innovation

  1. project

    Mosque Enschede

    The design deliberately opted for the addition of an avlu, traditionally a central place in a mosque. Usually this is an outdoor space, but here the avlu has been executed as a covered courtyard, making the building …

  2. newsitem

    Competition for Mozaïek Vriezenveen homes won

    Twenterand Municipality has held a competition for sixteen life cycle adaptable homes within their Mozaïek plan: an inner-city redevelopment project located behind the Vriezenveen town hall. IAA Architecten, in …

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    Own drinking water in the Melkhal

    Broadcaster 1Twente has made a report on how the large water cellar under the Melkhal can be used to produce drinking water for the Melkhal itself and the surrounding (residential) buildings with the help of its own …

  7. project

    Music centre and conservatory

    On 9 September 1988, Queen Beatrix officially opened the Music Centre in Enschede, consisting of a large and small concert hall, in a complex combined with the conservatory. It marked the start of putting Enschede on …

  8. project

    Modularly built micro-apartments

    At Aachener Straße 1-5 in Mönchengladbach, just north of the old town centre, a residential block with 32 micro-apartments and 53 furnished one-room flats ('boarding rooms') is being built. The centrally …

  9. project

    Mosque Almelo

    Proposal by IAA Architects for the new Almelo mosque in a limited design competition.