Adriaan Geuze
Adriaan Geuze (born October 28, 1960 in Dordrecht ) is a Dutch landscape architect and was visiting professor at Harvard University until 2007 . In 1987 he founded the architecture office West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture together with Paul van Beek .
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West 8 designed, among other things, a radical concept for the planting around Schiphol and a striking “shell landscape” at the foot of the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier . The office was also responsible for the restoration of Rotterdam's Schouwburgplein in the 1990s. In December 2007, it won the prestigious architectural competition for a new park on Governors Island , New York .
An important topic for West 8 is increasing urbanization and the associated shrinking of natural and recreational areas. To solve this problem, the office makes various contributions, such as the training of so-called "Happy Isles" off the coast from Dunkerque to Texel . The islands are located 25 kilometers west of today's coastline and are intended to protect the Netherlands against strong waves in the first place.
Awards (selection)
- 2012 Yongsan Park Masterplan, Seoul , Korea (first prize)
- 2011 Sagrera Linear Park Masterplan, Barcelona , Spain (first prize)
- 2011 Taichung Gateway Park, Taichung , Taiwan (third prize)
- 2007 Governors Island Park and Public Space Masterplan, New York , United States (first prize)
- 2006 Toronto Waterfront Revitalization, Toronto , Canada (first prize)
- 2006 Parque Lineal de Manzanares, Madrid , Spain with Ginés Garrido [Team Director] Burgos & Garrido, Porras Lacasta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala (first prize)
- 2006 Living in Jensfeld, Hamburg , Germany (first prize)
- 2005 Jubilee Gardens, London , United Kingdom (first prize)
- 2003 Central Park Amsterdam North, Amsterdam (first prize)
- 2001 Nassaukade, headquarters and residential development, Rotterdam, Netherlands (first prize)
- 2001 Kings Crescent urban planning, London, UK (first prize)
- 2001 Business Park and new terminal, Maastricht Aachen Airport , Netherlands (first prize)
- 1999 Residential area 450 dwellings Hoogveld, Heerlen , Netherlands (first prize)
- 1998 Seregno Headquarters and public space co-ordination with Dominique Perrault, Italy (first prize)
- 1997 Traverse and extension to Zoological Park Emmen Zoo, Netherlands (first prize)
- 1997 Central Park, Leidsche Rijn, Netherlands (first prize)
- 1997 Redesign of the Waterfront of Thessaloniki, Greece (first prize)
- 1996 AEGON square, The Hague , Netherlands (first prize, implementation 2001)
- 1995 Interpolis headquarters garden, Tilburg , Netherlands (first prize, realization 1998)
- 1995 Human Rights Building United Nations, with OMA, Geneva , Switzerland (first prize)
- 1994 Diemerzeedijk, residential area for 30,000 new inhabitants, Amsterdam, Netherlands (first prize and jury prize)
Projects (selection)
- Governor's Island, New York
- Playa de Palma, Mallorca
- Urban Waterfront Revitalization, Toronto, Canada
- Central Station Rotterdam, Team CS, Netherlands
- Jubilee Gardens, London, UK
- Public Space Luxury Village, Moscow , Russia
- Park Global Egyptian Museum, Cairo , Egypt
- Buona Vista Park, Singapore
- Schouwburgplein; public space design, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Parc Jean-Baptist Lebas, Lille , France
- Harbor Development Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stratford City; urban design, London, UK
- Channel Island; masterplan, public space and bridge, Bruges , Belgium
- Station Area Hasselt; masterplan, Hasselt , Belgium
- Les Halles; masterplan and landscape design, Paris , France
- Zurich lakeside; masterplan, Zurich , Switzerland
literature
- Udo Welacher: Adriaan Geuze. Interview in Rotterdam, December 17, 1993 . In: Die Gartenkunst 6 (2/1994), pp. 201–218.
Web links
- Website of his architecture office West 8
- Information about Adriaan Geuze on the website of his architecture office West 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geuze, Adriaan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht |