Neutelings Riedijk Architects

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Neutelings Riedijk Architects is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, founded by Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk in 1992.

Work and design philosophy

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Minnaert University building, Utrecht, 2007
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Corrugated panels at the Shipping and Transport College in Rotterdam.

The work of Neutelings Riedijk Architects has been characterized as having a sculptural, often anthropomorphic quality and a playfulness of form while following a clear rationality in programming and context.[1] Their use of familiar forms and materials grounds the strangeness and baroque involutions that give the works a distinct identity and power.[2] Because of the public nature of most of their work, Neutelings Riedijk see the sculptural quality as a way to communicate the building's role within its urban or social context.[3] The firm has established itself as a leading international practice, specializing in the design of complex projects for public, commercial and cultural buildings.

Neutelings Riedijk Architects' earlier work consists mostly of public housing and utilitarian buildings such as office buildings, fire stations, and hotels. They have since moved on to designing complex assignments for public and cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, performing arts venues, concert halls, and educational facilities.[4] Their most acclaimed buildings are the Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp (2010), the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum (2006), the Shipping and Transport College in Rotterdam (2005), and the recently realized culturehouses Rozet in Arnhem (2013) and Eemhuis in Amersfoort (2013).

Selected projects

Realized projects [5]

  • Culturehouse | Rozet | Arnhem, The Netherlands (2013)
  • Culturehouse | Eemhuis | Amersfoort, The Netherlands (2013)
  • Museum aan de Stroom | MAS | Antwerp, Belgium (2010)
  • Dutch Tax Office | Walterboscomplex | Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (2007)
  • Museum and archives | Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision | Hilversum, The Netherlands (2006)
  • Shipping and Transport College | Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2005)
  • Lake Side Housing | The Sphinxes | Huizen, The Netherlands (2003)
  • Theatre & Art Centre | STUK | Leuven, Belgium (2002)
  • University Building | Minnaert | Utrecht, The Netherlands (1997)
  • Culturehouse | Rozet | Arnhem, The Netherlands (2013)

Current projects [6]

  • Museum | Naturalis Biodiversity Center | Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Office building | Meander | Brussels, Belgium
  • City Hall and Offices | Deventer, The Netherlands
  • Cincinnati Art Museum | Cincinnati, USA
  • Offices, Apartments and Retail | Rijnsburgerblok | Leiden, The Netherlands

Competition projects [7]

  • Louvre Collection Depot | Lévien, France | Louvre Museum | competition | 2015
  • Porsche Design Tower | Frankfurt, Germany | competition | 2015
  • Concert Hall, Dance Hall, Theatre, Conservatory | Spuiforum | City of The Hague | The Hague, The Netherlands | international invited competition, first prize | 2014
  • Adidas World of Sports | Herzogenaurach, Germany | competition | 2014
  • Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Collection Building | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | competition | 2013
  • Hotel Areal InterContinental | Vienna, Austria | WertInvest | competition | 2013
  • Office Building Le Cinq | Paris, France | NV Buelens | competition second prize | 2012
  • Museum | Moscow, Russia | Polytechnic Museum Development Foundation | competition | 2011
  • Museum | Narbonne, France | City of Narbonne | competition | 2011
  • Opera & Ballet Theatre | Perm, Russia | competition second prize | 2010
  • Concert Hall | Ljubljana, Slovenia | competition first prize | 2010
  • Museum of European History | Brussels, Belgium | competition | 2010
  • Flagship Store Valentin Yudashkin | Moscow, Russia | invited competition | 2008
  • Forum for Music & Dance | Ghent, Belgium | City of Ghent | competition first prize | 2004

Selected publications

Selected awards and honours [8]

Selected exhibitions [9]

  • Models. Imagining to scale | Ghent, Belgium | 2014
  • The Fantastic Library | Moscow, Russia | 2013
  • Design Shanghai | Shanghai, China | 2013
  • Culture:City | Berlin, Germany | Graz, Austria | 2013
  • Centre Pompidou | Paris, France | 2012
  • AIT Behind the Curtains | Cologne, Germany | Munich, Germany | Hamburg, Germany | 2012-13
  • Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 | Essen, Germany | Madrid, Spain | Vienna, Austria | 2010
  • Lucky Dutch Festival | Moscow, Russia | 2009
  • Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine | Paris, France | 2007 | 2012
  • International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | 2005 | 2009
  • Global Polis | New York, USA | 2009
  • Skin between texture and frame | Paris, France | 2007
  • Skin and Bones | Los Angeles, USA | Tokyo, Japan | London, UK | 2006-08
  • Behind Curtains | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Beijing, China | Brussels, Belgium | Prague, Czech Republic | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2004-13
  • Beijing Architectural Biennial | 2004 | 2009
  • Architectural Biennale of Venice | Venice, Italy | 1991 | 2004
  • Panoramas Européens | Paris, France | 2001
  • 10 Shades of Green | New York, USA | Austin, USA | Washington, USA | Houston, USA | 2000-02
  • Contemporary Architecture in Flanders | Venice Biennale | Rome, Italy | Grenoble, France | 2000

References

  1. Aaron Betsky and Adam Eeuwens, False Flat: Why Dutch Design Is so Good, (New York: Phaidon, 2004)
  2. Aaron Betsky, ‘Plain weirdness: The Architecture of Neutelings Riedijk’ in Volume. Amsterdam: Archis Foundation, 2014
  3. Kieran Long, “Neutelings Riedijk,” Icon Jan. 2006, retrieved 3 May 2007
  4. Aaron Betsky, ‘Plain weirdness: The Architecture of Neutelings Riedijk’ in Volume. Amsterdam: Archis Foundation, 2014
  5. Portfolio realized work
  6. Portfolio current work
  7. Portfolio competition designs
  8. List of awards
  9. List of exhibitions

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