Merten Nefs will represent Association Delta Metropolis at the international conference ‘Next Generation Infrastructure Systems For Eco-Cities’, which takes place in Shenzhen from November 11 to 13, 2010. The conference is organized by Next Generation Infrastructures and discusses how innovative infrastructure systems may contribute to a new generation of sustainable cities. At the conference, Association [...]
At the expert meeting ‘The Seriousness of Play’ the question was asked how art can be used to improve access of the population to cultural heritage. The meeting was meant to bridge the gap between artists, curators and heritage institutions such as museums. Merten Nefs was invited to shed light on the matter from the [...]
In March 2010 Merten joined Association Delta Metropolis as researcher/designer. The association promotes an integrated sustainable development of the Delta Metropolis – the western conurbation of The Netherlands, necessary to maintain its competitive position in Europe. The activities of the association concern landscape, new metropolitan forms of land use and mobility. Merten focuses mainly on [...]
The main issue of the design competition was the reuse of a historic military engineers barrack, the “Genieloods”, on the premises of the fort. The competition was won by a joint venture of the architects Office Jarrik Ouburg, Paulien Bremmer Architects and CC Studio. The Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen Foundation wishes to actually realise their winning [...]
Tour de Velo is a competition entry by Janneska Spoelman and Merten Nefs. The project for an innovative bicycle parking in the centre of Nieuwegein, near Utrecht, was nominated by the jury (president: Bert Dirrix, Diederendirrix architects). The competition is being organized by the municipality of Nieuwegein, in collaboration with Architectuur Lokaal Amsterdam. Winners will [...]
