Amfora Amsterdam: sustainable innercity
2007 – 2011 | Amfora Amsterdam is an ‘unsolicited proposal’ for a radically different, sustainable development of the innercity of Amsterdam. Amfora solves spatial, environmental and traffic problems by building...
A15 Maasvlakte – Vaanplein
2011 | Architectural and landscape design for the renovation and extension of highway A15 between Rotterdam and its most westbound harbour. Michel Heesen was project leader/ architect for this tender...
1st prize spatial strategy Rotterdam
2010 | The spatial strategy ‘Door dicht en dun’, developed by Gillet Heesen Nouwens Architects, has won the 1st prize of architecture competition ‘Een Tweede Leven’ (‘Second life’), organized by...
Parkway N302 Harderwijk and wooden bicycle bridge
2007 – 2010 | Various landscapes are lined up along the N302 between Kootwijk and Hoorn. They determine the experience of the road: green road shoulders, impressing panoramas and strong...
Redevelopment Tbilisi Central
2006 – 2010 | Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, is a rapidly expanding city, currently counting 1,2 million inhabitants. The central train station, famous for its Gold Market with jewellery,...
A42 Emscher ParkAutobahn
2009 | In the city of Gelsenkirchen (D), Michel Heesen led a team of ZJA/ Okra who made a design for the A42 ParkAutobahn through the Ruhrgebiet. The design refers...
Light-weight highway cover
2009 | On invitation of the governmental advisor on infrastructure, Rein Jansma (ZJA) and Michel Heesen gave a presentation on the possibilities of covering highways with light-weight structures.
Research by design: bicycle bridge Amsterdam
2009 | In commission of the city of Amsterdam, Michel Heesen conducted a research by design on the possibilities of re-developing an existing pedestrian bridge in ‘De Baarsjes’. How to...
Bridges Palm Deira Dubai
2009 | In commission of ZJA, Michel Heesen has worked on the architectural and landscaping concept of the winning competition design of a series of new bridges between the islands...
Zero energy design Ramspolbridge N50
2009 | In commission of ZJA/ Okra, Michel Heesen has made a quick scan of the spatial qualities of highway A50 and an architectural design concept for the new zero-energy...
Integral area development A2 Maastricht: new tunnel, revived city
2008-2009 | In commission of id Maastricht (a company comprised of ZJA, KCAP, Rijnboutt and Lodewijk Baljon), Michel Heesen has been working on the design and landscaping of the infrastructure...
Nomination World Sustainability Centre
2009 | Michel Heesen has been nominated for the international open architecture competition World Sustainability Centre Afsluitdijk. His entry ‘Powerful Curve’ is based on a partly elevated Afsluitdijk, combining an...
Wellness spa along river Rhine
2009 | Michel Heesen and soil expert Ann-Charlotte Toes have made an architectural design concept and landscaping plan for a wellness spa along the river Rhine based on the use...
Urban design concept Vardø (Norway)
2009 | Michel Heesen has made an urban design concept based on a sustainable, zero-energy strategy for the city of Vardø in northern Norway.
Exploring design issues in the hard shoulder of the highway
2008 | Atelier Rijksbouwmeester asked Michel Heesen to make a quick scan of what can be expected in the hard shoulder of highways in the nearby future. The quick scan...
Nine wildlife-crossings Veluwe
2008 | In commission of Heijmans/ ZJA, Michel Heesen made an architectural and landscape design for nine wildlife-crossings in the Netherlands.
Schiphol Airport ‘Barrier of Silence’
2008 | In commission of Heijmans/ ZJA/ Eneco, Michel Heesen worked on an architectural design concept for an innovative sound barrier for Schiphol Amsterdam airport, based on bio-mass production and an...
E-car concepts in urban design
2008 | In commission of ZJA, Michel Heesen has explored urban concepts based on car sharing and e-cars in cooperation with bike sharing guru Luud Schimmelpennink.
Michel Heesen wins Zuid-Hollandse Vormgevingsprijs
2008 | Michel Heesen has won the Zuid-Hollandse Vormgevings Prijs 2008 (category young-professionals). Heesen designed ‘Mud Spa Grevelingen’, a spa in which the excessive algae in lake Grevelingen are used...
Folly ‘Binnen Buiten’: 1st prize design ‘Atelier Malkovich’
2008 | Winning entry of the architectural competition ‘Atelier Malkovich’, build and exhibited at Nieuwe en Meer near Amsterdam. The folly Binnen Buiten (‘inside out’) has been designed and build...