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PROFILE

BIOGRAPHIES

Robert-Jan de Kort (1979) received a master degree in architecture from the TU Delft in 2006. In 2003 he studied at the ETH Zürich. Since 2005 he writes regularly on architecture and urbanism. In 2008 he established his own architecture practice RDKA. In 2011 he cofounded De Kort Van Schaik.

Sander van Schaik (1978) received a master degree in architecture from the TU Delft in 2006. He gained professional experience in London and Rotterdam working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), De Zwarte Hond and Doepel Strijkers. In 2011 he cofounded De Kort Van Schaik.


2013 Founding 'TALKS about architecture', podium for emerging European architects
2012 1st prize architects selection Balderdorp, Berlaar, BE
2011 1st prize Open Call 21.14, Moorsel, BE
2011 Starters-stipend Fund Creative Industries NL
2010 Study tour Fonds BKVB / Balkans in the Polder
2010 Honorable mention, Loft-Nonloft, Lima, PE
2010 Starters-stipend Fund Creative Industries NL
2008 Masterclass Architecture Critic, SfA and VAi
2008 1st prize Europan 9, Almere, NL
2008 Starters-stipend Fund Creative Industries NL


LECTURES
2013 20 minutes lecture, New Generations Festival, Milan, IT
2013 'Contextuality', RWTH Aachten, DE
2012 'Balkan in de Polder', De Nieuwe School, Amsterdam, NL
2011 TIENkeerTIEN lecture, Architectenweb Amsterdam, NL
2011 X agendas for architecture, Delft University of Technology, NL
2011 Startup lecture, Architecture Institute Rotterdam (AIR), NL


JURIES / CRITIC
2014 Member advisory committee 'activities programmes' Creative Industries Fund
2013 Visiting critic, RWTH Aachen, DE
2012 Visiting critic, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, NL
2012 Selection commission, Arnhemse Nieuwe 2012 – ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, NL
2011 Jury member, Rotterdam Architecture prize 2011, NL
2008 (to present) Jury secretary Hedy d’Anconaprize - for excellent healthcare architecture, NL


EXHIBITIONS
2013 Radicale lokaliteit; Actueel potentieel, Bureau Europa, Maastricht
2012 Analoge augmented reality, 5th IABR, Rotterdam, NL
2010 Loft-Nonloft in Green 360, Lima PE
2010 Niche City in Europan 10, Dessau, DE
2010 Montage City in Europan 10, NAi Rotterdam, NL
2008 Montage City in Europan 9, NAi Rotterdam, Almere and Santiago de Compostella, ES


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