FRANK HAVERMANS

Breda, The Netherlands

 

Monographies

2018   Frank Havermans Transitional,  published by Schunck Museum
2010   Frank Havermans Architectural Constructions, NAI Publishers

 

Awards & Nominations

2021   Nomination KAPKAR/ CDH-2P2 Straatprijs Groningen
2017   Pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S nomination Nijmegen Architecture Award 2018
2016   Pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S Longlist Mies van de Rohe Award 2017
2014   Secret Operation 610 Longlist Mies van de Rohe Award 2015
2010   KAPKAR/ TO-RXD: Longlist Innovation & Design Award 2011 Condé Nast Traveller UK
2007   KAPKAR/ TAW-BW-5860 Honorable Mention Dutch Building prize 2007, category Buildings
2006   KAPKAR/ TAW-BW-5860 Nomination AM NAi Architecture Prize 2006
2006   KAPKAR/ TAW-BW-5860 Winner Wood Architecture Prize 2006
2006   KAPKAR / SE-D2E, partly Nomination LAI Interior Prize 2006
1993    BNI-prijs, prize by the public

 

Collections

City of Amsterdam
City of Depeng, Shenzhen
AKZO Nobel Art Collection
ASML, Veldhoven
Buro Beeldende Kunst, Vlissingen
Het Kadaster, Eindhoven
Impromtu Projects Limited, Macau
HilberinkBosch architecten, Berlicum
Architectenbureau Ronald Jansen, Amsterdam
Wijnen architectuur, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Architectenbureau Marius van den Wildenberg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Kunstuitleen Gouda
ZIN, Vught
Private collections: drawings, collectibles, models, photography, furniture

 

Artist in Residence

2025    OrganHaus, BeiBei, China, project research
2024    OrganHaus, BeiBei, China, fiels reserach
2023    Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2022    Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2019    GAFA, Guangzhou, Artist in the Field, Le Ming, China
2018    Chongqing, China
2018    ADATA AiR, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2016    Organhaus, Chongqing, China
2016    Bosch & Simons, Chelva, Spain
2014    Hello Wood!, Scorompuszta, Hungary
2013    Markham Museum, Land/Slide Possible Futures, Toronto, Canada
2013    FILTER, Detroit, United States
2013    Virginie Janssens Foundation, Mas de Charrou, France o.i.b Hendrik Driessen
2011     6th OCAT International AIR, Shenzhen China, Mondrian Fund Amsterdam
2010    What’s up, what’s down, Cultural Catalysts in Urban Spaces’ Mondrian Fund Amsterdam
2009    Artist in Residence VZRAIR Zuidas. On invitation by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2007    Willem 2, Buro BK Vlissingen
2006    Artist in Residence M4-Guest studio, Tetterode, Amsterdam
2004    Guest Studio ZIN, Vught (+ design & manufacture Studio Dwelling)
2003    Clark Gallery, Montréal, Canada

 

Solo exhibitions

2025   500 jaar Besiendershuis, Nijmegen
2024   Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2024   Keilecontemporary, M4H, Rotterdam
2023   Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2023   Studio De Kemp, Vortum-Mullem
2021    ‘INFRA # Macau_Artificial Landscapes’ Impromptu Projects, Macau
2017    Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, INFRA, Chongqing China
2017    Schunck* Heerlen, South Wall & Front Store
2016    15th Architecture Biennal of Venice, GAAFoundation, Constructive Proposals, Italy
2013   IIDEX Canada, Design & Architecture fair, on invitation by the Dutch Embassy Canada
2012   Wan Chai Visual Archive Hong Kong –  TOFUD # Shenzhen
2012   Wan Chai Visual Archive, Bi City Biennale for Architecture\\Urbanism, Hong Kong
2011    ‘Frank Havermans 1:1’, SM’S Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch

 

Art commissions / Private commissions

2025   IJsselbiënnale ’25
2025   500 jaar Besiendershuis, Nijmegen
2023   KAPKAR / H3H-YPB Gate Bridge Pavilion, H3H biennial, Oosterhout
2022   Gate, adaption Star Bridge, Son en Breugel
2021    KAPKAR/ B’A-L11C, urban shelter, Bao’An Baywalk, Shanqi Art Shenzhen
2021    KAPKAR/ VD-560, Border Chapel, Kapellenbaan, Land van Cuijk
2021    Liber Amicorum Box, ZIN
2021    KAPKAR/ A7-29 X FT, City Gate, TAAK, Drachten
2020   KAPKAR/ DOW-N381, Border Platform, Oude Willem, Appelscha
2019    KAPKAR/ GTO-B10, Urban Surveyor, Get Lost Foundation, Amsterdam
2019    KAPKAR/ LB2-SV, Light Beacon, Leeuwarden
2018    KAPKAR / WS1P-AN, floating office, Akzo Nobel Art Space, Amsterdam
2016    KAPKAR/ SF-P7S, pavilion, Stichting Fabrikaat, Nijmegen
2015    KAPKAR/ SDR-3P, pedestrian bridge, Eindhoven
2013    SECRET OPERATION 610, together with RAAAF, Flight Base Soesterberg
2013    KAPKAR/ BB-N34, Light Beacon Fire Department Borger
2012    KAPKAR/ CDH-P2, Chat House, Corpus den Hoorn, Groningen
2010    KAPKAR/ PBS-4S, Podium for Brachen-Siedlung festival, Duisburg
2009   KAPKAR/ TO-RXD, Landscape Observatory, St. Oedenrode.
2008   KAPKAR/ REX-40, multifunctional cabinet,  X-Ingrediënt, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2007   KAPKAR/ TT-C2P, Cinema, 7th Architecture Biennale of São Paulo Brazil
2007   KAPKAR/ RDP-1407, Exhibition Design Rotterdam Designprijs, Boijmans van Beuningen
2006   KAPKAR/ ZZW-220, Tree Hut, B&B Frankrijk Noord, Westkapelle
2005   KAPKAR/ SE-D2E, Secretariat De Effenaar, Eindhoven
2004   KAPKAR/ TAW-BW-5860, Studio Dwelling, ZIN, Vught
2002   KAPKAR/ MS-19A, cabinet, HILBERINKBOSCH architecten, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2000   RECEPTION HALL/ POST OFFICE, Zin Vught
1999    STRUCTURAL ALTERATION, Akkerstraat 23, Eindhoven

 

Duo / Group exhibitions

2025     De Vishal, Haarlem
2025     IJsselbiënnale ’25
2024    ‘Urban Exchange’ Organhaus, Chongqing
2023     H3H biënnale, Oosterhout
2022     SQUARE28, Amsterdam
2022     TESTBED2 贰厂 Chongqing, China
2022    ‘Flow’ Cityscapes Foundation, Amsterdam
2022    Keilecontemporary / Art Rotterdam Week, 19-22 May
2021     Kapellenbaan 2021 > permanent,  Gennep
2021     Waterschool, Makkink & Bey, Rotterdam
2019     Play Station Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, KAPKAR/ GTO-B10
2018     Common Ground, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam
2018     Da Vinci, Centre for Architecture ABC Haarlem
2018     The Imagined Future Is Not The Future, OCT-LOFT, Shenzhen
2018     Poetry of Space,  Stadssalon Tracy Metz / Baptist Braye, Cityscape Foundation Amsterdam
2017      Rhizome 2.0, Cityscape Foundation Amsterdam
2016     Circulair City, Cityscapes Gallery, Amsterdam
2015      Dordtyart 2015, Dordtyart, Dordrecht
2014     Hello Wood!, Scorompuszta, Hungary
2014     Canadian Pavilion – Bi City Biennale of architecture and urbanism, Shenzhen
2013     Land/Slide Possible Futures, Toronto, Canada
2012     No one to hear you scream, SAAMLUNG gallery, Hong Kong.
2011      Future Relevane, Museum OCAT Shenzhen and Architecture Bi City Biennale Shenzhen
2011      Against All Ods, Benaki Museum Athens Greece
2009    Erasmushuis Jakarta, Tangible Traces’ Indonesia
2008    Tangible Trance, Hongkong Business of Design Week, JCCAC Hong Kong
2008    Designweek Viënna, Museum fur Volkskunst, Austria
2007    7th Architecture Biennale of Sao Paulo, Novembre 2007 Sao Paulo, Brazil             

                                                                       

Publications, reviews

2024    HET PAROOL, urban surveyor KAPKAR / GTO-B10, Amsterdam
2024    INT ART CHANNEL, interview
2024    DE ARCHITECT, exhibition Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2024    EINDHOVENS DAGBLAD, exhibition Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2024    ARCHITECTENWEB, exhibition Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2023    DESIGNBOOM, Gate Bridge Pavilion KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2023    ARCHITECTENWEB, Poortbrug Paviljoen KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2023    NU TE ZIEN! with Suzanne Swarts AVROTROS, Poortbrug Paviljoen KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2023    TROUW, Volkskrant, NRC, Tableau, Opium Radio 4, Poortbrug Paviljoen KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2023    LOST PAINTERS, Poortbrug Paviljoen KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2023    BN DE STEM, Poortbrug Paviljoen KAPKAR / H3H-YPB
2022    HET PAROOL,  Flow, Cityscapes by Kees Keijer
2022    DESIGNBOOM South Gate KAPKAR / A7-29 X FT
2022   DE VOLKSKRANT, Border Chapel, Rutger Pontzen
2022   GEORGE KNIGHT Blog, Border Chapel
2021    ARCHITECTENWEB South Gate KAPKAR / A7-29 X FT
2021    PONTO FINAL magazine, Macau
2021    HOJE MACAU newspaper, Macau
2021    TEKTONIEK, landscape observatoroy KAPKAR/ TO-RXD
2021    ARCHDAILY, Secret Operation 610, Ground Control
2021    INFOSTEEL, border platform KAPKAR / DOW-N381
2021    DE ARCHITECT landschapsobservatorium KAPKAR / TO-RXD 2009-2020
2021    BOUWEN MET STAAL border platform KAPKAR / DOW-N381
2021    ARCHITECTENWEB border platform KAPKAR / DOW-N381
2021    DESIGNBOOM border platform KAPKAR / DOW-N381
2020   ART DBL interview by Huang Zifeng, Shenzhen/Guangzhou
2020   SEA OF TIME publication Shenzhen Biennale Urbanism\Architecture, Shanqi Art
2020   EMBASSY OF THE NETHERLANDS IN CHINA, Your Case My Case
2019    DESIGNBOOM urban surveyor KAPKAR/ GTO-B10
2019    ARCHITECTENWEB  urban surveyor KAPKAR/ GTO-B10
2019    DESIGNBOOM  floating workunit KAPKAR/ WS1P-AN
2019    ARCHITECTENWEB floating workunit KAPKAR/ WS1P-AN
2018    ARCHITECTUURnl, interview by Peter de Winter
2018    TRANSITIONAL publication overview work Frank Havermans, Schunck
2018    INFRA, Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing
2018    IGLOO magazine, publication Contemporary Dutch Architecture [RO]
2018    DESIGNBOOM workspace AkzoNobel KAPKAR / WS1P-AN
2017    ARCHITECTENWEB transitional installation Schunck
2017    ARCHINED article by Astrid Aarsen, KAPKAR / ZM-S*-B3-JH
2017    MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD 2017, catalogue [ES]
2016    DEZEEN pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S
2016    DESIGNBOOM pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S
2016    ARCHDAILY pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S
2016    DE ARCHITECT pavilion KAPKAR/ SF-P7S
2016    PHAIDON, Mobitecture – Architecture on the Move, Secret Operation 610 [USA]
2015    MARK Magazine/ Frameweb, KAPKAR/ DY-K92
2015    BRAUN PUBLISHING, KAPKAR / ZZW-220 Green Hidden and Above [CH]
2015    YEARBOOK Landscape Architecture The Netherlands 2014-2015
2015    DE VOLKSKRANT ‘De tijdbom is bezig af te gaan’ Joyce Roodnat, 180515
2014    YEARBOOK of Architecture The Netherlands 2013-2014
2014    NEO2, design magazine Spain [ES]
2014    MARK #48  ‘Inspiration from the Cold War’ by François-Luc Giraldeau
2014    A10 review on ‘Secret Operation 610
2013    DEZEEN and DESIGNBOOM reviews on Secret Operation 610
2013    DE VOLKSKRANT ‘Insect op rupsbanden te huur’ De Volkskrant 140913
2013    NRC ‘Vergaderruimte te huur die lijkt op een F-15’ by Sandra Smets 180913
2013    MARK # 42, chat house KAPKAR/ CDH P2P by Arthur Wortmann
2012    Tokyo Designers Week, Japanese television KAPKAR/ TO-RXD [JA]
2012    CNNgo television Hong Kong, KAPKAR/ WVA-6F [HK]
2012    MARK #37 Noticed Board KAPKAR/ DW-F370 sea observatory
2012    Architectmagazine.com blog by Aaron Betsky ‘Frank Havermans marks Hong Kong’
2012    ARTFORUM.COM review ‘No One to Hear You Scream’ SAAMLUNG Hong Kong
2011     AAO catalog, Against All Odds, Lina Stergiou, Athens [GR]
2011     FUTURE RELEVANCE catalogue 6th OCAT AIR, Shenzhen [CN]
2011     RIZZOLI New York ‘Micro Green’ by Mimi Zeiger [USA]
2011     ASIA SURFACE Sout Azia, ‘Village People'[MY]
2011     SHENZHEN DAILY, review Artist in Residence OCAT, Shenzhen [CN]
2011     GLOCAL DESIGN Magazine, Mexico – KAPKAR/ VH-55 [MX]
2011     Beelden Magazine, Peke Hofman
2010    DE AVONDEN, radio 6. Interview by Hans de Geus
2010    KAPKAR/ ZZW-220  2 + 3D magazine Krakow, Poland [PL]
2010    KAPKAR/ TO-RXD Betonart Magazine 28, Istanbul, Turkey [TR]
2010    KAPKAR/ TO-RXD in ‘C3P Architecture Magazine’  Zuid-Korea [KP]
2010    DE ARCHITECT column ‘Visionair’ met TOFUD # Amsterdam Zuidas (May)
2010    ONOMATOPEE/ VIRTUAL MUSEUM ZUIDAS ‘Intimate Stories on Absence’
2010    NAI PUBLISHERS ‘Frank Havermans Architectural constructions’
2010    BRABANTS DAGBLAD ‘…met de hand gemaakt is’ by Gerrit van den Hoven 040110
2010    EINDHOVENS DADBLAD  ‘Niet alles is dienstbaar aan de mens’ 070110
2009    AMC LE MONITEUR   ‘Rubans Entrelaces’ by Christophe Hespel (F)
2009    DE VOLKSKRANT ‘Strakke planologie wurgt de stad’ by Jeroen Junte 181209
2009    INTERIOR DESIGN CHINA 2009 nr. 10 by Sarah Deng [CN]
2009    NAI PUBLISHERS ‘Tangible Traces’ by Linda Vlassenrood
2009    RETREAT tentoonstellingscatalogus UNStudio
2009    TROUW ‘Fort Asperen als toevluchtsoord’ by Henny de Lange 170709
2009    AVRO’s KUNSTUUR TV, the observatory KAPKAR/ TO-RXD 230509
2009    FRAME #68 Offices: Frank Havermans KAPKAR / REX-40
2009    KAPKAR/ TO-RXD in Brabants Dagblad en Eindhovens Dagblad
2009    MEDIA INDONESIA ‘Tangible Traces’
2008    UITGEVERIJ SNOR ‘Fred en Wilma in de Vinex-wijk’
2008    ITEMS may/june ‘Theaterdier’ by Edwin van Onna
2007    DIE GESTALTEN VERLAG  ‘Spacecraft’
2006    NAI PUBLISHERS ‘Bare Facts’

 

Lectures, Jury, Teaching, Workshop

2025    Lecture Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam
2025    Leerling/Meester IJsselbiennale
2024    Lecture Flevo Tour Lab, Almere
2024    Lecture OrganHaus, Chongqing
2024    Artist Talk Charles Esche x Frank Havermans, Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven
2024    Lecture Architctuur Centrum Eindhoven, Natlab, Eindhoven
2023    Workshop TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
2023    Lecture Waley Art, Taiwan
2023    Lecture CBK Steenwijkerland, Steenwijk
2022    Workshop TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
2022    Kunstloc, guest teacher
2022    Talk by Dirk van Weelden: Frank Havermans en Edwin Zwakman 080722 Cityscapes Amsterdam
2022    Technical University Delft, Faculty Architecture Borders & Territories International Design Studio
2022    Graduation coach, Master of Architecture, AvB Groningen
2022    Visiting critic, Atelier Privacy, Master of Architecture, AvB Arnhem ArtEZ
2022    Guest teacher, Workshop Art, Technical University Delft, Faculty Architecture
2021    Workshop, Technical University Delft Faculty Architecture
2021    Architecture Association Macau & Impromptu Projects
2021    Lecture, Technical University Delft Faculty Architecture
2021    KABK, guest teacher Make Week, Den Haag
2021    Kunstloc, guest teacher
2021    Proeftuin Artist in Space, CBK Groningen
2020   NVTL, Buitenruimte van Betekenis, debatmiddag
2020   Nationale Dialoog Bouwcultuur, Federatie Ruimtelijke Kwaliteit, Soesterberg
2019   Schunck Heerlen, jury member Rooftop-Project
2019    Guangzhou Academy of fine arts, workshop & lecture [CN]
2018    Jury Prix de Rome Arhitecture, State Prize for emerging architects
2018    Jury Huis Doorn, Bureau Chief Government Architecture
2018    Lecture Days of Architecture, Sarajevo [BA]
2018    Schuncktalk with Alexander Römer (Germany), Schunck* Heerlen
2017    Lecture GAFA University, Guangzhou [CN]
2017    Lecture ‘Tectonics’ OCT-LOFT Shenzhen [CN]
2016    Lecture Constructed reality, Future+ Shenzhen [CN]
2015    Lecture at ./Studio3, Institute. for experimental architecture, Uni of Innsbruck [AU]
2014    Tutor in international workshop Hello Wood, Scorompuszta, Hungary [HU]
2014    Guest teacher #Designlab, Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2013    Guest critique on Fabricated Extensions, College for Creative Studies, Detroit [USA]
2013    Seminar IIDEX Toronto Canada ‘The Architectural Ingenuity of Studio Frank Havermans’ [CA]
2012    Master Vacant, teacher Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
2011     Lecture University of Shenzhen, China at Office Urbanus Architecten [CN]
2011     Lecture GAFA, University of Guanzhou [CN]
2011     Lecture Normal Technical University of Guangzhou [CN]
2011     Lecture on own work OCAT, Shenzhen [CN]
2011     Coaching MAHKU Spatial Design, HKU Utrecht 2007-2011.
2010    Lecture The [non] Practice of Participation, Expodium Utrecht, Studio Markus Miessen

 

Grants / Support

2025    Project grant Besiendershuis Mondrianfund
2025  Project grant IJsselbiennale Mondrianfund
2024   Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands China
2023    Artist Basic grant Mondrianfund
2023    Project grant TOFUD # Trolley 0504, Waley Art Taipei, Taiwan
2022    Project grant Mondrianfund, H3H biënnale
2021     Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Hong Kong and Macau SARs + Institute of European Studies of Macau
2019     Project grant Mondrianfund, Kapellenbaan
2017     Project grant Mondrianfund, Schunck Museum, Heerlen
2017     Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondrianfund
2016     Grant Fund Creative Industry Nederland, Biennal Venice
2016     Projectgrant Pavilion Fabrikaat, Fund Creative Industry, The Netherlands
2015     Grant Mondrianfund, Projectfund Dordtyart
2013     Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Canada
2013     Grant Mondrianfund, Projectfund Land/Slide Canada
2012     Dutch Consulate Hong Kong for ‘Wan Chai Visual Archive, Biennale of Hong Kong’
2012     Mondriaanfund, contribution work budget for ‘Wan Chai Visual Archive, Biennale of Hong Kong’
2012     Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondrianfund
2011      Fonds BKVB, subsidy Artist in Residence ‘OCAT’ Shenzhen China
2010     Fonds BKVB, subsidy Artist in Residence ‘Virtual Museum Zuidas’, Amsterdam
2011      Fonds BKVB, subsidy Artist in Residence ‘OCAT’ Shenzhen [CN]
2010     Fonds BKVB, subsidy Artist in Residence ‘Virtual Museum Zuidas’, Amsterdam
2009    Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur, publication ‘Frank Havermans Architectural Constructions’
2009    Foundation Stokroos, publication ‘Frank Havermans Architectural Constructions’
2009    BKKC publication ‘Frank Havermans Architectural Constructions’
2009    Fonds BKVB Amsterdam, publication ‘Frank Havermans Architectural Constructions’
2009    Fonds BKVB, contribution work budget FLUX-s, Eindhoven