RAU participates in the exhibition Material Worlds which can be seen in the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen. The exhibition shows a full scale mock-up of the ceramic walls that RAU designed for the new CBW Mitex building. The exhibition was curated by the DAC in collaboration with GXN, the research laboratory of the Danish architects 3XN. Besides the project CBW Mitex also ®Turntoo is part of the exhibition, which lasts until June 5, 2012. read more…
The new head office for CBW Mitex during construction.
One of RAU’s latest project, an transparent, two-storey office building is currently under construction in the woods of the Utrechtste Heuvelrug, near Zeist. In 2008, two organisations representing retailers in the sectors of fashion and interior design merged to form the second largest trade association in the Netherlands: CBW Mitex. The new organisation needs more space than either of the previously used buildings could accommodate. By developing a new head office meeting ambitious standards of sustainability, CBW Mitex seeks to inspire all the businesses it represents.
Over recent decades real estate funds, developers, architects, builders and other related companies have experienced a golden age. Market demand seemed to have no limits, resulting in real estate that was built without questioning. With the financial market collapse of 2008, it appeared the wrong demand had been answered. Possession brought Debt. Debt invited Recession. And now, Recession demands Transformation!
RAU currently is looking for
French, German, Swiss, Scandinavian and/or Dutch TRAINEES/INTERNS
to participate in our projects and to apply/test their knowledge against our daily practice. There is an opportunity to do your thesis or graduation project at RAU, providing there is a link with the work of our office.
A group of 40 architectural students from Brasilia’s UniCEUB University visited the RAU studio today. Our ex-colleague Walter Ewoud van Schaijk guided the group during their two week trip to study sustainable architecture in Germany and the Netherlands.
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