[ CT—001 ] Index
38°43′N 9°08′W
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[01] Manifesto
Written 2011, revised every winter.
01 — Mass over membrane
Thermal weight instead of mechanical cooling.
02 — Joints are drawings
Every seam is placed, never hidden.
03 — Two hundred years
We design for the second owner, and the third.
[02] Selected Works — 2021/2025
Built to stay.
[01] Years in practice
[02] m² built or on site
[03] Awards and citations
[03] Method
Four cuts through every project.
Survey
We read the ground before we draw on it: soil, sun paths, wind, the memory of what stood here.
Section
Every project begins as a single cut. If the section is right, the plan follows.
Structure
Engineers join on day one. The load path is the architecture, not something hidden behind it.
[04] Client Voice
Hendrik de Vries
Director of Archives, City of Rotterdam — Hall of Records
[05] Journal
Field notes.
Essay
In Defence of Heavy Things
Lightness has become architecture’s favourite virtue. We think mass deserves a second hearing: for its climate performance, its longevity and its honesty.
Process
Formwork as Drawing
Every concrete surface is a negative of the timber it was cast against. We treat formwork as the last and most permanent drawing in the set.
Material
The Colour of Grey
There is no such thing as grey concrete. There are hundreds of greys, set by sand, cement, pigment, weather and time.