What is Mecanoo Architecten?
What is Mecanoo Architecten?
Mecanoo architecten, officially founded in Delft in 1984, is made up of a highly multidisciplinary staff of creative professionals from 25 countries. The team includes architects, engineers, interior designers, urban planners, landscape architects, and architectural technicians.
Who is involved in Mecanoo?
The team includes architects, interior designers, urban planners, landscape architects as well as architectural technicians and support staff. Mecanoo is led by Creative Director/Founding Partner, Francine Houben and Design and Research Director/Partner Dick van Gameren.
What is Mecanoo’s design philosophy?
We design primarily for people, construct spaces that are relevant to place, and forge connections that give a building purpose. This has remained consistent, underlying values to Mecanoo’s practice over the past three decades.
How is the Mecanoo masterplan designed?
The plan is designed in such a way that there is as much interaction as possible between residents of all generations and ages – whether at school, within the green spaces or between buildings. Mecanoo’s winning masterplan is represented by four pronounced functional areas: Learning zone, Park zone, Waterfront and Archaeological Park.
What makes TU Delft’s Library so special?
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) commissioned Mecanoo to design a library that would be the heart of the university and give a face to a campus the size of a city district. The iconic library of TU Delft, designed with the digital transition in mind, still meets expectations more than two decades after its opening.
What has Mecanoo designed in Lelystad?
The urban ensemble that Mecanoo has designed in the Theaterkwartier is part of the restructuring of the centre of Lelystad, which creates a compact and lively city centre in the vicinity of a variety of facilities.
