Michiel Riedijk ( Geldrop, 1964) is a Dutch architect and professor at the

Technical University Delft Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is r ...

. He is co-founder of the architecture office

Neutelings Riedijk Architects Neutelings Riedijk Architects is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, founded by Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk in 1987. Work and design philosophy The work of Neutelings Riedijk Architects has been characteri ...

in Rotterdam,

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Life and work

Michiel Riedijk studied architecture at the

from 1983 until 1989. He worked with architect Julliette Bekkering from 1989 until 1991 and in 1992 he founded

in collaboration with Willem Jan Neutelings. In September 2007 Riedijk accepted full professorship as chair of Public Building and Architectural Compositions at the faculty of Architecture at the

. Michiel Riedijk regularly lectures at universities, conferences and cultural institutions worldwide. He taught at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Academies of Architecture in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Maastricht, and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. In 2002, he was a guest professor at the RWTH Aachen. Michiel Riedijk is recognized as international fellow of the RIBA.

' work has been characterized as having a sculptural, often anthropomorphic quality and a playfulness of form while following a clear rationality in programming and context.Aaron Betsky and Adam Eeuwens, ''False Flat: Why Dutch Design Is so Good'', (New York: Phaidon, 2004) They believe that contemporary ornamentation results in buildings with a powerful expression that create new local identities in a globalized world. In 2018 Neutelings Riedijk Architects published the book ‘Ornament & Identity’, a multi-layered essay that presents the results of their search for expression and identity through a selection of thirty-six of their projects. Key projects are the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden,

Museum Aan de Stroom The Museum aan de Stroom (known as MAS; Dutch for: ''Museum by the Stream'') is a museum located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp. History In 1998 the ...

or MAS in Antwerp, the

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, or short, Beeld en Geluid) is the cultural archive and a museum located in Hilversum. The Institute for Sound and Vision collects, looks after, and ...

in Hilversum, The City Hall Deventer, Culturehouse Rozet in Arnhem, and Culture House Eemhuis in Amersfoort. The work of

has been widely published and exhibitioned, and has won a variety of international awards and nominations, such as the Gouden Piramide, the Dutch Building of the Year, the Abe Bonnemaprijs, the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize and the Mies van der Rohe Award shortlist. Their work has been selected for exhibitions in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Venice, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Barcelona and Moscow.

Selected projects

*Museum , Naturalis Biodiversity Center , Leiden, Netherlands (2019) *Flemish Government , Herman Teirlinck Building , Brussels, Belgium (2017) *City Hall , Deventer, Netherlands (2017) *Culturehouse , Rozet , Arnhem, Netherlands (2013) *Culturehouse , Eemhuis , Amersfoort, Netherlands (2013) *

Museum aan de Stroom The Museum aan de Stroom (known as MAS; Dutch for: ''Museum by the Stream'') is a museum located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp. History In 1998 the ...

, MAS , Antwerp, Belgium (2010) *Dutch Tax Office , Walterboscomplex , Apeldoorn, Netherlands (2007) *Museum and archives ,

, Hilversum, Netherlands (2006) * Shipping and Transport College , Rotterdam, Netherlands (2005) *Lake Side Housing , The Sphinxes , Huizen, Netherlands (2003) *Theatre & Art Centre , STUK , Leuven, Belgium (2002) *University Building , Minnaert , Utrecht, Netherlands (1997)

Publications

* Ornament & Identity – Neutelings Riedijk 2018. * De doorsnede. Onderweg! Vijftien ontwerpen voor Transit Oriented Development (TOD) aan de Zaancorridor, (pp. 23–27), Geerts F., Riedijk M., Amsterdam (2014): BNA, branchevereniging voor Nederlandse architectenbureaus. * Het handschrift van de architect : schetsen van Nicolaas Lansdorp en tijdgenoten, Bergeijk, H van, Riedijk, M (Eds.), Nijmegen 2014. * Integraal ontwerpen van infrastructuren: aanzet tot een agenda voor onderwijs en onderzoek, Riedijk M., Sijmons DF., Hertogh, MJCM, Rots, JG, Geerts, F, Schmets, AJM, Velde, JRT van der, Boer, JJ de, Wilbers, J Delft: TU Delft Integrated Infrastructure Design 2013. * Fragmented panoramas. The city as a project, Riedijk M., (pp. 337–340) Berlin 2013: Ruby Press. * El Croquis 159 – Neutelings Riedijk 2003-2012, Levene, R. (ed.), Madrid 2012. * Architecture as a craft, Riedijk M, Amsterdam 2011: SUN. * The Drawing, Riedijk, M., 010 Publishers 2009. * At Work, Neutelings WJ., Riedijk M., Rotterdam 2004. * Aan het Werk, Neutelings WJ., Riedijk M., Rotterdam 2004. * Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Sanguigni G., Rome 2011. * El Croquis 94 – Neutelings Riedijk 1992-1999, Levene, R. (ed.), Madrid 1999. .

References

External links

Neutelings Riedijk Architects
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riedijk, Michiel 1964 births Living people Dutch architects Delft University of Technology alumni Delft University of Technology faculty People from Geldrop 20th-century Dutch people