Mei News

Mei participated in the EXPO REAL real estate fair in Munich this year with a large delegation. At the stand of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects on Holland Property Plaza we presented our Dutch Urban Lofts, with many striking examples such as Warehouse Jobsveem, Schiecentrale, De Generaal, Gouda Cheese Warehouse and, of course, Fenixlofts. Read more on our website.

The transformation of the Gouda Cheese Warehouse is in full swing. After foundation and structural improvements, now the time has come to start with the most spectacular part: breaking away parts of the floors and roof to create the atrium. Mei follows the work in progress closely. We will soon organize an exclusive visit of the building site for our friends. Interested? You can already sign up by sending an email to pr@mei-arch.eu

Mei is an expert in re-using extraordinary buildings. Commissioned by WHD we are working on a plan for housing in the Spaardersbad, an empty swimmingpool in Gouda from the 30s. We have been studying many different typologies around the pool, with exceptional dwellings as a result!

Would you like to work with a view at an innovative and energetic architects studio? Or do you know someone that fits us perfectly? The Mei team continues to grow and we are anxiously looking for enthusiastic colleagues. On our website you will find vacancies for a project architect, a technical designer with Revit experience and a PR assistant.

The characteristic Rijksadministratie building in Gouda, a national monument, will be transformed into six exclusive villas. All houses are sold and construction has commenced this month and the magnificient building is hided behind scaffolding for now. Completion is expected in summer 2017. Read more about this project on our website.

In September Robert Winkel gave a keynote speech at the International Design & Emotion Conference in Amsterdam. Together with the NRF, Robert organizes a fringemeeting on "crowdfunding for values” for the National Monument Congress on November 10. On November 24 he will present successful transformations at Rotterdam Vastgoed 2016, the annual Real Estate event in Rotterdam. For all upcoming Mei events you can visit our website.

The ‘slow-made’ facade of residential tower De Verkenner, commissioned by Mitros, contains 13,000 ceramic tiles with lines of poetry. We made a short video about the production of this unique façade. ‘The production of the facade of De Verkenner '- from design, molds, ceramics factory and concrete factory  to construction site. Watch the video.

The Amsterdam Committee for Architecture and Built Environment has created a pretty guidebook: ‘Fietsen met Welstand’. The book describes six bike trails along projects of the last five years including the recommendations of the committee. As a committee member Robert Winkel recommends everyone to get on the bike and reflect on the built results. The routes can also be found on www.fietsenmetwelstand.nl