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...
FLOW (Active Heave Compensation) The exhibition at Oudezijds Voorburgwal 131 brings together two art projects in progress by Edwin Zwakman and Frank Havermans. The two artists imagine, each in their own, distinctive way, a future in which we move our habitat to...
'A cultural activity with an irreversible impact on the behaviour of its own species.' Building. One of the greatest driving forces of mankind. Although building may not have been passed on as the first survival strategy in the genetic programming, mankind itself has...
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...
solo exhibtion Frank Havermans has a clear concept of art creation. Almost all of his works are named in the same manner - the names of his architectural works usually start with ‘KAPKAR,’ followed by a number, and the names of his works related to urbanization...
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...
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...
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 # Spoorzone Eindhoven TOFUD Your-Space by Freek Lomme Frank Havermans (Breda, 1967) lives in Heeswijk where he works in his studio. But he also likes working on location. He is currently presenting his TOFUD, or Temporary Office For Urban Development, for...
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...