ‘image quality plan’ for the Humanities Campus, both designed by KCAP. As such, green light ...
Eindhoven's station area will transform from a monofunctional area, dominated by infrastructure and offices, into a lively and mixed, dense urban district. Are you interested in how this area, which ...
Today, we welcomed a Korean delegation with representatives of the Incheon Port Authority, port operating companies and the Labour Union at KCAP. This visit is the start of the delegation’s ...
KCAP meet-up in Zurich
07-10-2019
We would like to share with you our convivial aftermovie of our KCAP meet-up in Zurich. All KCAP staff of Rotterdam, Zurich and Shanghai met for a thrilling weekend ...
Jump over the Elbe river
25-09-2019
After visiting Grasbrook in Hamburg, KCAP, as one of six firms, starts working on new concepts for developing this old harbour area into a vibrant new neighbourhood. Main challenge will ...
KCAP, in collaboration with CITYFÖRSTER, won the competition to design a new cultural district for Bratislava. The ambitious project includes a state-of-the-art concert and congress venue which will become a ...
KCAP shortlisted for the Moscow Rizhsky freight yard competition in a consortium with SVESMI. Goal of the project is the comprehensive redevelopment of the freight yard and creation of a ...
We are looking forward to being on board of the Clipper Stad Amsterdam in Hamburg on October 11th with Space&Matter, Amsterdam Trade & Innovate and the Netherlands Business Support Office ...
KCAP + FELIXX have won the international competition for the redevelopment of the 130-kilometer coastline of Dapeng, a green peninsula in the bay between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. In September ...
Meet KCAP at Expo Real in Munich
11-09-2019
Meet our delegates at Expo Real in Munich, Holland Metropool stand 230, hall A2! We are happy to welcoming you at the stand or arrange a meeting on the fairgrounds. Contact ...
Busan North Port Redevelopment
04-09-2019
This summer, KCAP participated in the International Competition of Busan North Port Redevelopment Phase 2. Busan already proceeded with the 1st phase of redevelopment in the old North Port. This ...
The Grand Projet launched in Singapore
29-08-2019
The Grand Projet was launched today in Singapore. The 600-pages-book is a collection of four years comparative research by the Future Cities Laboratory on the making and impact of urban ...
A livable future for Hamburg
22-08-2019
‘Magistralen’ is this year’s theme of the International Bauforum 2019 Hamburg. Magistralen is the German word for arterial corridors. In this case the seven largest arterial corridors of the city. ...
From Border City to Open City
01-08-2019
KCAP has presented an urban plan for the development of Futian. KCAP’s urban design vision proposes a strategy to turn Futian, Shenzhen’s City Centre into a vibrant urban city centre ...
Green light for The Twins in Overhoeks
19-07-2019
The municipality of Amsterdam has approved the building permit for phase 3.2 of the new residential district Aan het Ij with KCAP’s The Twins being part of it. The Twins ...
Fan-shaped Cruquius
18-07-2019
Underground parking spaces for 190 vehicles and a fan-shaped layout become visible at the Cruquius-wharf building site. KCAP has drawn up the urban development plan for this former industrial erea ...
Zuiderzicht Antwerp reaches highest point
05-07-2019
Zuiderzicht Antwerp celebrates the reaching of the highest point. Zuiderzicht is a new addition to the skyline of Antwerp. As part of the development Antwerp Nieuw Zuid, the residential tower ...
The team HawkinsBrown with KCAP, Grant Associates, BuroHappold Engineering and Sam Jacob Studio is one of the five finalist teams in the MK:U International Design Competition. Today, Milton Keynes Council (MKC), ...
Book Night Kees Christiaanse "Textbook"
12-06-2019
On June 27, Kees Christiaanse will speak about his "Textbook", published with nai010 Publishers last year. The Textbook covers 30 years of his thinking about cities. It is a collection ...
Design Piekstraat tower approved
23-05-2019
The aesthetic building commission (Commissie Welstand en Monumenten Rotterdam) has given green light for the design of the residential tower on the tip of Piekstraat. Piekstraat is a unique location. Old ...
The new neighbourhood “Aeschbachquartier” in Aarau, a town with 22.000 inhabitants between Zurich and Bern, has been completed. KCAP Architects&Planners designed the masterplan of the neighbourhood and realized several buildings, ...
Climate Resilient Cities: The Dutch Approach
10-05-2019
As urban planner, KCAP is facing the challenges of ecology and constantly strives to develop futureproof and resilient cities for future generations. With our broad multidisciplinary approach to complex design ...
Circular work locations of the future
18-04-2019
Climate change and depletion of materials necessitate a transition to a circular economy. And how do we take into account other developments that have an impact on working in the ...
Start construction Cruquiuswerf Amsterdam
12-04-2019
Construction of Cruquiuswerf Amsterdam has started and was officially celebrated on Friday, April 12th. The former industrial area of Cruquiuswerf is being transformed into a vivid neighborhood voor living and ...
Aeschbachquartier Aarau officially opened
05-04-2019
The Aeschbachquartier in Aarau, planned by KCAP Architects&Planners and Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitekten, was officially opened on April 4 by real estate developer Mobimo. Events for the public will take place ...
The urban plan and the ‘image quality plan’ of KCAP for the Humanities Campus of the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden was released last week by the Municipal Executive Board ...
Start construction Kade Noord Zutphen
03-04-2019
Yesterday, the official start construction ceremony for Kade Noord in Zutphen was celebrated. Within the urban plan of KCAP for Noorderhaven Zutphen, Kade Noord provides for high-quality homes and apartments ...
The existing national stadium is next to the Atomium the center piece of the area of NEO Brussels, the urban transformation project of KCAP. Renovation of the stadium is a radical ...
Book launch 'Potato Plan Collection'
19-03-2019
We are pleased to announce the UK Book Launch of The Potato Plan Collection – 40 Cities through the Lens of Patrick Abercrombie. With an introduction by Kees Christiaanse, Peter ...
Many cities face the challenge to provide for more housing in inner-city areas. So does the city of The Hague, where in the coming years the former industrial and port ...
On Tuesday, March 5th, the Incheon Metropolitan Government, South Korea and KCAP have signed a cooperation agreement. Based on the recent commission of KCAP for the Conceptual plan of lncheon Inner ...
Built in 1949 originally for PTT Post, the nowadays logistic e-commerce company PostNL will return to the ‘Stationspostgebouw' in The Hague and use it as its headquarters. With the return ...
Building permit for The Student Hotel Delft
31-01-2019
The building permit for The Student Hotel Delft is approved and the site preparations are starting. The construction of the hotel on this central location on the foresquare of Delft ...
KCAP and local partner CAUPD have won the Longgang Riverfront Competition in Shenzhen, China. The joint proposal for the 80 ha riverfront area was awarded first prize unanimously by the ...
10 years after winning the competition (MEP) for 'Parc du Simplon' in Renens, the first buildings are standing and the construction of the appartements and offices is progressing quickly. The ...
With the present legal validation, the planning phase is completed and Swiss Prime Site will soon launch the first stage of construction. Starting in 2015, KCAP designed the masterplan for ...
Within the Urban Space Concept by KCAP and Studio Vulkan for the “University District Zurich Centre” (Hochschulgebiet Zürich Zentrum, HGZZ), every single building is developed in a separate architectural competition. ...
KCAP wishes Happy New Year 2019
08-01-2019
KCAP wishes you a prosperous and happy New Year! We thank you for your trust and cooperation and are looking forward to new encounters and collaborations in 2019! Enjoy our new ...
KCAP is part of the consortium with real estate developer Stadswaarde, Koopmans Bouwgroep (TBI) and J.P. van Eesteren (TBI) and architects Architekten Cie. (Branimir Medic, lead architect), Geurst & Schulze ...
KCAP as a co-partner of the cooperation of Dutch and Polish cities, companies, knowledge institutes and NGOs , signed the Letter of Intent on European cooperation on climate adaptation in ...
In Crissier near Lausanne, KCAP is building two residential buildings as part of an ensemble of 6 residential and one office building. The apartments will offer beautiful views into the ...
Ernstjan Cornelis new managing director KCAP
03-12-2018
As of January 1st 2019, managing director Hans van Schuylenburch will be succeeded by Ernstjan Cornelis. KCAP has set a new strategic course led by Hans van Schuylenburch since his ...
Yesterday, the ULI Germany Leadership Award 2018 was presented in Offenbach, Germany. Kees Christiaanse received the prestigious award in the category Urban Planning. The prize is awarded annually by the ...
KCAP, in cooperation with the landscape architects Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, traffic planners ARGUS Stadt und Verkehr, and energy and sustainability consultant ENERGY-GROUP.CH, was announced as the winner of the urban ...
KCAP together with local partner China Urban Planning and Design Institute (CAUPD) is selected to proceed to the final stage of the competition for the design of the 46 km2 ...
Start construction 2Amsterdam
14-11-2018
Yesterday, the construction of 2Amsterdam on Amsterdam’s Zuidas area started with a spectaluar ceremony. KCAP is the architect of the transformation of the former office towers of AkzoNobel and Stibbe ...
Progress block M at Overhoeks Amsterdam
13-11-2018
KCAP has submitted the building permit application for block M in Amsterdam’s Overhoeks development area. KCAP’s design of the twin building in commission of Amvest contains 149 residences with large ...
Along what lines does the growth of the city take shape? What are the opportunities and challenges for Rotterdam in particular? Which regional and urban lines and nodes will become ...
Start construction Punt de Sniep
02-11-2018
Construction of Punt de Sniep in Diemen started officially yesterday. On the peninsula in the center of Diemen, a new neighbourhood for living and working with a variety of public ...
The City of Hamburg has earned a "Special Mention" by the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2018. The biannual international award honours outstanding achievements and contributions to the creation ...
On Thursday, October 18th 2018, The Student Hotel signed a purchase and realisation agreement with the Nieuw Delft project organisation. The Student Hotel also signed agreements with BAM and Bectro ...
KCAP, as part of the INHA University Industry-Academy Collaboration Team, is selected for the 464 ha Incheon Inner Harbor redevelopment in South Korea. The team is completed by NOW architects. ...
Kakumäe Harbour in Tallinn is progressing
04-10-2018
Last week we visited our project Kakumäe Harbour in Tallinn. The assignment for KCAP is comprised of a masterplan for the sea side area of 25.2 ha, including a marina ...
Central innovation district for Eindhoven
12-09-2018
The railway zone in Eindhoven plays a key role in the growth of the city and in strengthening its position as the heart of the high-tech manufacturing industry of Brainport ...
Brussels: NEO 2 on its way
07-09-2018
With the winning competition design for the international Convention center and Hotel by the consortium with CFE / Cofinimmo together with Ateliers Jean Nouvel, the second phase of NEO Brussels is taking ...
Meet KCAP at Expo Real 2018 in Munich
06-09-2018
KCAP is looking forward to meeting you at the upcoming Expo Real in Munich! Do you want to know more about KCAP and our work? Get in touch with our business ...
Renske van der Stoep leaves KCAP
30-08-2018
Renske van der Stoep has decided to terminate her partnership with KCAP. Partially due to her recent engagement in the formation of a vision as head of Architecture for the ...
Construction of block 6 of the Golden City in St. Petersburg is rising. Block 6 is one of the first two buildings within the masterplan ‘Golden City’ in St. Petersburg ...
Mobility and residential living are the main challenges facing the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region. LIVING THE REGION – RHINE-MAIN interrelates mobility and residential living. After all, the region lives of ...
Reading Kees Christiaanse
19-07-2018
A nice collection of books by Kees Christiaanse recently released by NAI010 publishers: 'Textbook spans 30 years of the well-known urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse’s thinking about cities. The collected ...
Kade Noord Zutphen
12-07-2018
Kade Noord is a high-quality housing development within KCAP's urban plan for Noorderhaven Zutphen. Kade Noord is designed by ZECC Architects from Utrecht and by KCAP."The Ijsselfront played an important ...
Living in a landscape of roofs and balconies
09-07-2018
"Living in a landscape of roofs and balconies with plenty of outdoor space". This is how Irma van Oort describes KCAP's design for block A Overhoeks, Amsterdam in the first ...
KCAP's Cruquiuseiland model is part of the exhibition 'Close to Reality' in Amsterdam. More than 60 scale models offer a holistic view of a number of metropolitan developments and challenges in ...
KCAP joins the Blue Building Institute as consulting partner and is looking looking forward to cooperating with BBI and its partners to improve health and wellbeing in the built environment. KCAP ...
UNPACKING THE CITY, ROLLING OUT URBANITY
06-06-2018
Final symposium Prof. Kees Christiaanse, June 7th and 8th, 2018 in Zurich. On the occasion of the retirement of Kees Christiaanse as Professor of Architecture and Urban Design from ETH Zurich, ...
KCAP has won the competition for the International Cruise Port City masterplan in Qingdao, China. The masterplan provides Qingdao with a high-density mixed-use environment for living, working and cruise tourism ...
Under construction: the first two buildings of ‘Golden City’ at Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg
04-06-2018
Construction of the first two buildings within the masterplan ‘Golden City’ in St. Petersburg next to the International Sea Terminal designed by KCAP + Orange at Vasilievsky Island is progressing. ...
Renske van der Stoep has been appointed as head of the master's program in Architecture at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture (RAVB). Renske succeeds Job Floris, who held this position ...
Envision Seoul Underground
15-05-2018
Kees Christiaanse’s vision on Seoul underground space is exhibited under the title of "Jongro Connector" at the ‘Envision Seoul Underground’ exhibition in in Seoul, Korea. The City of Seoul showcases the exhibition ‘Envision ...
Today the construction of 'The Gustav' has been officially celebrated. The Gustav is a high quality residential building situated at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, developed by BPD and AM especially ...
KCAP at Overhoeks Amsterdam
12-04-2018
KCAP has started with the definitive design for block M at Overhoeks development area Amsterdam. Commissioned by Amvest, KCAP designs two outspoken and powerful apartment buildings: block M (left, phase ...
The development of KCAP’s masterplan for European Riverfront in Novosibirsk is progressing. Based on our urban plan, various offices designed architectural projects: Jems from Poland as well as Levs and ...
The masterplan for ‘Wetenschapspark Arenberg’ in Heverlee has been updated. The science park is an important link in the further development of the Leuven knowledge region. At this location, the ...
Launch of LabCampus Munich Airport
19-03-2018
Munich Airport has recently launched LabCampus, a unique, future-focused project to develop a center for ideas and innovation on the grounds of the airport. “This new high-tech campus offers a ...
KCAP appoints five new partners
13-03-2018
KCAP is pleased to announce it has strengthened its management with the appointment of five new partners: Xavier Blaringhem, Jeroen Dirckx, Anouk Kuitenbrouwer, Edward Schuurmans and Renske van der Stoep. These ...
BPD and Van Wijnen select KCAP for the design of a multifunctional building in Rotterdam Katendrecht
15-02-2018
BPD and Van Wijnen develop a complex with around 300 apartments, commercial spaces and an underground car park at the Brede Hilledijk in Rotterdam’s district Katendrecht. The developers recently selected ...
Happy Chinese New Year 2018!
14-02-2018
KCAP wishes everyone a Happy Chinese New Year of the dog 2018!
Ruurd Gietema has been appointed by the municipality of Zaanstad as supervisor for the development of the MAAK.gebied Zuid in Zaanstad. This area is one of the four areas within ...
Team ‘Vision Oberbillwerder 2030’ has been chosen as one of four participants out of 12 in round 1 to proceed to the second phase of the dialogue based competition process ...
Water plays a fundamental role in our work and our ambition to create sustainable urban living environments, with buildings and public spaces that enliven and renew the city. By considering ...
KCAP is pleased to welcome you at MIPIM in Cannes, March 13th-16th, Holland Metropole stand C19.E. Contact us for more information: communications@kcap.eu.
We go circular
12-01-2018
KCAP signs and supports herewith the Manifest Circulaire Architectuur which has been composed by the Royal Dutch Institute of Architects (BNA) in cooperation with its members. KCAP brings environments to life. ...
KCAP wishes you a Happy New Year 2018!
09-01-2018
We enjoyed to have been working with you during the last year and would like to thank all of you for your engagement, trust and fruitful collaboration. We wish you a ...
Design research Built Water presented
21-12-2017
The Rotterdam Climate is changing. In the future we will be dealing with more intensive periods of precipitation and drought. If we do not anticipate, this will lead to more ...
STROOM sets future in motion
21-12-2017
Worth to mention: STROOM. A building as a model for sustainable and healthy urbanisation in Utrecht's station area. It is the answer of the HINES / MRP Development consortium on ...
KCAP designs the area development plan for the an inner-city location of more than 4 ha in the new district of Merwede in Utrecht that has been acquired by developers ...
On Thursday, November 30th, Kees Christiaanse received the ARC17 Oeuvre Award during the official award ceremony in Amsterdam. The ARC17 Oeuvre Award is annually awarded to a person who makes ...
On Friday, November 24th, ‘Het Plein van Leiden’ has officially been opened. Het Plein is the new urban heart of Leiden Noord. With a renewed public space and located at ...
Kees Christiaanse wins ARC17 Oeuvre Award
16-11-2017
Kees Christiaanse, founder and partner of KCAP, is the winner of the ARC17 Oeuvre Award. The jury praises his work, his idiosyncratic vision of the city and his way of ...
KCAP, in collaboration with OSLO Architectes, has won the first prize in the architectural design competition for a residential tower in Strasbourg, France. This was announced by the mayor of ...
Amsterdam is facing the challenge to add 50.000 new homes by 2025. To preserve valuable landscape, the only solution is to densify within the city and industrial area's. As one ...
Complex Housing: De Opgang Amsterdam
17-10-2017
KCAP's De Opgang, comprising of a program of 79 apartments, a church and daycare facilities, is one of eight projects selected for publication 'Complex Housing' (Routledge, USA), which introduces an ...
Starting today, the redevelopment plan that KCAP has developed together with Wonam, ZUS, Manuelle Gautrand Architects and Arup is exhibited for the public. ‘Luchtplaats’ is one of the five submitted ...
How to manage a science park in such a way that its vision and strategy are considered an inspiring and recognised path, that actually guides the development of your innovation ...
The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you at Holland Property Plaza, stand 320, hall A-2. Will you join this year’s Expo Real and would you like to make an ...
Book release: The Noise Landscape
07-09-2017
"The Noise Landscape“ by Kees Christiaanse, Benedikt Boucsein, Eirini Kasioumi and Christian Salewski, has just been released with nai010 publishers. Through extensive documentation, maps and infographics, the book investigates the ...
The construction of the first phase of Vasilievsky Island development in St. Petersburg is started in July 2017, as planned. KCAP+ORANGE, in cooperation with local architects A-Len have designed block ...
Against the background of the exhibition "Train and the City", KCAP and OMI organize a special event around Rotterdam Central District on Tuesday 5 September. You are cordially invited to ...
Rotterdam, 28 August 2017 - The Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has unveiled the masterplan for Jurong Lake District in Singapore, the city’s future second Central Business District. The masterplan ...
Exhibition «Train and the City» prolonged
13-07-2017
Due to its success the exhibition Train and the City, which is presented at OMI Rotterdam, is prolonged. Until Sunday 10 September, visitors have the opportunity to explore a selection ...
A special event alongside the exhibition «Train and the City» with Ute Schneider, Elma van Boxel (ZUS), Bert Dirrix (Spoorbouwmeester, Diederendirrix architectuur & stedenbouw) and Mark Pimlott (TU Delft), moderator Chris ...
During the Rotterdam Architecture Month in June 2017, KCAP Architects&Planners and OMI present «Train and the City», a travelling exhibition of KCAP’s station related projects. With OMI being located in ...
KCAP is known for the development of sustainable urban living environments with buildings and public spaces that enliven and renew the city. In our concepts we combine our expertise of ...
Ute Schneider is one of the speakers of the annual Holland Property Plaza symposium that will take place May 15th in Utrecht. This year’s theme is 'Urbanisation', a challenging subject ...
Today, KCAP presented its results for a densification study for Rotterdam's inner city. Together with IMd, Fakton and architectural historian Wijnand Galema, KCAP has given an impetus to the research location ‘GGD’, ...
Since the birth of railway transport, cities have developed rapidly around their stations and continue to do so. Today, the arrival of high speed trains and the improvement of transportation, ...
Yesterday, KCAP presented the development vision for the Patrick-Henry-Village (PHV) in Heidelberg, Germany. PHV is the largest conversion area in Heidelberg, set to become a model for the ‚knowledge city ...
Looking for an internship? Meet KCAP at BAU - Business at University, March 29th, TU Delft
27-03-2017
KCAP will be joining BAU - Business at University, on March, 29th at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment from the Delft University of Technology. Are you looking for ...
KCAP, in cooperation with ZECC Architecten, is comissioned by developer Heijmans for the architectural infill of plot 4 within KCAP's urban plan for Noorderhaven Zutphen. The block comprises of about ...
Kees Christiaanse is one of the keynote speakers at the annual real estate symposium in Baden, Switzerland on March 28th. With the title "Die Stadt erfindet sich neu - Immobilien ...
Ute Schneider is one of the international jury members of Europan 14 Austria. On March 22nd, the competition will be officially launched with an opening event at the Haus der ...
Densification? Better management please!
15-03-2017
The compact city as the solution for urban growth? At best, this can only be part of the solution, say Kees Christiaanse and BPD CEO Walter de Boer. Both believe there ...
KCAP Architects&Planners has won the international design competition to redevelop ‘Sewoon District #4’ area in Seoul, Korea into a sustainable mixed-use area combining urban manufacturing and respecting its cultural heritage. ...
Invitation MIPIM sessions: 'Building for Sharing' and 'Mix to the Max', Tuesday 14th of March
27-02-2017
On Tuesday, 14th of March, Irma van Oort will be presenting in two sessions at MIPIM to which we cordially invite you: The New Deal - Building for Sharing The potential of ...
KCAP Architects&Planners would like to meet you at MIPIM 2017 in Cannes! The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you between 14th and 16th of March at Holland Metropole, stand ...
KCAP in team with Hines and MRP Development is among four selected parties to elaborate their plans for the ‘Healthy Urban Quarter’ in Utrecht’s station area: a new building based ...
China-lecture by Ruurd Gietema at TU Delft
13-02-2017
On Thursday, February 16th, Ruurd Gietema will give a lecture about KCAP's experiences with working in China at TU Delft. The lecture is meant as preparation for the STYLOS travel ...
KCAP and multi-disciplinary team selected to develop masterplan Jurong Lake District Singapore
08-02-2017
Today, the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has appointed KCAP Architects&Planners, leading a multi-disciplinary team consisting of SAA Architects, Arup, S333 and Lekker, as winning consultant for the development of ...
The content of KCAP's exhibition «Train and the City» is subject of a podium discussion that will be organised February 3rd at at Architekturforum Zurich. Together with the experts, the ...
KCAP wishes a Happy Chinese New Year!
27-01-2017
Today, China celebrates the start of the new year. KCAP wishes everyone a Happy New Year of the Rooster!
A new partnership between eight Dutch design, consulting and engineering firms plus an investor are offering initiators of innovation areas their support. The new initiative is named ‘Innovation Area Development ...
KCAP designs The Student Hotel Delft
24-01-2017
The Student Hotel group will open its first hotel in the university town Delft. The Student Hotel Delft will be realised on a central spot at Delft Central Station and ...
KCAP Architects&Planners, in collaboration with Vienna offices Baumschlager Hutter Partners and YEWO LANDSCAPES, has won the international urban design competition for the future development of the former shipyard area ‘Werftareal ...
An intimate living atmosphere within informal inner areas, a wayward skyline and a diverse program; this is the essence of the concept that KCAP together with Bouwinvest, Era Contour and ...
Design for ‘The Gustav’ presented
11-01-2017
Recently KCAP presented its design for The Gustav; a high quality residential building situated at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, a prime development location south of the city center and in ...
KCAP Rotterdam has four job openings
22-12-2016
KCAP Rotterdam has four job openings: *senior architect *architect *junior architect *revit modeller Find more information in our jobs section. Application deadline is January 4th, 2017.
KCAP's most recent newsletter is out! Enjoy reading!
After the preliminary design was received very positively, KCAP will start working on the definitive design phase for a housing block in the newly developed city quarter ‘Overhoeks’ in Amsterdam. KCAP’s ...
Project launch: Werkstadt Zürich
19-12-2016
KCAP is working on the transformation of the former industrial railway workshops’ area in Zurich into a new quarter for urban manufacturing. ‘Werkstadt Zürich’ is one of three areas of ...
As from tomorrow, KCAP Architects&Planners presents a selection of its station projects in the exhibition «Train and the City» at Architekturforum Zurich, Switzerland. Since the industrial revolution and the birth of ...
Launch The Spot receives positive feedback
07-12-2016
Yesterday, the design of The Spot design was presented. On the spot itself, in Amersfoort. Through VR glasses, visitors could preview the design in 360 degrees, as if the building ...
KCAP and Profund Vastgoedontwikkeling today present the design for 'The Spot' in Amersfoort; a striking residential building with forty luxury apartments and offices. LocationIt is the location of The Spot that ...
KCAP, in cooperation with Zhubo Design Group, has designed the selected urban scheme for the transformation of a former industrial zone in Shenzhen's Bagualing area. KCAP’s concept accommodates the ambition to ...
KCAP and Profund Vastgoedontwikkeling present next week the design for ‘The Spot’ in Amersfoort; an uitspoken design with 40 luxury apartments and commercial spaces. The Dutch paper AD interviews developer ...
In the past months, KCAP has been working on the interdisciplinary design study 'Licht verdicht'. The study has been a common initiative of the municipality of Rotterdam with BNA Onderzoek ...
Imagine a journey from Zurich to Amsterdam by train, with an intermezzo in a foreign city, pausing… stretching your legs, gazing around the station and then hopping onto another train ...
A light installation as positive sign for EUROPE. "For a long time the European project was considered an obvious development that generated benefits for all parties concerned. The succession of ...
KCAP is one of 8 selected international teams to compete in the urban redevelopment competition for Seun District #4 in Seoul. The objective of the competition is to seek for urban, ...
Havenlaan is part of the canal zone development (Kanaalzone) of Brussels and located close to the historic city centre. In the coming years, the area will be developed with a ...
Kees Christiaanse will be one of the speakers at the symposium 'Schiphol towards the future', organised by the podium for architecture in Haarlemmermeer and Schiphol. During the event, the book ...
KCAP Zurich ranks as top architecture office in the German speaking region (Germany, Switzerland and Austria). This is the result of a survey of the German magazines FOCUS and Baumeister ...
'The Golden City' - the masterplan by KCAP+ORANGE for Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg, has been awarded an International European Property Award 2016-17. Developer Glorax Development has received the 'Highly ...
An urban planner travels a lot! In his essay, published in the current issue of the German TOPOS magazine, Kees Christiaanse takes the reader on a journey through Europe by ...
KCAP+ORANGE, in cooperation with local architects A-Len, from St. Petersburg will also design the first architectural plot within the winning masterplan scheme for Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg. The masterplan, ...
Pioneering in sustainable urban design
28-10-2016
At the Building Green conference in Copenhagen on November 2nd and 3rd, Jeroen Dirckx, urban planner and associate at KCAP, will introduce KCAP's approach to sustainable urban design and present ...
KCAP is commissioned for the planning and realisation of four architectural buildings within the masterplan Riverside Zuchwil. Riverside is the transformation of a 20 ha former industrial area into a ...
KCAP to contribute expert knowledge in international forum 'Environment for Living', Tatarstan
18-10-2016
KCAP has extensive experiences with working in Russia in all phases of architectural and urban projects. This expertise has gained us an invitation share our expert knowlegde from an international perspective on the first edition ...
The Urban and Landscape Week is the biggest annual academic symposium hosted by TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences and is organized by study association POLIS. ULWeek ...
For the third time, KCAP has been invited to join the '100 architects of the year' exhibition, taking place this year in Ulsan, Korea. The exhibition is part of the ...
KCAP, together with McValnera Santander and a multidisciplinary team of experts, has been selected as one of the five participants in the competition for the transformation of the waterfront area ...
KCAP Architects&Planners in cooperation with Kunst + Herbert win the competition Fischbeker Reethen in Hamburg's district Harburg. The team was awarded first place in a two stage competition process with ...
KCAP speaker at MES-2016 conference in Kazan
29-09-2016
Today, KCAP participated in the annual interregional science and research conference “Modern Engineering System-2016" (MES-2016), taking place in Kazan, Russia. Riikka Tuomisto, senior project leader and urban designer of ...
KCAP is one of five shortlisted teams to develop the Jurong Lake District masterplan in Singapore. Jurong Lake District is Singapore's second Central Business District. The area is set to become ...
KCAP joined as one of the speakers the Ningbo Sponge City Delegation Visit, organised by The Consulate General of the Netherlands in Shanghai last week. Ningbo, a large, rapidly growing port city ...
Design agencies KCAP Architects&Planners, Arcadis and OKRA are selected by the city of Mechelen [BE] to draw up the masterplan of the Ragheno site. This centrally located business park will be ...
The creation of human living environments and intelligent breeding grounds for sustainable communities is key to KCAP's work. At the Sochi Investment Forum, Ruurd Gietema will present this expertise as one of the ...
In the Dutch AD Newspaper, which has a focus on Rotterdam, a large interview with Ruurd Gietema has been published. Forecasts say Rotterdam will experience a 10% growth in the ...
Ingredients for a good living environment
16-09-2016
Ingredients for a good living environment: vivid urban space architecture with identity space for interaction place for people! Punt de Sniep in Vastgoedmarkt September 2016.
KCAP is pleased to welcome you at Holland Property Plaza during Expo Real in Munich, October 4th - 6th. Do you want to make an appointment? Please contact us via pr@kcap.eu
Kees Christiaanse is one of the speakers at the annual conference of Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) that takes place from September 14-16 in Singapore.Future Cities / Challenges is the first ...
KCAP wins 3rd prize in Bao'an G107 Shenzhen
25-08-2016
KCAP has won the 3rd prize in the Shenzhen Bao'an G107 competition. KCAP, in cooperation with Lay-Out from Shenzhen, developed a strategic framework for the self-evolving incremental regeneration of new ...
Last month, Kees Christiaanse was one of the speakers at the annual Urban Age conference in Venice, jointly organised by LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political ...
Ya-Hsin Chen, associate and chief representative of KCAP Shanghai, was one of the speakers at the 2-day event ‘Sino Dutch Sponge City Seminar’ in Zhuhai in June, co-organized by Embassy of the ...
The first block within the urban regeneration of Uktus area in Ekaterinburg has started. The block accommodates apartments and commercial functions on ground level. KCAP is responsible for the masterplan ...
The new city quarter Killesberghöhe in Stuttgart invites to its summer party on Sunday, July 17th. Within the program also an architectural tour and an outdoor exhibition of the four ...
Kees Christiaanse is one of the speakers at the annual Urban Age conference, jointly organised by LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Deutsche Bank's Alfred ...
KCAP wins with ABC Planontwikkeling and Westplan Investors Punt de Sniep competition Diemen
07-07-2016
The team of developer ABC Planontwikkeling, Westplan Investors and KCAP Architect&Planners wins the competition ‘Punt de Sniep’ area in Diemen, a city in the agglomeration of Amsterdam. The concept has ...
Kees Christiaanse has been appointed as a member of the prestigious ‘Akademie der Künste – Academy of Arts’ Berlin. The Berlin Akademie der Künste, founded in 1696, is one of ...
IC-RA workshop with and at KCAP
05-07-2016
Tomorrow starts the first International Course Rotterdam Architecture (IC-RA): City force: Rotterdam architecture. This 3-day summer school for (young) professionals examines various Rotterdam city themes, forces and architecture in workshops, ...
The Dutch architecture monthly launches a new online magazine: De Architect Business. Check out the interview with Irma van Oort about KCAP's experiences with participating as architect at the German ...
Ruurd Gietema is speaker at the first of the 3 days of BAU congress in Bejing. During the congress, Chinese and international speakers will discuss the outlook for the future of ...
What started last year as a one time research by Dutch daily NRC is extended to be published on an annual base: the NRC Cultuur Top 100. Kees Christiaanse/KCAP is ...
Today's housing market requires a new approach. No longer is there one dominant way of life but a variety of lifestyles. More than ever, people wish to be able to individualise their ...
Kees Christiaanse keynote speaker at CESB16
20-06-2016
On June 23rd, Kees Christiaanse is one of the keynote speakers at the 3-day 'Central Europe towards Sustainable Building' conference 2016 in Prague, subtitled with Innovations for Sustainable Future. CESB16 continues ...
The design of KCAP and the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), in cooperation with landscape architects Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, was awarded first prize in the competition for Zhangjiang ...
New KCAP associate: Renske van der Stoep
02-06-2016
Renske van der Stoep will reinforce the team of KCAP Architects&Planners as associate Renske van der Stoep is an architect with 18 years of experience at MVRDV, Inbo and Ector Hoogstad ...
We are happy to welcome you at Transformatieplein during the Dutch real estate fair Provada, on June 7, 8 and 9. Special highlight this year: the shared presentation by Irma van ...
KCAP has been selected as 1 of 6 international teams for the Shenzhen Bao'an G107 competition. The designated area strechtes 30 km along national highway G107 and is one of ...
Kees Christiaanse interviewed in Vastgoedmarkt about urban planning in Rotterdam. He calls for urban densification of the center, a better distribution of city functions between the center and Kop van ...
On May 17th, Rotterdam will host the third edition of the annual international Urban Transformation Conference (UTC). The program consists of six sub themes under the central theme Vital Cities. ...
KCAP co-organised yesterday the first HPP Café, together with Holland Property Plaza. HPP Café is a new format within the various activities of HPP. As new networking initiative it brings together ...
The kick-off of the redevelopment of the Chubb-location Amsterdam took place yesterday, Wednesday, April 6th. Around 50 to 60 local residents and stakeholders came together during a public meeting. The ...
Bao'an Water City Shenzhen by KCAP in cooperation with LAY-OUT and Atelier Dreiseitl published in current World Landscape Architecture magazine WLA24.
Ruurd Gietema is one of the panelists of the 'Urban Environment and Resilience' panel at the European Habitat Conference in Prague. The 3-day conference started March 16th and serves as one ...
KCAP will be attending MIPIM 2016
10-03-2016
KCAP will be attending MIPIM 2016 in Cannes from March 15th – 18th. Do you want meet us there? Team KCAP - Ruurd Gietema, Irma van Oort, Masha Pidodnia and ...
KCAP in cooperation with About Blank is selected for the 'Valley of Life International Competition' in Beylikdüzü district in Istanbul. In this second round of the tender proceedure 5 international ...
Kees Christiaanse is one of the speakers at the symposium 'Future Healthcare' which is held every two years in Berlin. It serves as an international platform to offer political, medical, ...
Ruurd Gietema in interview about the transformation of The Hague's Binckhorst area in the recent issue of Gebiedsontwikkeling in Beweging.
Starting today, RIBA organises the Royal Gold Medal Week in London. During three days, various 2016 RIBA awards will be officially handed over to the prize winners. Kees Christiaanse is ...
Today, Kees Christiaanse will give a lecture about 'The impact of big projects on the city‘ within the spring lecture series of the University of Hong Kong. 'Today, the equilibirum of ...
Last year in March, KCAP urban planner Hyeri Park was one of the co-organisors of the 'Beyond Big Plans. Let's reinvent planning' symposium in Seoul. The international symposium with workshops ...
Exhibiton VRT competition entries
26-01-2016
Tomorrow opens the exhibition with all 5 competition entries for the VRT broadcast centre in Brussels, including the design of team OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen - KCAP. The ...
Construction of the sustainable housing tower Zuiderzicht in Antwerpen is approaching. The design is a cooperation of KCAP with evr-architecten. Click here for the news article (in Dutch).
Per January 2016, Irma van Oort has been assigned member of the 'Commissie Welstand en Monumenten' Rotterdam. The main goal of the committee is to guarantee the esthetical quality of the ...
Design of team OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen - KCAP for VRT broadcast centre on Canvas TV
18-01-2016
View via the link below the documentary about our team OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen - KCAP and our design for the VRT broadcast centre in Brussels. Our team ...
Another step in the realisation of KCAP's masterplan for Hogekwartier Amersfoort has been celebrated yesterday: the first stone ceremony for the sport complex, a competition win by Venhoeven CS with ...
The Flemish Radio and Television (VRT) has announced the winner of the design competition for the new broadcast centre in Brussels. KCAP in collaboration with OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van ...
New images Trinity Shenyang
07-01-2016
New images have been taken which document the current status of KCAP's urban plan for Trinity Shenyang, a new urban district for living, working and communal facilities. The 70 ha site, ...
Recently released: the December-January edition of the Dutch architecture monthly de Architect with an interview with Kees Christiaanse. He talks about shifts in how we work, changing work fields and ...
KCAP+ORANGE win the first prize in the urban and architectural competition for the most western tip of Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg. With its important role in the historical outreach ...
The construction progress of the first canal and the emerging of the public spaces of FredericiaC is progressing. The canal is a key element in KCAP's urban plan for the ...
Transformation Cruquiuseiland Amsterdam
04-12-2015
Dutch area and real estate developer AM has acquired the property of United Technologies Corporation (UTC) at Cruquiusweg in Amsterdam and will transform the current location of Chubb Fire & ...
Next Level – Urban planning without boarders. Learning from international experiences is the title under which the Dutch Creative Industry Fund gathers various experts to discuss: - how do international design ...
Parkstadt Köln Süd presented
25-11-2015
KCAP in team with Atelier Dreiseitl and office03 presented its final design for the Parkstadt Süd development in Cologne. The area comprises of a 115 ha site in the South ...
Create@Müllerpier in 1:50
20-11-2015
The first cohesive design model for the Create@Müllerpier ‘build your own house’ development on Rotterdam’s Müllerpier has been put together in a workshop with all future owners, their architects, the ...
Kees Christiaanse in interview with Dutch landscape magazine Blauwe Kamer about building and development in Zwitserland and the Netherlands.Click here to read the article (in Dutch).
Last year Kees Christiaanse contributed in the 4th workshop organised by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) with a lecture about the Schiphol airport region. The aim was to discuss the ...
KCAP in NRC Cultuur Top 100
19-10-2015
KCAP is listed as one of 7 architects in the Culture Top 100 of the Dutch daily NRC. Who perfomed the most abroad in 2014? Who was published the most often ...
For the second time, KCAP joins the '100 architects of the year' exhibition in Korea. In the framework of the World architects congress -UIA Seoul 2017, the Korean Institute of ...
KCAP at Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
15-10-2015
From October 17th to 25th, the annual Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven takes place. Within the larger exhibition framework, Deerns, who is also located in Eindhoven, organizes an exhibition with ...
KCAP Architects&Planners would like to meet you at Expo Real 2015 in Munich! The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you between 5th and 7th of October at Holland Property ...
The Elbbrücken quarter is located on eastern end of HafenCity, the tip of Baakenhafen where next to the Elbe bridges the S-and U-Bahn station is located. This situation implies that ...
A new city quarter with more than 300 apartments, public and local commercial functions, public spaces and a new neighborhood park will develop along Fabiolalaan in Ghent, located close to ...
KCAP’s urban design for the transformation of the former industrial site Sulzerareal has been chosen as favourite design from 4 competing design teams. The 17 ha site with its direct ...
Kees Christiaanse receives the prestigious lifetime honour ‘RIBA International Fellowship’. Today, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced 9 new 2016 RIBA International Fellowships which reward the particular contributions non-UK ...
Design De Mastentop approved
22-09-2015
The design of the sustainable housing tower De Mastentop in the Antwerp Nieuw Zuid development has been approved by the 'Buildings Aestetics Committee' (welstand) of Antwerp. De Mastentop is a ...
Urban Gardening event at Europaallee, Zurich
25-08-2015
Last Thursday, an Urban Gardening event took place at Europaallee. Various vegetables and herbs were planted earlier and were now ready to be harvested. The public was invited to help harvesting ...
Great interest in Create@Müllerpier
19-08-2015
Great interest for the 'self builder plots' on Rotterdam's Müllerpier. All 18 plots of phase 1 have been sold or are reserved as option. KCAP has developed the architectural concept ...
All 8 shortlisted projects of the RTV audience award/Rietveldprijs have been portrayed by RTV Utrecht. Watch the film portrait here. Click here to cast your vote for P+R De Uithof by KCAP/studioSK.
Scheveningen regains popularity
13-08-2015
Scheveningen is regaining popularity. The Dutch daily Telegraaf states today 5 reasons to visit the biggest sea resort of Nort-West Europe and gives 5 perspectives for 2020. KCAP's urban plan ...
KCAP 25 years - an inviting retrospective
09-07-2015
This publication is based on the celebration of the 25th anniversary of KCAP Architects&Planners on December 12th, 2014 in the Red Apple in Rotterdam. Enjoy reading (in Dutch) online. Click here to ...
The development of Europaallee Zurich in the coming years, based on KCAP's masterplan for the area, is now shown in a 3d movie. Click here to view the animation by Europaallee.
Opening Red Apple Marina
30-06-2015
Last Sunday, the Red Apple Marina was officially opened as part of the first Wijnhaven Festival in Rotterdam. The Red Apple Marina is an initiative of Wijnhavenisland inhabitants and entrepreneurs with ...
P+R De Uithof by KCAP/StudioSK is shortlisted for the RTV Utrecht Publieksprijs 2015, the audience award of Rietveldprijs! Cast your vote until September 30th!
Kees Christiaanse on Korean TV
27-06-2015
Recently, the Korean TV Channel A made documentary in 4 parts about redevelopment of harbour cities. Amsterdam is one of 4 cities they documented with various interviews and site visits. ...
Yesterday, the citizens of Hamburg discussed the masterplan for Olympic City on the Kleiner Grasbrook site and the long-term urban development of the area. The design team with a.o. Kees Christiaanse presented ...
After the first event in late May, the second public presentation of the current masterplanning status for Olympic City in Hamburg will be presented on June 23rd. Kees Christiaanse will co-present ...
Tomorrow at Borneo Architectuur Centrum Amsterdam: opening of the exhibition about unbuilt plans at IJ-Oevers Amsterdam. KCAP's design for the Fountainhead is one of the showcased projects. The exhibition is ...
KCAP has been selected as finalist in the second stage of the competition JinShan Waterfront in Shanghai. The competition is for a 580ha new town development along the 23 km2 ...
KCAP's TRANSFORMATION newsletter is out!
04-06-2015
KCAP's TRANSFORMATION newsletter is out! With cities and their architecture in a constant state of change, the vacancy and deterioration of buildings and urban environments are a constant threat. At times ...
We are happy to welcome you at Transformatieplein during the Dutch real estate fair Provada. You will find us in hall 9, showcasing our latest transformation projects. Over the years, we ...
KCAP in cooperation with international team commissioned for masterplan Olympic City Hamburg
26-05-2015
The Ministry of Urban Development and Environment Hamburg (Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt) in cooperation with HafenCity Hamburg has commissioned the preparation of a masterplan for the new city district ...
Today in Swiss free Migros Magazin: interview with Kees about urban planning in Switzerland.
P+R De Uithof shortlisted for Rietveldprijs
07-05-2015
P+R De Uithof in Utrecht by KCAP/StudioSK is one of 8 shortlisted projects for the prestigious Rietveldprijs. This biannual award is granted to excellent architecture realised in Utrecht. Up from late ...
Book launch 'Die Stadt als Ressource'
16-04-2015
The book 'Die Stadt als Ressource' offers insights into the teaching at the Chair of Kees Christiaanse at ETH Zurich and provides new ideas for the discourse on sustainable urban ...
KCAP Design Salon Chongqing
30-03-2015
On March 25th, KCAP was invited to host a design salon at the Dutch Consulate in Chongqing. The aim was to share KCAP's experience and discuss the future possibilities of ...
Kees Christiaanse is one of the jury members in the Porsche Design Tower competition in Frankfurt. 20 international architects present their design to the jury experts today, March 27th. The assignment is ...
Kees Christiaanse about 'Taming Tall Buildings' Autistic Tendencies' in an interview in the journal of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Click here for the article.
Contract Tower Striga 1 Antwerp signed
24-03-2015
On Monday, March 23rd, the contract for the project Tower Striga 1 in Antwerp was officially signed between developer Stadsontwikkeling Antwerpen NV and KCAP. KCAP works together with evr-Architecten and Bureau Bouwtechniek. The ...
KCAP is selected as one of 6 finalists out of 246 entries from 20 countries for the 'Progetto Flaminio' competition in Rome. The Competition aims at the regeneration and development of ...
KCAP's first newsletter is out
20-02-2015
KCAP's first newsletter is out with as topic HOUSING. In our continual effort to create high-quality living environments, we face many of the most challenging tasks of our time. In ...
Great interest to live in FredericiaC
10-02-2015
After FredericiaC had signed the agreement for the development of a plot at the canal last month an overwhelming interest in buying or renting a house has reached the company. ...
KCAP celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 12th in the Red Apple in Rotterdam. The celebration started with three speeches, one of which by Kees Christiaanse - a great statement ...
The designs of the Frankfurt Riedberg competition which KCAP recently won together with B&V Braun Canton, TOPOTEK 1 and Deutsche Wohnwerte are currently exhibited at Frankfurt's city planning department and ...
Kees Christiaanse about Cedric Price
19-01-2015
In Maastricht, Bureau Europa presents the third iteration of an exhibition of the work of architect Cedric Price and the first public appearance of some of his selected projects in ...
KCAP 25 years in De Architect
15-01-2015
Today, a short report about KCAP 25 years is published by De Architect.
In late December the Dutch monthly Stedenbouw & Architectuur released in its issue about renovation and transformation an interview with Kees Christiaanse: 'The sensible quality of of waterfonts'. Click here to ...
What is Architecture?
09-01-2015
KEES CHRISTIAANSE: 'Architecture is the translation of a program into material form.'Click here to view the interview.
The exhibition 'Constructing Text' at the Swiss Architecture Museum S AM highlights various projects to show how architecture can be spoken and written about. KCAP's masterpplan Europaalle Zurich is one of the selected ...
FredericiaC has signed an agreement with the housing association Futura Fredericia and a private investor for the construction of 56 apartments and 600 m2 office space next to the first canal ...
The aim of the award is to highlight recent, excellent examples of architectural creativity of works which are less than two years old and to underline that modern architecture is socially ...
KCAP with international investor and planning team wins competition in Frankfurt Riedberg
19-12-2014
German investor Deutsche Wohnwerte, in cooperation with the planning team consisting of KCAP Architects&Planners, B&V Braun Canton Volleth Architekten and TOPOTEK 1 Landscape Architects has won the investors’ competition for ...
KCAP 25 years
16-12-2014
KCAP celebrated its 25th anniversary. On December 12th the passage of the Red Apple in Rotterdam was transformed into a fantastic space to host 250 guests of KCAP's 25th anniversary. The ...
KCAP is proud to be included with 2 projects in the Yearbook Landscape Architecture and Urban Design 2014. With FredericiaC in the category 'the innovative city' and with OZ Nature ...
Article 'Geluidslandschap' in S+RO
09-12-2014
Kees Christiaanse together with Benedikt Boucsein and Christian Salewski are the authors of an article within the topic 'Station and airport in the city' of S+RO 2014/05. Click here for the ...
Last week, Aynav Ziv was one of the multidisciplinary jury members in the Deerns Innovation Competition. This internal competition for Deerns employees was organised for the first time. Various teams ...
KCAP joins economic mission to Vietnam
09-12-2014
Irma van Oort and Mark Dekker are delegates of the economic mission with Amsterdam's mayor Eberhard van der Laan to Vietnam, from December 7 to 11.
GWL terrein Amsterdam was one of the 15 'almost perfect urban blocks' exhibited at the Moscow Biennale in May 2014. The show, curated TU Delft’s Susanne Komossa, Nicola Marzot and ...
On Thursday, November 20th, on the invitation of the Borneo Architectuur Centrum (BAC) Amsterdam, Irma van Oort, partner of KCAP Architects&Planners, presented the designs that were created in the past ...
'Care for everyday life' is the title of the interview with Ruurd Gietema published in VNO-NCW magazine Forum. Click here to read the article (in Dutch).
KCAP selected for Nanchang Riverbank, China
28-11-2014
KCAP in cooperation with Atelier Dreiseitl and the Nanchang Planning Institute Consortium, has been selected as one of three designers for the Nanchang Riverbank design. The other competitors are: Guangzhou Urban Planning ...
Opening Farelcollege in AD Rotterdam
21-11-2014
The opening of Farelcollege on November 20 was a great succes. The Rotterdam special of Dutch daily AD reported about it. Click here to view the article (in Dutch).
Today, the extension of the Farelcollege in Ridderkerk designed by KCAP Architects&Planners will officially be opened. The new building for general secondary education has been in use since last September. ...
KCAP is one of a range of Dutch architects published in 'Discover Benelux', a special of the Business Inflight & Members magazine of among others British Airways, Swiss Air and ...
KCAP is included in the exhibition '100 Architects of the Year 2014' organised by the Korean Institute of Architects (KIA) and showcased in Gwangju, Korea. The exhibition is part of the 33rd ...
KCAP expert in seminar session in Shanghai
07-11-2014
KCAP was one of the experts in a seminar session organized by ReadatChina, supported by the Dutch Consulate of Shanghai and hosted by Yurun Group about the development of commercial complexes ...
The Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool in Rotterdam is nominated for the Rotterdam Architecture Award. Help to win the audience award by casting your vote until 5 December via the official website.
Up from November 4th, the ETH exposes watercolour paintings of Kees Christiaanse. Location: Maria Hil F 46, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg Exhibition: 4 - 28 November, Monday - Friday, 8 am - 8 pm Vernissage: ...
Team OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen – KCAP, with Technum, Bollinger Grohmann, Bureau Bouwtechniek and LOLA has been selected as one of 5 selected participants to design the Flemish ...
Yesterday, KCAP's ibis hotel in Rotterdam's Wijnhaveneiland has been officially and above all spectacularly openend with a show by Flyboatteam on the river. The hotel is already operational since August ...
Today, the new ibis hotel Rotterdam City Centre on Rotterdam's Wijnhaveneiland will be officially opened. KCAP is responsible for the design of the hotel and the adjacent Dock21 apartment building. ...
Ruurd Gietema explains the project Kooiplein Leiden in a nice short film about "Mooi Noord".Click here for the film (in Dutch).
KCAP has gained the assignment ‘Deux Centres Sportifs’ in Geneva. The task is to develop two masterplans spread over three locations for the development of strategic sports locations in Geneva, ...
The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you between 6th and 8th of October at Holland Property Plaza, stand 320, hall A-2. Special highlight this year:presentation ‘KCAP 25 years – ...
Ruurd Gietema is jurylid in the International Competition Waterfront Park masterplan of the Busan North Port, Korea. The competition site is part of the Busan North Port Redevelopment Project District, ...
KCAP Architects&Planners is assigned with Science City Garching, the transformation and extension of the 185 ha campus area north of Munich. KCAP, in collaboration with Müller Illien landscape architects, Keoto AG ...
Check out the documentary about De Heelmeesters on local Amsterdam TV channel AT5. All 10 nominated projects of the Amsterdam Nieuwbouwprijs are shown in a sequence of documentaries. Have you already ...
Urban diversity, not cookie-cutter cities
25-09-2014
Growth and landscape conservation, urban habitats and rural nostalgia – spatial and urban planners have their hands full. Wilhelm Natrup, Director of the Zurich Cantonal Office of Spatial Planning, and ...
The research community at FCL hosts an exhibition and symposium to engage in their most recent work. Both - entitled Research, Outcomes, and Prospects – will showcase the context, findings, ...
Brussels will be one of 13 host cities of the Euro 2020 soccer championship. This was announced today by UEFA. A new stadium will be realized in Brussels to accommodate the ...
KCAP Architects & Planners in cooperation with LAY-OUT Shenzhen and Atelier Dreiseitl Beijing has been awarded in the international conceptual design competition Bao’an Coastal city Masterplan in Shenzhen, China. The ...
De Heelmeesters is nominated for the Amsterdamse Nieuwbouwprijs. All residential projects realised between August 2012 and August 2013 could enter the selection of the award. From the longlist of 40 projects ...
Team KCAP at Archicup 2014
14-09-2014
KCAP participated Saturday September 13 in the Rotterdam architects' soccer tournament Archicup 2014! They did not make it to the half finals but showed great enthousiasm and sports energy. Great job, ...
The next step in the realisation of KCAP's masterplan for Hogekwartier Amersfoort has been presesented: the winning design by Olco-Sportsphere and architect Venhoeven CS for the sports complex Hogekwartier. The building ...
Construction of the apartment building '3A' with 35 residences for social rent within KCAP's urban plan for Kooiplein is progressing. Start construction was officially celebrated in April this year. Realisation ...
In Montpellier the construction of the infrastructure for the realisation of KCAP's masterplan OZ Nature-Urbaine has started. The first progression of the infrastructure bindle building process is visible and gives an ...
Yesterday, the official start ceremony of the digging of the first canal for the urban development FredericiaC was celebrated. Herewith the beginning of the first phase of the 21 ha waterfront development ...
KCAP Architects&Planners in cooperation with evr-Architecten win the architects’ selection ‘Tower Striga 1’ in Antwerp, Belgium. The selection commission including the client Triple Living and representatives of the municipal urban ...
Related to the two lectures of Kees Christiaanse in Barcelona this week, the daily El Pais interviewed him about airport developments.
KCAP Architects&Planners, in a team of international experts, was chosen from 4 international entries as the winning proposal in the architectural competition for a new RER E – Eole - ...
China Media Park in Qingdao [CN]
09-07-2014
After the delivery of the first two buildings of the China Media Park in Qingdao [CN] earlier this year (see below), the next 4 buildings are almost ready. This building ...
KCAP Shanghai office
08-07-2014
Nice picture of KCAP's office space in the Anken Green Building where KCAP Shanghai is located since February 1st. Address: 1B room, 1st floor 668 Huai An Road, Jing’an DistrictShanghai, ...
Through the lens of ....
02-07-2014
.... photographer Ronald Tilleman who included P+R De Uithof by KCAP & studioSK in an article about his work published in the recent issue of ArchitectuurNL. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
For the recent issue of Blauwe Kamer magazine, Kees Christiaanse was interviewed as former supervisor of Schiphol Airport about the choice to invest in Lelystad Airport as location as second ...
Zee Event 2014 again successful
30-06-2014
The 2014 edition of the Zee Event in Scheveningen / The Hague last week was again a great succes. Irma van Oort gave a tour through Noordelijk Havenhoofd area for ...
In August, the 21ha waterfront regeneration scheme FredericiaC will start with digging the first cana and announces herewith the beginning of the first phase of the development. KCAP has developed the masterplan ...
KCAP was awarded with the second prize in the competition Morges Gare Sud, an architectural competition for 48.000 m² of housing, offices, hotel, retail, school and the train station. The ...
Results of ARSM Lab workshop online
22-05-2014
The 8 results of the participants in the workshop ARSM Lab are currently exhibited at DAM (German Architecture Museum) in Frankfurt and are also available online.
Ute Schneider was interviewed by Finish TV during the press conference in Tampere where KCAP's shared first prize in the competition Eteläpuisto Park was announced.
KCAP Architects&Planners with a team of international collaborators has been chosen as one of two winners in the competition Eteläpuisto Park Tampere. The competition is part of the Tampere city ...
Up from May 20th, the results of the workshop with eight international participants at DAM (German Architecture Museum) in Frankfurt will be showcased. The workshop was held in April in the ...
The team KCAP together with LAY-OUT, Shenzhen and Atelier Dreiseitl, Beijing is one of 8 shortlisted competitors of the Bao'An West Coastal Zone competition. Bao'An Coastal zone is located in the west of Shenzhen ...
Interview: Urbanized Landscape
06-05-2014
Students of the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design interviewed Kees Christiaanse about the furture of urbanisation. Click here to read the interview.
Builder of first part NEO Brussels announced
28-04-2014
On April 25, the Brussels City Council announced the awarding of the public contract for the first part of NEO Brussels on the Heysel Plateau. The construction of 590 homes, a shopping centre ...
Recently, the Italian magazine Costruire in Laterizio released an entire issue with works of KCAP. In total 7 of our built brick projects are featured. Take here a look at the online ...
Eurostadium Brussel
24-04-2014
On April 23, the Royal Belgian Football Association together with the city of Brussels and the Brussels Capital Region, presented its candidacy for the 2020 European Football Championship. The sketch ...
Building progress Farelcollege Ridderkerk
23-04-2014
After start construction in October 2013 the exterior of the extension to the school building in Ridderkerk is almost finished. The building will be realised in July 2014 and will ...
Hochparterre special: planning city regions
22-04-2014
The Swiss magazine Hochparterre publishes a special about 'Planning Cities' related to the symposium 'Strategies and Planning Instruments for Polycentric City Regions' which took place on April 4th in Zurich. The ...
Yesterday on local Amsterdam TV AT5 the documentary about Science Park Amsterdam. Nice to see the success of this development for which KCAP has designed and supervised the masterplan. Click here to ...
Today is the official opening of the Dutch Design Exhibition at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in Wuhan. Several Dutch design related companies, including KCAP, are showcasing their work. ...
HafenCity Hamburg is one of nine best projects worldwide that received the TOD Standard in Gold. KCAP’s urban plan for the eco-friendly GWL Terrein in Amsterdam is certified with the ...
The consortium around KCAP Architects&Planners is selected as one of 3 finalists in the competition for the International Financial Center (IFC) in Moscow. IFC is a 460 ha mixed-use development project ...
KCAP participates as one of 8 KCAP international participants in the multi-disciplinary 4-days workshop ASRM Lab 2014 in Frankfurt, organized by the directors of Architektursommer Rhein-Main in association with D.A.M and ...
Yesterday, the official start construction ceremony of Kooiplein Leiden was celebrated with a performance of theatre group Gajes. Within KCAP's urban plan for Kooiplein now the first subplan will be realised including the ...
KCAP Architects&Planners has been one of seven participants in the evaluation proces for the design of a new stadium for Feyenoord Rotterdam. KCAP's proposal 'Feyenoord Forum' places the stadium to ...
KCAP is one of 5 selected international participants for the design of the Tampere Travel and Service Centre. The 5 teams are: - Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architectur and Architects Lahdelma & ...
High quality of life, high pressure of growth: the population density in Central Switzerland - where two-thirds of the Swiss population lives - is the same as in the Netherlands, ...
In January, Kees Christiaanse was one of the panelists next to Stephen Cairns, Christophe Girot and Gerhard Schmitt in the IdeasLab session 'What breakthrough innovations in urban architecture and engineering will ...
KCAP's vision for the Nieuwe Kuip stadium in Rotterdam has been chosen as one of 7 proposals to enter a second round of evaluation. In January 2014 a market initiative started ...
The new ibis Rotterdam City Centre hotel and DOCK21 apartment building on Rotterdam's Wijnhaveneiland are well on their way to completion in the summer. The scaffolding of the facades in ...
Today, the great picture by Ossip van Duivenbode of KCAP's De Monarch I is the picture of the day on the Archipendium architecture calendar.
Chinese New Year
29-01-2014
On January 30th, China celebrates the start of the new year. We wish everyone a Happy New Year of the Horse! KCAP Shanghai will start the new year in a new ...
Today, the special 'Building on the Future' has been distributed together with Dutch daily Telegraaf with as main feature a 2 page interview with Kees Christiaanse. Click here to read the ...
Killesberghöhe in Bauwelt 1-2 2014
24-01-2014
An article about the new development Killesberghöhe Stuttgart highlighting the perspective of the developer Fürst Developments has been published in Bauwelt 1-2. KCAP has designed 24 residences in 3 urban ...
Kees Christiaanse with Stephen Cairns, Christophe Girot and Gerhard Schmitt, all leading experts of ETH Zurich and Future Cities Laboratory Singapore, will discuss 'What breakthrough innovations in urban architecture and engineering ...
On Monday, the Swiss papers Berner Zeitung and the Tagesanzeiger published an interview with Kees Christiaanse about growth and densification of cities, looking at the Swiss context with views to the ...
Last week, developer VolkerWessels Vastgoed and Inntel Hotels have signed the realisaton agreement for the 3*** plus hotel on Noordelijk Havenhoofd Scheveningen. The hotel with view to the sea and 200 bedrooms is a ...
'Freerunners and fans of parcours already knew: building are perfect to jump/run/climb on. Cities now also realise the advantages: sport is able to revive dead places and buildings. On Uithof ...
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
20-12-2013
Your KCAP team would like to thank you for the fruitful and exciting collaborations and wishes you a Merry Christmas and a rich and prosperous New Year! We’re looking forward ...
This year again a project of KCAP has been included in the Archipendium calendar which shows 365 international examples of recent architecture. De Monarch I is included on January 31st. Click ...
ArchitectuurNL #07 interviewed Han van den Born about living in the Red Apple in the monthly column about an architect's home. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
KCAP is part of the consortium led by De Architecten Cie. which has been selected as one of 5 international competitors for the Serp & Molot (hammer and sickle) competition in ...
De Heelmeesters on TV
22-11-2013
Amsterdam's local TV channel AT5 broadcasted in their series 'Aanbouw' (under construction) a documentary about the developments in Amsterdam's Eenhoorngebied. One of which, just recently delivered, is KCAP's housing ensemble ...
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has selected winners in the 35th annual ULI Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program. The ...
The municipality of The Hague, entrepreneurs of the ‘viscluster’ of Noordelijk Havenhoofd (Northern Pier) and developer VolkerWessels Vastgoed have confirmed their cooperation for the redevelopment of Noordelijk Havenhoofd in a ...
Last week, king Filip and queen Mathilde of Belgium made their joyous entry in Brussels. After a reception in the Brussel's Parliament they went to the main market (Grote Markt) ...
In his article 'Because we need visions' (Weil wir Visionen brauchen) Kees Christiaanse talks about his visions in urban design. Click here for the article (in German).
The construction of the new ibis hotel and Dock21 apartment building at Wijnhaveneiland, next to the Red Apple has reached its highest point. Yesterday, the official ceremony was celebrated. Completion of ...
New film: Discover how life in the first stages of the new district of FredericiaC can be lived
08-11-2013
A new film has been launched by Realdania that invites to discover how life in the first stages of the new district of FredericiaC can be lived. View the film on youtube.
KCAP as lead of a multidiscipinary consortium has been selected as one of 8 international participants for the competition for the International Financial Center in Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye. The IFC is a 460 ...
Presentation Floating Park Rotterdam at Aquatech during International Water Week Amsterdam
05-11-2013
KCAP together with project partners Emergo and RHDHV are invited to present our shared project Floating Park Rotterdam at the stand of TAUW at the Aquatech fair during the International Water Week IWW ...
Selling Center of VankePark Shanghai opened
31-10-2013
Recently, the Selling Center of the VankePark project in Shanghai was opened. This building is the first of in total 32 buildings, all designed by KCAP Architects&Planners. The construction of ...
Start construction Farelcollege Ridderkerk
28-10-2013
On October 25, the construction of Farelcollege Ridderkerk has officially started. Alderman Den Ouden has performed the first stone ceremony. The extension of the school complex comprises of 1.700 m2 ...
Choreographing [urban] space
25-10-2013
KCAP Zurich together with Blue Architects hosted on October 18th the first salon event 'Choreographing [urban] space', an open discussion event about the collective space and its activation beyond functionality. Speakers ...
Jaanila Country, a masterplan by KCAP Architects&Planners has been awarded with the Habitat award for the best residential public space design in the Leningrad region (St. Petersburg), Russia. The public ...
Recently, the book 'megastructure Schiphol' has been released. It contains an interview with Kees Christiaanse in his role as supervisor architecture and urbanism for Schiphol 2008 - 2013. Click here for ...
Today opening De Heelmeesters Amsterdam
02-10-2013
Today, the housing project De Heelmeesters will be officially opened. The ensemble is part of the redevelopment of the Eenhoorn area in the East of Amsterdam. De Heelmeesters offers 178 ...
KCAP Architects&Planners would like to meet you at Expo Real 2013 in Munich! The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you between 7th and 9th of October at Holland Property ...
Monday, September 30th is the opening of P+R De Uithof is Utrecht. The parking garage is located in the East of the city and in close proximity to the highway ...
On September 25th, the new viaduct and tunnel along Hogeweg in Amersfoort have been officially opened. The tunnel is an important element in the urban redevelopment of Hogeweg area since ...
Tomorrow, September 20th, the extension of the Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool in Rotterdam will be officially opened. With the extension of one of the formerly two school locations, all facilities can ...
Today in Dutch daily AD (Algemeen Dagblad) an article about KCAP's Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool. Click here to view the article (in Dutch)
Kees Christiaanse, together with Ma Yansong, MAD Architects, China and Wolf D. Prix, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Austria will join a panel on September 13 during the 3 day World Economic Forum in ...
Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool completed
10-09-2013
The extension of the Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool in Rotterdam is completed. With the extension of one of the formerly two school locations, all facilities can be united again and help ...
18 September at Piekstraat Rotterdam 'Local forces: sustainable city development new style'
02-09-2013
KCAP Architects&Planners, New Industry Development, Hunter Douglas and IMD Raadgevende ingenieurs have - apart from the fact that we are all located at Piekstraat Rotterdam - one thing in common: ...
The Selling Centre of the China Media Park in Qindao is almost completed.The centre is the first building within KCAP’s 30 ha masterplan in Qindao’s Chenyang district. With its core ...
The Dutch national daily De Volkskrant published last Saturday a full page article about KCAP De Bever's Eindhoven Airport terminal and hotel design. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
KCAP together with an international expert team has been selected to develop a masterplan underpinning the planning and development of a 70 ha site, centrally located adjacent to Terminal 2 ...
Kees Christiaanse is looking back on five years supervision for Schiphol Airport. In 2008, he was appointed as the supervisor for architecture and urban design, succeeding Prof. Hubert-Jan Henket. In ...
Today, the plans for the redevelopment of the Noordelijk Havenhoofd in Scheveningen are presented by VolkerWessels Vastgoed and entrepreneurs united in Scheveningen Viscluster. The urban vision by KCAP Architects&Planners and ...
Jakarta Vertical Kampung is an event focusing on the creative design exploration of the ‘Vertical Kampung’ concept for Jakarta. The full event is running from June 25 to July 14 ...
The student accommodation De Vries van Heijstplantsoen will be officially opened on Tuesday, June 25, by Dutch minister Blok. The student accommodation is located in the university quarter of the Delft ...
The extension of the terminal of Eindhoven Airport and the new hotel Tulip Inn Eindhoven Airport, both designed by KCAP Architects&Planners and De Bever Architecten, are officially opened today. KCAP ...
Kees Christiaanse contributes to the current issue of Dutch monthly De Architect about station areas with his essay: 'Europe by train' (Europa per spoor).De Architect: 'In his article Kees Christiaanse ...
Today the renovated housing ensemble Motorwal and Ketelmakerij in Amsterdam Noord will be officially opened. KCAP is responsible for the renovation of the buildings built in 1987 by OMA. Kees ...
Film P+R De Uithof
04-06-2013
Tekla has posted a film about P+R De Uithof on youtube. The project was earlier awarded for the Thekla Global BIM Awards 2012 in the category 'concrete buildings'. Click here to ...
The interview with Kees Christiaanse about his work, urban planning in Switzerland and about 'Desakota', the urban phenomenon of city landscape, that was previously published in the Swiss Komplex magazine, ...
2 years KCAP Shanghai
29-05-2013
KCAP Architects&Planners celebrates the second anniversary of KCAP Shanghai.In May 2011 KCAP Shanghai was officially opened as the second branch office next to Zurich (CH) and KCAP’s headquarters in Rotterdam ...
Today, the Rotterdam edition of the free Metro paper publishes an interview with Han van den Born about living in KCAP's Red Apple building. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
Ute Schneider has been interviewed for an article in the eMagazin of swiss-architects. The article appeared in the category 'getroffen' (visited) which introduces various Swiss offices. Click here for the ...
KCAP's project 'Housing with a Mission' Beijing is included in the exhibiton 2020: Housing in China in Hong Kong. The exhibition takes place at the University of Hong Kong, faculty ...
On April 22nd, Dutch minister Stef Blok visited together with BNA various architects and architecture projects, among which The Red Apple in Rotterdam. Some pictures are published now on Flickr. Take ...
Han van den Born has been interviewed by Russian online medium ART1 in St. Petersburg about KCAP's view on cities, architecture and urban planning. Click here to view the publication (in ...
The German public channel ZDF produced a documentary about Hafencity in their program 'Länderspiegel' in which they show various German cities. It shows nicely the current status of the development. Click ...
KCAP has been chosen by the Agglomeration d’Evry in France as one of 3 candidates for the urban design of a 133 ha former industrial area around the future Federal ...
Floating Park for Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven harbourUnique urban concept will enhance inner-city living KCAP Architects&Planners, international consultancy, engineering and project management firm Royal HaskoningDHV and project initiator Emergo presented a floating park plan ...
The Gouden Piramide ('Golden Pyramid') is a state prize awarded each year for excellence in commissioning work in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, infrastructure and physical planning. Every building client ...
After presenting the ideas and concepts of 'City as Loft' in Switzerland and the Netherlands, Kees Christiaanse and Martina Baum will also present the book in the US. 8 April: Princeton ...
The noninations of the Gulden Feniks Award 2013 have been announced. The jury has nominated a total of 10 projects. De Monarch I is one of the nominated projects in the category ...
Around 50.000 leaves in the shape of the leaves of a ginko tree will decorate the ceilings of the parking garage. The first leaves have been mounted. Check out the wUithof for ebsite ...
Request for more compact cities
08-03-2013
Experts at the Immobilien Forum West yesterday in Innsbruck, Austria, demand more compact cities.The 'future of the inner cities' was the focus of the 5th Real Estate Forum West in ...
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Vote for Student accommodation Delft for a wildcard in the BNA Gebouw van het Jaar award 2013
04-03-2013
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The masterplan by KCAP/ASTOC is nominated as one of 10 international projects for prestigious Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design, organised by the Harvard Graduate School of Design in ...
Last week, removal of the scaffolding of the extension to the historical school building has started. The new building expands the existing school on a complex inner-city location in Rotterdam's ...
The free Hong Kong magazine Metro Pop has published a 2 page feature about KCAP in the category 'Life Style Architecture'. Click here to view the magazine. To find the article, choose ...
On February 10th the Chinese New Year's Day will be celebrated. KCAP wishes everyone a healthy and happy new year!
Two weeks ago the Tulip Inn logo was mounted to the facade of the new Eindhoven Airport hotel. The hotel is estimated to open in the summer of 2013. View the ...
We shared some construction images at the facebook page of De Heelmeesters residential project in Amsterdam. The project is estimated to be completed in the spring of 2013.
Building progress P+R De Uithof
23-01-2013
Take a look at the current status of new Park & Ride facilities on Utrecht's campus De Uithof. The building is estimated to be completed in September 2013.
KCAP 2013
14-01-2013
KCAP wishes everyone a successful, positive and healthy 2013! 2012 has not been an easy year. But we are happy to have ended it well with new projects, several buildings ...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
21-12-2012
We would like to thank you all ― clients, partners, colleagues and friends ― for your engagement, the fruitful collaborations and challenging discussions we experienced together over the last year. Merry ...
The 2013 Archipendium 365 day tear off calendar 'architecture' is released with KCAP's Red Apple on July 24th. Check out the official website.
The 3D design of P+R De Uithof, by Hurks delphi engineering, was awarded with the Tekla GLOBAL BIM Awards 2012 in the category 'concrete'. The design of the park + ...
KCAP's Red Apple is one of 24 nominated projects in this year's edition of the Rotterdam Architecture Award with as topic 'housing'. Cast your vote here for the audience award!
The city of Perm was shortlisted as one of 15 projects in the 2012 GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION. The jury received 255 initiatives submitted from 153 cities and ...
The shopping center - now called Killesberghöhe (former Forum K) - is part of the Think K mixed-use development in which KCAP builds three apartment buildings with 24 residential units. ...
Today, the new book over the first decade of Hafencity Hamburg will be officially launched in Hamburg.
KCAP joined from November 19 - 23 the Dutch economic trade mission to Brazil. Within the program for the delegates of the disciplines architecture and design a mini symposium at ...
Book release: City as Loft
26-11-2012
Today is the Dutch launch of the new release: 'City as Loft', edited by Martina Baum and Kees Christiaanse. 'City as Loft. Adaptive Reuse as a Resource for Sustainable Urban Development' Published ...
After P+R De Uithof was already awarded with the 'Tekla Benelux BIM Award 2012' in the category 'concrete structures', the 3d-model is now in the race for the 'Tekla GLOBAL ...
On November 21st the official start sign for the construction of Noorderhaven Zutphen was given. Within the urban plan of KCAP for the area the first two residential buildings will ...
The European bulletin of French 'Le Moniteur' features an interview with Kees Christiaanse about his view on urban planning and architecture. Click here to view the article (in French).
In late September the construction works of the Embankment City Park in Perm, Russia have started. At this moment the asphalt and concrete curbs are deconstructed and the site is ...
On Monday, November 12, Inntel Hotels and Volker Wessels Vastgoed have signed an intention agreement for the development and realization of a hotel on the Noordelijke Havenhoofd(NHH) in Scheveningen. The ...
The travelling exhibition Dutch Design on the Move is presented again - after Beijing Design Week and Guanzhou Kanton Fair - at 100%Design Shanghai, from November 8-10. KCAP is again part ...
KCAP’s masterplan FredericiaC in Denmark has received an 2012 Excellence on the Waterfront Honor Award in the category ‘plans’. This annual award, organized by the US-based Waterfront Center since 1987, ...
Building progress P+R De Uithof Utrecht
02-11-2012
P+R De Uithof's structure has reached the second floor. Start construction was in late August 2011. Delivery is estimated for the summer of 2013.
Building progress De Heelmeesters Amsterdam
02-11-2012
Construction of the housing project De Heelmeesters (formerly called Eenhoorn) in Amsterdam is progessing. It has started in the spring of 2011. Completion will be in summer 2013.
KCAP in Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2013
30-10-2012
Hans Werlemann's art work 'Neutrino 2011' of KCAP's Red Apple is included in the Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2013 and is one of 365 unique art works presented in the second ...
KCAP was selected by Dutch BNA as one of 8 architects to participate a Dutch-Turkish matchmaking workshop in Istanbul. The 2-day session took place October 17 and 18. View here some ...
During the 48th ISOCARP Congress, that took place 10-13 September 2012 in Perm, Han van den Born and Maria Pidodnia gave an interview about the role of KCAP's Strategic Masterplan Perm ...
The extension of the existing terminal building and the new 120 rooms hotel at Eindhoven Airport reach their highest point on Wednesday October 10th. Construction has started in late 2011. ...
On October 3rd the sound and art installations in Nieuwegein's parking garages City Hall and Theatre were officially opened with performances by Spinvis and city poet Ingmar Heytze. Click here to ...
The WAN AWARDS Urban Regeneration celebrates and promotes the best in international urban design, landscape & infrastructure projects. In the category of unbuilt projects, KCAP's FredericiaC masterplan is longlisted as ...
Dutch NOS Journaal of October 3rd reports on the Dutch contribution to 2012 Beijing Design Week, including the 'Dutch Design on the Move' exhibition which showcases the 'Housing with a ...
Start construction Hogekwartier Amersfoort
03-10-2012
Today construction of Hogekwartier in Amersfoort officially starts. KCAP Architects&Planners is responsible for the urban plan and is involved as supervisor in the implementation of the plan. Hogekwartier is an ...
The contract for the realisation of the new Ibis hotel on Rotterdam's Wijnhaveneiland has been signed by Accor Hotels and J.P. van Eesteren. The ensemble consists of 139 hotelrooms, commercial ...
KCAP at Beijing Design Week
27-09-2012
KCAP is one of the Dutch participants of the travelling pop-up exhibition 'Dutch Design on the Move', organised by the Dutch Design Workspace, the DutchDFA and the Embassy of the Kingdom ...
Meet KCAP at Expo Real 2012 in Munich [DE]
25-09-2012
The team of KCAP is pleased to welcome you between 8th and 10th of October at Holland Property Plaza, stand 320, hall A-2. Special highlight is the lecture of Kees Christiaanse ...
De Monarch I is one of 42 projects in the John-Jacob-Astor Competition. The John-Jacob-Astor Competition awards the most extraordinary and fascinating contemporary commercial real estate projects completed between 2007-2012, including new and ...
KCAP Architects&Planners in collaboration with landscape architects ILEX and sustainability advisor Oasiis are selected for the development of the area Quartier Gare TGV. The commission, chaired by Jean-Pierre Moure, President ...
The crisis in the housing market affects Vinex locations to a large extend. At the same time there is a renewed interest in (collective) private commissions. How can urban planners ...
The metropolis Istanbul grows exponentially. Not only the demand for extension of cities is increasingly urgent, the restructuring of existing urban areas is an urgent challenge. The architecture and construction ...
Last week a Russian web-resource UrbanUrban has published an interview with Kees Christiaanse about the implimentation of the Perm Strategic Masterplan and the future of Russian cities. UrbanUrban is a blog about ...
Development plan FredericiaC released
08-09-2012
In late August the proposal for the development plan for FredericiaC was released. The plan shows how the development of FredericiaC over the next 20-25 years can create a radical, positive and ...
On September 8th, at 2pm, Irma van Oort will give a short introduction into the design of the student accommodation in Delft. The student accommodation on the campus of the ...
KCAP launches Russian version of www.kcap.eu
23-08-2012
KCAP Architects&Planners is happy to announce the launch of the Russian version of our website!After finalizing the Perm Strategic Masterplan and several other projects in Russia, our work in the ...
The current issue of the Dutch monthly magazine De Architect publishes an article about the technical aspects of KCAP's De Monarch I office building in The Hague.
The Dutch daily paper Volkskrant talks with Kees Christiaanse about the developments after the Olympic Games in London this summer. Click here for a scan of the article (in Dutch).
The renovation and extension of the 1970's office building on Ile de la Jatte in Neuilly-sur-Seine has started with taking down the original facade on the back side of the ...
KCAP prequalified as one of 10 top teams for 'New city center for Kiruna' competition [SE]
28-06-2012
KCAP as one of 10 international architects' teams is prequalified to develop a new city center for Kiruna in Sweden. The 100 year old city centre is sinking as a result ...
The 2012 edition of the Dutch Design in China Yearbook, initiated by Dutch Design Work Space (DDWS) in Shanghai, features more than 40 top design companies from the Netherlands that ...
KCAP’s urban design for the transformation of the Garonne waterfront in Bordeaux-Brazza is finalized and officially approved by Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux, and by Bordeaux’s City Council. The project ...
Kees Christiaanse was invited to contribute an article in the category 'across the border' to AM Inspiring Space magazine. In his article he writes about Shanghai and the transformation of ...
This week the wood construction is placed at KCAP's extension to the Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool in Rotterdam. Click here for more information about the project.
The Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) awarded during the Green Forum at Provada on wednesday June 6th the developer Provast with a four star (Excellent) BREEAM-NL Nieuwbouw certificate for the De ...
KCAP designed for Dutch developer Provast the mixed-use Peter Stuyvesant Building on Rotterdam's Wilhelminapier. The Peter Stuyvesant Building is a mixed-use high-rise development with apartments, offices, restaurants and recreation facilities ...
The renovation project De Monarch I in The Hague is featured in Dutch monthly magazine Bouwwereld, edition 06-2012. Click here for the article in Bouwwereld or go to the project.
KCAP Shanghai celebrates 1st anniversary
12-05-2012
On Saturday, May 12th it is one year ago that the branch office of KCAP Architects&Planners in Shanghai was officially opened and the Chinese website www.kcap.eu/cn was launched. In this ...
Second phase of the NEO Brussels launched
08-05-2012
On Monday 7th May 2012 the local council of the City of Brussels decided to launch the two procurement contracts which constitute the second phase of the NEO project (redevelopment ...
Highest point THINK K Stuttgart, Germany
02-05-2012
‘THINK K’ Stuttgart has reached its highest point. The celebration takes place this afternoon in Stuttgart. Construction of the new city quarter on Stuttgart’s Killesberg has started in July 2011 ...
In April Kees Christiaanse was invited to join a debate at the NZZ Equity Leadership Dinner Real Estate. The event is one of a series of equity dinners organised by ...
Last Saturday, the weekend supplement of Dutch TROUW published an interview with Kees Christiaanse in the colum 'leven & lezen' (living & reading). There Kees talks about his favourite books ...
Bernd Upmeyer and Beatriz Ramo spoke with Kees Christiaanse about the rural, the non urban, the country side… in the current issue of MONU with the topic 'Non-Urbanism'. Click here ...
KCAP now also on Facebook
13-04-2012
KCAP is now also on Facebook. Join us via: www.facebook.com/KCAP.eu
KCAP's ZOwonen headquarters in Sittard, in the South of the Netherlands are completed. The new premises of the housing corporation were taken into use in the beginning of March after ...
KCAP as part of a group of Dutch architects active in China joins a stand at the China Sustainable Building Forum & Expo 2012 in Shanghai which is part of ...
KCAP longlisted in WAN 21 for 21 awards
26-03-2012
KCAP has been longlisted for the WAN 21 for 21 Award 2012. The award aims to highlight 21 architects who could be the leading lights of architecture in the 21st ...
On 16 March, Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swiss University ETH Zurich inaugurated the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), in the new Campus for Research and Technological ...
KCAP's vision for 'Brussels 2040' will be exhibited from March 16th to April 15th 2012 in the exhibition ‘Brussels 2040. Three visions for a metropolis.’ KCAP Architects&Planners, together with ARUP, ...
On invitation of AetA Society, Kees Christiaanse compiled his findings about Rotterdam in a book. This publication is the third in the FORUM series of AetA, after Amsterdam of Ton Schaap and ...
The CAK administration office in The Hague receives the extra prize for 'Roofs and Facades' of the Benelux Aluminium Award 2011. This extra prize is intended for entries with a striking performance or application in the field of ' Facades and Roofs'.The European Aluminium Award is a biennial award for sustainable renovation projects.According to ...
The Dutch monthly Stedebouw & Architectuur features within its February issue 'Parking' an interview with Irma van Oort about KCAP's new parking garage in Nieuwegein. Click here for the article in ...
Kees Christiaanse was invited to write a column in the Chinese Business Herald. Click here for the article in Chinese. Or click here for the article in English.
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) received the 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture Organizer Committee Special Award for the exhibition 'Housing with a Mission'. ‘Housing with a Mission’ was ...
Cast your vote on KCAP's parking garage in Nieuwegein for the audience award of the BNA Gebouw van het Jaar 2012. Click here to proceed to the voting!
Public Polish TV will broadcast a documentary about waterfront developments. The main focus is on the Polish city Gdynia and makes reference to the cities of Hamburg and Rotterdam. A ...
Yesterday, the official ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction of the extension of the existing terminal and the new hotel at Eindhoven Airport took place on site. Construction works ...
KCAP as part of the multidisciplinary team led by Henning Larsen Architects is one of five prequalified participants in the international competition 'City In Between: Eastern Aalborg, strategy for an ...
KCAP's CAK office buiding in The Hague is one of 34 nominated projects for the Benelux Aluminium Award 2011. The winner will be announced on March 6th. Click here for the ...
Dutch Profiles releases film about KCAP
06-02-2012
Today, Dutch Profiles: KCAP Architects&Planners has been released. The film portrait is part of the Dutch Profiles series produced by DutchDFA.View the film here.
The Dutch Design Workspace Shanghai (DDWS), where also KCAP Shanghai is located, has released a film with testimonials of all participants. View the film to get an impression of the workspace. ...
Book 'The Red Apple and Wijnhaveneiland'
28-01-2012
Book 'The Red Apple and Wijnhaveneiland' sold out but available on google books. Click here.
KCAP is one of 3 participants, next to Christian de Portzamparc and Daniel Liebeskind, for the development of a new urban district around a new highspeed station in Montpellier on a ...
On Thursday, January 19th, Kees Christiaanse presented KCAP's design for the urban transformation of the riverbank Bordeaux to Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux and French Minister of Foreign Affairs, who validated ...
The edition 01/12 of FOLIO, the magazine of the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), analyses the tendencies of urban agglomerations in Switzerland and the quality of those developments. Kees ...