E15 Winning Teams Portraits/Interviews

Building Upon Brainpark

Rotterdam Brainpark I (NL) – Special Mention

Team Representative: Kevin Westerveld (NL) – architect; Associates: Nima Morkoc (NL), Hedwig Van Der Linden (NL), Lars Kloeg (NL) – architects

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^{K. Westerveld, L. Kloeg, H. Van Der Linden & N. Morkoc}

"One can argue that Brainpark had no distinct identity before: a generic business park next to a highway like many others. Demolishing the whole site, creating a tabula rasa and starting over is a first instinct until one realizes that densification and intensification of the existing will create a unique and productive urban fabric. Therefore, building upon Brainpark will solve the existential problem of isolation and monofunctionality that is currently present in Brainpark."