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Rodney Fitch 1 February 2011 - The faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (TU Delft) asked kaalenkammen to interview Rodney Fitch for the February issue of 'Turn the Page', a quarterly magazine. Fitch is the founder of international design consultancy FITCH and has recently been appointed Professor of Retail Design at TU Delft. kaalenkammen interviewed Fitch on the future of shopping and the rapidly changing retail business in Asia. |
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Maasvlakte 1 1 July 2006 - The Ministry of Economic Affairs has rewarded Michel Heesen and Hans Stakelbeek with a prize. Heesen and Stakelbeek made a urban strategy for an industrial area in Rotterdam, including a tourist map and photographic evidence of spontaneous leisure, such as road-side camping and mid-winter bathing in the pleasantly warm coolant water of the Eon power plant. The prize was handed over by chief government architect Mels Crouwel. |
Booost! Amsterdam 18 October 2006 - On invitation of Architectuur Lokaal, Michel Heesen and Hans Stakelbeek presented their strategy on industrial areas to congressmen and state officials during national manifestation Booost! In the early morning of the 18th, Heesen and Stakelbeek jumped into a muddy ditch behind Ikea Delft. The photo was handed out as a business card: people tend to remember looks, not names. (kaal=bold, kammen=hairy). Photo: Sam Rentmeester |
Appels op Zuid 1 Januari 2007 - On invitation of 'Pact op Zuid', a public-private investor in Rotterdam, kaalenkammen presented a strategy for the improvement of public space: 'Appels op Zuid' is a call for unregulated, personal initiatives in public space. |
E75 in Amsterdam 12 December 2009 - International art-film festival 'Bar Europa' has asked kaalenkammen to show some of the footage made during the E75-project. Different parts of the footage were shown simultaneously on five screens in Petersburg Projectspace Amsterdam. |
Testing the e-Solex 3 February 2010 - Range anxiety is the fear of running out of power with an electric vehicle. kaalenkammen conducted an experiment: driving until the battery is empty and then ringing the first doorbell in sight: ,,Hi there: could I please recharge?'' Mode of transportation: the e-Solex, designed by Pininfarina. Goal: Colijnsplaat, 80 km south of Rotterdam, 1563 inhabitants and a solexmuseum. The experimental testride was published in Delta, the weekly edition of Delft University of Technology. Read the article (Dutch) Watch the video (9 min.). |
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Elvis has left... 16 August 2007 - Some thirty years after Elvis died, kaalenkammen explored whether Elvis is still alive in the Netherlands. A dozen Elvis impersonators were interviewed by Heesen and photographed by Stakelbeek. The result was displayed on large videoscreens during popfestival 'A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise'. Four Elvis impersonators walked around the festival terrain and took the challenge of performing live on stage. |
Spangen strategy 1 November2007 - Spangen is the urban area adjacent tot the listed modernist 'Van Nelle Factory' in Rotterdam. kaalenkammen presented a strategy that would help improve both Spangen and the portfolios of young designers in Van Nelle. |
Brainstorm Gilliswijk 2 September 2008 - Housing corporation Woonbron invited us for a brainstorm on the possibilities of improving social cohesion and investment opportunities in one of the worst urban areas of Delft: Gilliswijk. kaalenkammen visited the area and made a proposal for the improvement of public space and playgrounds through a combination of private and public initiatives. |
European highways 7 May 2009 - E-routes are the European counterpart of the American interstate highways. Is this 1950s ideal of interconnecting countries, cultures and people still alive? Can it offer inspiration for current highway designers? kaalenkammen decided to check this out by riding all 5,640 km of European highway E75 during a four weeks journey, from Vardø island (Barentsz Sea) to Sitia (Crete). Public spaces, crossroads, bridges, construction sites et cetera were documented in photos and footage, waitresses and shopkeepers were interviewed and Heesen and Stakelbeek only ate E75 food. |
E75 in Rotterdam 27 June 2009 - Architecture Institute Rotterdam (AIR) has invited kaalenkammen to exhibit their E75-project during the national Day of Architecture in Groothandelsgebouw Rotterdam. The exhibition consists of 25 XXL photographs of the E75, both hung from the ceiling and stuck onto the walls with gum. At the opening ceremony, kaalenkammen served E75 food, such as Scandinavian reindeer sausages and Greek olives. |
E75 in Maastricht 9 December 2009 - NAi Maastricht/ Bureau Europa have invited kaalenkammen to show their E75-project as part of the exhibition Reading Europe by Powerhouse Company. |
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European highways 1 February 2011 - As part of the European highways project, kaalenkammen is preparing a new roadtrip. This time we will spend four weeks on the European highway E50 running from Brest (France) to the Caspian Sea (Makhachkala). Part of the E50-project is a traveling exhibition and 7 debates on the future of mobility in 7 European cities. |
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Co-funding E75-trip: Fonds BKVB and Zwarts & Jansma Architects. |
Co-funding exhibition: AIR and Van Riebeek Institute. |
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Co-funding E50-trip: Stimuleringsfonds Architectuur (NfA) |
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