JDS is proud to announce two projects for Almere City’s new neighborhood Olympia Kwartier, The Netherlands. In order to reach a great urban variety within the ambitious master plan by MVRDV, 42 of the in total 82 buildings will be designed by 24 different architecture offices from Europe, Japan and America.

Commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial planning and Environment of The Netherlands, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NEAA) and in collaboration with the Atelier of the Chief Architect, this project studies the opportunities of environmental development for the city of Tilburg.

The resulting visions have been presented in Ede, The Netherlands, in a first exhibition during the Congress for Sustainable Cities and will be part of a traveling show in 2010.

The Weave, our project in Groningen, will be exhibited in The Hague / Den Haag (NL) at the Ministry of Spatial Planning (VROM), Rijnstraat 8, from January 11th to January 29th.

The exhibition will display the study projects made for the Campaign Intense Lowrise/Intense Laagbouw for the City of Groningen; the campaign features the work of 52 different Dutch and International offices. READ MORE »

Julien De Smedt is to lecture at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam on the 27th of October at 19.00.  You can watch the lecture as a live webcast on Berlage Institute’s website.

Text source: The Rotterdam-Maaskant Foundation

The Belgian architect Julien De Smedt (b. 1975) of JDS Architects has been awarded the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2009. The prize goes to De Smedt because he combines typological innovation and largeness of scale with an eye for detail and special attention for the user in a natural way. De Smedt’s work covers a remarkable range of programmes and scales: from interiors to large housing projects, from architecture to urban design. His qualities as an architect have been amply demonstrated in a considerable number of designs. This outcome, at this age, means that De Smedt clearly stands out from his peers in the view of the jury.

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On April 3rd, 2009, JDS Architects will present its proposal for the “container terminal” site at the Intense Laagbouw – Intense Low-rise campaign in Groningen, Netherlands.

The Intense Low-Rise exhibition is at the Department of Spatial Planning / Economic Affairs of the Municipality of Groningen, Ged. Zuiderdiep 98 in Groningen.

Excerpt from Groningen press release:
This exhibition is a manifestation in which 47 architects from home and abroad display the designs they have produced for around 30 locations in the city. Chief Government Architect Liesbeth van der Pol will be one of the speakers at the opening.

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