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31/07 2017

KAAN Architecten in final stage for new Amsterdam Airport Schiphol terminal

KAAN Architecten in collaboration with Estudio Lamela, ABT, Ineco and with the support of Arnout Meijer Studio, DGMR and Planeground, are amongst the five competing teams for the new Amsterdam Schiphol’s terminal set for completion in 2023.

Schiphol’s ambitions for the new terminal are to set a new standard in the aviation world. The new terminal must embrace Schiphol’s DNA and evolve it into the future.

The winning design will be announced in September 2017.

For further information, please check Schiphol Airport website.

24/07 2017

A reportage of the New Amsterdam Courthouse’s construction site

Since last winter, photographer Dominique Panhuysen has been following the evolution of the New Amsterdam Courthouse construction site, undertaking a new photographic project similar to the one published for the official opening of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

The construction site is in fact currently a demolition site, the old Amsterdam Courthouse is in the final stages of demolition, to prepare the area for the new building designed by KAAN Architecten. From September 2017, debris will give way to cranes and excavators in accordance with the start of construction.

Here is a sneak peek of Dominique’s images.

20/07 2017

The making of the new Education and Self-Study Centre (OZC)

The new Education and Self-Study Centre (OZC) of the University of Tilburg is currently under construction. Completion is set for May 2018.

The building, a collaboration between KAAN Architecten and VORM, will support all faculties within the university by providing auditoriums, lecture rooms, meeting places and cafeterias for the students to meet and study. This video shows the special operation from day 17 of the construction process: the positioning of four 50.000 kg concrete beams with a span of 50 meters. Two cranes were needed to achieve this, weighing in at  650 and 750 tons respectively.