As long as trade moves WanHua is the oldest district in Taipei. The local, informal and sometimes a bit rough but charming character makes it perfect for my ongoing urban research project on the use of space. On the streets of Taipei, I notice small electric trolleys...
The Chongqing drawingsMegapole organism After working in Hong Kong and in different megapolises in China like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Beijing I dediced in 2018 to initiate a drawing residence in the megapole of Chongqing after my Bang Bang project in...
TOFUD # Chongqing | BangBangWho is the megapolis actually being built for? I see building as a cultural activity and a phenomenon with a strong driving –force, with a thriving and sometimes devastating affect on our environment. What’s the affect to the direct...
Illegal rooftop installation KAPKAR / WVA-6F is a "rooftop structure" based on different spatial themes that play a role in Hong Kong. Illegal constructions largely determine the identity of the city. In addition to its formal high-rise architecture, Hong Kong is...
Is the human ingenuity of pioneer spirit that created this rural life and the hoists the same force that is now destroying it 150 years later? The Markham Museum lies on the edge of the former pioneer village of Markham, which has long been annexed by Toronto. Just...
AIR GM8 AmsterdamDrawings Cityscapes Gallery generous invited me to an Artist in Residence project at GM8 Gabriël Metsustraat in Amsterdam. A contemplation time during six weeks for drawing and thinking about urbanism. The result of the residency in GM8 is...
TOFUD # Shenzhen | Urban VillagesCycling the city by Paula Orrell The realm of the everyday is in fact the most alive, vivid and dynamic terrain for invention and innovation. The street, the urban landscape becomes an immediate space where Frank Havermans...
TOFUD # Amsterdam ZuidasUrban Research Model My project on the Zuidas was realized in TOFUD: my ‘Temporary Office For Urban Development’. I set up this office every time a concrete situation presents itself. This time it was in the Sint Nicolaas chapel, part of the...
TOFUD # OFFICEResearch office in the museum Charles Esche invited me for a 'Your Space Van Abbe' in Van Abbemuseum. I proposed a TOFUD project AIR inside the musem, he liked the idea, so it happenend. For this occasion I have build an office to work in. Here I studied...
TOFUD # Amsterdam IJburgHow to make the islands more exciting? Oeke Witteveen of Gallery Witteveen generous invited me to an Artist in Residence project at M4 Guest Studio in the Tetterode building in Amsterdam. The TOFUD project was born of the realization that...
TOFUD # Vlissingen'Havermans surveys the grounds of De Schelde' by Rolf Bosboom, PZC March 3, 2006 City planners carried out three 'surveys' of the future development of the grounds of 'De Schelde' ('The Scheldt', a former shipyard in the centre of Flushing). In the...
Living for one artist In the grounds of Huize Steenwijk in Vught is an old monastery of the Tilburg Friars. Redeveloped by Marx & Steketee architects, this monastery is currently used by ZIN in Werk, an organization concerned with bringing meaning to work. At the...
It's a pity to hide structural elements Normally I visit a space if I’m asked to make a work there. I take photos, absorb the space and measure it. This gives me an insight into it's dimensions, scale and proportions. It’s a set ritual. Since the Clark gallery is in...