As this unprecedented year comes to an end, we give thanks to our remarkable team, who in spite of 2020’s challenges were resilient and agile. We are proud that despite this demanding year our ongoing projects were successfully delivered and new ones were started. To show our gratitude we asked Myrsini Alexandridi – a former team member at Office Winhov – to make a collage of our most prominent projects in 2020 and then to translate this collage into 25 of her handcrafted ceramic tiles. One tile for each team member. Just as each individual tile constitutes to the whole image, our projects are only made possible through teamwork. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Thank you Myrsini Alexandridi for this beautiful interpretation of our projects from 2020!

We would also like to take this space to thank our clients and those that we had the opportunity to work with this year. We are grateful for these outstanding collaborations. Finally, thank you to our digital network for following, appreciating and sharing our projects. We will be happy to keep you informed next year.

 
Season’s greetings from the Office Winhov team, and we hope to see you all in good health in 2021!

Image: Myrsini Alexandridi

Exactly 25 years after the opening of the Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam is taking another giant leap in its southern district. The construction of the Erasmus Bridge was the first step to connect the two separate city areas via Kop van Zuid. An equally impressive step is now being taken with the redevelopment of the Rijnhaven and Katendrecht. RED Company has presented a spectacular development vision for the Codrico terrain, the last factory in the ‘wrist’ of Katendrecht. The Codrico factory, a site of cultural heritage and a national listed monument, is a significant marker within the Rotterdam harbor. The factory redevelopment is designed by Office Winhov together with Crimson Historians & Urbanists. The development vision is a joined effort from: RED Company, Powerhouse Company, SHoP Architect, DELVA Landscape Architecture / Urbanism, Mecanoo, DVP, George&Harrison, Build in Amsterdam, DLA Piper, Anne van der Zwaag, Mees Ruimte & Milieu BV, Crimson Historians & Urbanists and Office Winhov.

The Trippenhuiscomplex has won the award for Interior of the Year at the Architectenweb Awards 2020. 
(Link only in Dutch)

'New viewpoint on Amsterdam Zuid'
The latest edition of Dutch architecture magazine De Architect contains an article about residential building SUD Amsterdam.

(article only in Dutch)

"The excellent renovation of the Trippenhuiscomplex is spectacularly subtle."

More exciting news! Proud to make public that the Trippenhuiscomplex has won the Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2020.

The Trippenhuis complex has been awarded the 'Gouden A.A.P.' 2020 for the best building in Amsterdam of the past year. The transformation project by Office Winhov, Rijksvastgoedbedrijf and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences received the professional award.

Photography credits: René de Wit

Thrilled and honored to announce that together with Gottlieb Paludan Architects we have won the Wienerberger Brick Award for our project Delft City Archive.

Many thanks to our teams, Adviesbureau Strackee, Spark I.D., Archisupport, Cauberg Huygen and Bouwbedrijf Hegeman, Deppe Backstein-Keramik, De Jong’s Betonbedrijf, Schüco for working with us on this project.

The Conservatorium of Amsterdam will have an annex in the Beatrixpark on the Zuidas. The City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam School of the Arts (AHK) have signed an exclusivity agreement and made a preliminary design. The monumental buildings Kapel and Convict in the Beatrixpark will be renovated and transfromed. There will be a public F&B facility on the ground floor of the Conservatoire and small-scale concerts, that are open to the public, will be played throughout the year.

Silver medal International Award Domus Restoration and Conservation: Haratori Office, Mathon by Office Haratori and Office Winhov.

The GVB Pavilion has been realized at Amstel Station Amsterdam. The pavilion at Julianaplein marks the start and end point of GVB's public transport.

Start of the construction for the transformation and extension of the new Pillows Hotel Oosterpark in Amsterdam.

Photography: Wijnanda Duits

Article on website De Architect about the presentation of the design for the city hall in Den Helder by Office Winhov & Van Hoogevest Architecten.
(Only in Dutch)

Our Galenkop model is on view till 22 September 2020 at the exhibition 'underground in the city' at the city museum STAM in Ghent, Belgium. The exhibition reveals what is hidden away out of sight, underneath the houses and streets. Photography by PhileDeprez.

The September issue of De Architect contains an article about the transformation of Het Trippenhuis. Only in Dutch.

The transformation of the former Vroom & Dreesmann (V&D) department store into offices, retail and arestaurant is completed. 

'Herinneren, ook bij de tramhalte' - Remember, also at the tram stop
On September 14, an article about the National Holocaust Museum appeared in the weekend edition of the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool.
Only in Dutch.

Following the exhibition of Alternative Histories in London last Spring, the exhibition travelled to Brussels this September.

Could a contemporary architect, with their own references, make a model that would respond to a drawing from the past?
For the Alternative History exhibition, Office Winhov was asked to imagine a collaboration with architects from the past. We use an historic drawing as the seed for a design presented in a physical model. This model is 1 of 85 models exhibited.

Dates: Saturday, September 7, 2019 - Sunday, September 29, 2019
Location: CIVA, Brussels (Belgium)

"Opulenta Maxima," is how the Swiss magazine Hochparterre describes the design for the Bucherer flagship store in Zurich.
To be read in the August issue.
Only in German.

The large-scale renovation of the Trippenhuis complex was completed recently. The Trippenhuis was designed by Justus Vingboons and was built between 1660 and 1662 for the brothers Louis and Hendrick Trip. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has been housed there since 1812. The complex has been transformed over the years with various insights. The design of Office Winhov for the new reception area consists of an enfilade of rooms and halls, extending from the historic entrance in the Trippenhuis to the renovated auditorium in the garden at the rear of the complex. In the new part, colors and design motifs from the historic building return in a contemporary manner. The facades on the street side and the courtyard are clad with cast, bronze panels; a reference to the'metal trade' business of the original residents.

Design proposal (runner up) by Office Winhov for the new tower to replace the original clock tower, demolished around 1980.

The Geldermalsen station is a listed monument. As part of the renovation, a new underground connection between both sides of the station is constucted. Office Winhov presented a proposal for the new entrances to the station in the form of separate canopies above the stairs, lifts and platforms with a prominent skylight as the station's new address.

For the Alternative History exhibition we were asked to imagine a collaboration with architects from the past. We use an historic drawing as the seed for a design presented in a physical model. Generating a kind of alternative history of the original project, rooted both in the past and in the present. The exhibition of all the models and drawings will be organized in London, under the aegis of the Architecture Foundation. Veldwerk Architecten, Ellis Woodman of the Architecture Foundation and Niall Hobhouse of Drawing Matter work together in the organization of the Alternative History exhibition project.

Exhibiton:
March 23 - April 14
Cork Street, Mayfair, London

Both the façade of the Trippenhuis complex and one of the outer walls adjoining the courtyard have recently been cast in bronze. On the video you can see how craftsmen of Royal Eijsbouts cast a mold intended for the two bronze panels of the complex. Office Winhov has opted for bronze to create more unity with the adjacent historic building on the Kloveniersburgwal 29. Both parts are owned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency and house the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Office Winhov is in charge of the transformation and renovation of the reception and public rooms, as well as the long-term vision for the restoration of the historic complex. HOEK architecture & preservation is responsible for the renovation of Kloveniersburgwal 29.