WAM architecten was established
by architect Wilfried van Winden in 2009.
WAM architecten is a young and
dynamic bureau which can nevertheless rely on more than 25 years experience in
the domains of public and private buildings and infrastructure. In conjunction
with a team of committed professionals, WAM architecten works on a diversity of
projects that make an essential contribution to our built surroundings and
society.
Besides his design for the Inntel
Hotel, Wilfried van Winden’s major projects include the Essalam Mosque in Rotterdam, De Oriënt residential complex
in the Transvaal district of The Hague, and De Marquant residential development
in Breda and currently the Embassy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in The
Hague. Each project embodies his idiosyncratic outlook on the profession.
The bureau is distinctive for its
exploratory approach, inventiveness, focus on pleasure and enthusiasm, with
which it strives to realise beautiful buildings and surroundings, summarized in
the concept of Fusion.
“ Fusion architecture is a mindset
rather than a style, a strategy that stands for an inventive way of mixing and
interconnecting present and past, East and West, tradition and innovation,
abstract and figurative architecture and high and low culture. The increasing
diversity of cultures in our society calls for a new approach in architecture.
‘For me it revolves around the production of an environment that people find
pleasurable – call it an architecture of enjoyment,’ says Van Winden.
In order to accommodate the
diversity in our society and facilitate the expression of the diverse
identities that are present within it,
it is necessary to have a command of different architectural styles and
to devise novel expressions where needed. The foundations of this lie in a
mindset that is heterogeneous, hybrid, a way of thinking that ‘encloses’ and
‘includes’.
With Fusion Wilfried van Winden
wants to shift the accent of the current architectural discourse and create
leeway for an imaginative and innovative architecture.
WAM architecten performs the design
and construction process in teams of varied composition that involve a
diversity of specialists: from design to specification drawings, from
management to communications. The role of all these experts is stipulated in
advance, in the same way the expectations of client and architect are clearly
defined. The outcome is considered to be teamwork of co-makers.
See:
Website: www.WAM-architecten.nl
Wikipedea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried_van_Winden