Bio
Arjan Scheer (1973)
Arjan Scheer studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, where he graduated in 1999. He worked with KCAP in Rotterdam (urban planning) and at Foreign Office Architects in London (on the 100,000 sqm Trinity EC3 office complex). At Maxwan Architects & Urbanists he was responsible as team leader for the projects Housing study Rotterdam and Pompenburg and he was the leading architect for Maxwan’s projects in Ukraine.
Arjan has won several prizes both as part of a team as well as individually.
Having worked and studied both in the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands, he has a thorough experience in the fields of architecture and urban planning in an international context. Arjan has taught at the Berlage Institute Rotterdam and at the Technical University in Delft.
Experience
2009-present
Owner/Founder ASAS arjan scheer architecture planning product, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006-2009
architect/urbanist at Maxwan architecture & urbanism BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Projects amongst others: Kozin Masterplan, Kiev, Oekraine and Pompenburg, Rotterdam
2005-2006
architect at FOA Foreign Office Architects Ltd, London, United Kingdom. Projects amongst others: Trinity EC 3, Londen
for Beetham Organisation, Liverpool and visit the Trinity EC3 website
2002-2004
researcher at Bureau Middelkoop, Haarlem, The Netherlands. Projects amongst others: Onbestemd Bouwen voor Stichting Experimenten Volkshuisvesting SEV
2001-2005
architect/owner at urban future organization_utrecht, The Netherlands
1999-2001
architect/urban planner at KCAP BV (link), Kees Christiaanse Architects and Planners, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Education
1994-1999
Education at AA Architectural Association School of Architecture (link), London, United Kingdom
1990-1994
Education at ArtEZ Arnhem department Product Design (link)(then Academy of the Arts 3D Design, Arnhem), The Netherlands
Teaching
2014
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteburg, Zweden
2001-2003
Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands
2001
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Berlage Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prizes
2012
2nd Prize Boosterstation, Hoogvliet
2012
Honourable mention design House Kerckebosch, Zeist
2003
Honourable mention design House Roombeek, Enschede
2003
Selected for Forum of Juries of Cities Europan 7 Geuzenveld Amsterdam
2001
1e Prize competition Castelmola Museum of Modern Art with Urban Future Organization (UFO)
Publications
2011
Cultuurhistorie in de stedelijke vernieuwing, College van Rijksadviseurs, Den Haag
2007
Product Design Diversity, Veenman Publishers, Rotterdam, NL
2005
10x10_2, Phaidon Press Limited, London, UK
2004
Wonen op Niveau, Ideeënboek, Projectbureau Wederopbouw, Roombeek, Enschede, NL
2004
Europan 7, Nieuw leven in de Suburb, Nai Uitgevers, Rotterdam, NL
2003
Archis # 3, Open Source, Stichting Artimo, Amsterdam, NL