Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06
Dro / Hans van Heeswijk / NPK
IJ-tramway, Rietlanden tramstop
Amsterdam’s number 26 tramline, the IJ-tram, links Central Station to the new and yet-to-be-completed IJburg district. When the Piet Hein tunnel, which links the A10 ring road and the Eastern Docklands, was built in the early 1990s it already had an extra tunnel earmarked for this tram.
One of the characteristics of trams is that they travel through the public space of the city. People waiting at a stop are in the midst of the city rather than a special public transport domain like a metro station. This fact was crucial to the design and materialization of the IJ-tram route. The individual stops adopt features from their immediate surroundings. On the banks of the IJ, for example, we find stops fitted out with materials typical of the area: basalt in the retaining walls, brick and granite on the platforms. The masts and shelters (some with heating), designed by npk designers, are the same all along the route.
The Rietlanden stop, right beside the Piet Hein tunnel opening, was designed by architect Hans van Heeswijk. Here architecture, urban design and infrastructure come together in one urban hinge point: public space, building and art all accentuate the junction between line 26 and line 10. The intersection is below grade but still in the open air, with a visible transfer to the intersecting line 10 and direct contact with the surrounding Rietlandpark, in the middle of the Eastern Docklands.
npk design’s 30th anniversary
Party
Friday September 19th npk design celebrated her 30th anniversary in the main office in Leiden.
All relations, former colleagues, friends and family were shown around in the various design studios. Afterwards all guests, seated at long tables, enjoyed an Italian dinner on our inner court.
published in European Business Design 1
Hamax PLUS System
‘Key to the success of a design project are a shared enthusiasm and a ‘dream’ of what you want to achieve with the project.’
published in Sketching - drawing techniques for product designers
Two npk projects descriped in Sketching
Due to the complex curvature transitions, cross sections are added to clarify the intended shape and keep it symmetrical.
published in Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06
IJ-tramway, Rietlanden tramstop
The masts and shelters (some with heating), designed by npk designers, are the same all along the route.
published in Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06
House
The house consists of two main volumes, roof and base. Inflected, laminated trusses rise up from the basement.
published in Identity Matters 11-2005
BasicPhone
The Dutch firm NPK (with Chess, it ’s technology partner) designed the phone to comfort users by referencing the familiar: a ubiquitous telephone handset from the 70’s.
published in Form 10-2005
Basicphone
Basicphone is a mobile telephone that people also have no difficulties using. It was developed by npk design with the Haarlem company Chess
published in Made in Holland 2005
n|p|k twin postbox
By 2007, the twin postbox will be a fixture up and down the Netherlands. The design has won an IF Design Award, was short listed for the Dutch Design Awards, and was nominated for the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Foreign Affairs of Dutch Design
Traveling exhibition goes to Amsterdam
From July 14 to August 21 the exhibition will be on display at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Recent work of npk design is demonstrated.…
Red Dot Award
BeerTender wins red dot award
Out of more than 1800 participants of 36 countries an international jury of designers, architects and artists has selected BeerTender for a red dot award.…