2018-2021 | The existing railway between trainstation Zwolle and neighbouring community Herfte was a bottleneck in the national...
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Flood protection and nature Ooijen-Wanssum
Michel Heesen joined the Quality-team of ‘Gebiedsontwikkeling Ooijen-Wanssum’, advising on integral area development,...
Dive-under in dike amidst cultural heritage
2016-2020 | Infrastructure in a remarkable setting: a dive-under in a dike, between a listed building and a memorial site for the Royal...
CER Maasvlakte II
2018-2021 | Architectural design of the Container Exchange Route (CER) on Maasvlakte II. A new elevated road has been realised, dedicated...
ViA15
2017-ongoing | This project consists of the restructuring and extension of highway A15 near Arnhem and the restructuring of highway A12...
Advisory board of the province Zuid-Holland
2012 – ongoing | The council of the province of South-Holland has appointed Michel Heesen as a member of PAL Zuid-Holland...
A4 Delft-Schiedam
2011 – 2015 | Seven kilometres of new highway in a deep cut through the meadowlands between Delft and Rotterdam. The ambition: a...
Michel Heesen @ 5th IABR ‘Making City’
2012 | Michel Heesen has designed an exhibition object on the public square across City Hall of Rotterdam (Stadhuisplein). The object is...
European highways: a 25,000 km road trip
2007-2012 | Michel Heesen and cameraman/ photographer Hans Stakelbeek made a 25,000 km road trip on the longest designated routes in...
Olympic Main Structure NL
2011 | The Dutch government in charge in 2010 had the ambition of organizing the Olympics of 2028. The Ministry of Spatial Planning and...
1st prize spatial strategy Rotterdam
2010 | ‘Door dicht en dun’ is a spatial strategy on Rotterdam developed by Gillet Heesen Nouwens Architects. The strategy won...
Geheugen van het snelweglandschap
2011 | ‘Geheugen van het snelweglandschap’ recovers the original designs and landscape designs of all Dutch highways, based...
European Highway E75
2009 | A study of architecture and landscape along European highways, particularly the E75. This project was conducted in collaboration...
Michel Heesen wins Zuid-Hollandse Vormgevingsprijs
2008 | Michel Heesen has won the Zuid-Hollandse Vormgevings Prijs 2008 (category young-professionals). Heesen designed ‘Mud Spa...
Folly ‘Binnen Buiten’: 1st prize design ‘Atelier Malkovich’
2008 | Winning entry of the architectural competition ‘Atelier Malkovich’, built and exhibited at Nieuwe Meer near Amsterdam....
Roundabout and wildlife crossing: 1st prize ‘Rond de Rotonde’
2007 | Michel Heesen is one of the winners of the architecture competition Rond de Rotonde (‘around the roundabout’). The...
IN/OP wins Bouwfonds MAB competition
2006 | Michel Heesen, Thomas Gillet and Kobbe Nouwens are the winning team of the Bouwfonds MAB designprize 2006 young architects. The...