Author name: Marc Maurer

The Dutch Atelier Rijksbouwmeester and the German Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung have jointly created the FUTURE STUDIO CROSS BORDERS project. Reicher Haase Assoziierte and Maurer United Architects have been asked to convey this project.

On Thursday, August 31, 2023, the DE OASE will open in Bureau Europa – an exhibition about the future of the South Limburg landscape and the cross-border infrastructure in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. The landscape of South Limburg has been researched and mapped from various angles.

At June 12th, Maurer United presented the spatial strategy ZL’EU (focusing on the region Southern Dutch Limburg in Euregional Context) at the New Regional Bauhaus in Heerlen. It was developed in cooperation with Reicher Haase Assoziierte and RWTH Aachen University.

From June 3rd to 28th, 2023, the Dutch Consulate General in Hong Kong will present (among other pioneering circular projects) the ‘Superlocal Pavilion’ in the local ‘Central Market Building’. The exhibition shows proven best circular practices in areas of built environment, fashion, and everyday goods.

To give Amsterdam Nieuw-West an urban boost, there is the municipal desire for a new iconic building, in or on the Sloterplas. But could that icon also be a skate park? Maurer United thus explored an alternative option for a New West icon; A floating skatepark that refers to the origin of skateboarding.

From May 7th to July 9th, the Van Eesteren Museum presents ‘Skateboard City’, a large-scale exhibition on skateboard culture in relation to the city. Various design projects related to skateboarding and city playgrounds will be highlighted, with work by Maurer United, SCALA+MANA, Bureau B+B and others.

This concrete bench for public space will be installed in Utrecht. On the playground between two schools, the design depicts circular thinking – but with a twist. The bench consists of nine prefab concrete elements. A 3D print on a scale of 1:100 gives an impression of its proportions.

The Belgian foundation DOCOMOMO visited the Jan van Eyck Academy as part of an excursion. Director Boudewijn Cox, along with Maurer United, gave a presentation on the modernist building (1958, Frits Peutz), focusing on the history and future of the building complex.

As a jury member of the competition ‘Besucherzentrum Indemann,’ Nicole Maurer co-designated the firm ‘Zweering Helmus Architekten’ (Aachen) as the winner of the competition. The pavilion design modestly poses as a landscape element next to the robust ‘Indemann’ observation tower.

The Heerlen North research project of the Chair of Urban Planning at RWTH Aachen is in full swing. On Monday, Dec. 19, the group of international students presented their initial findings to project leader Ron Meyer. Outside ideas bring new impulses to Heerlen. To be continued.