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Debates/ lectures: European Highways

7 September 2011 - Part of the European Highways project is a series of lectures and debates in Bratislava, Ternopil, Kiev, Donetsk, Volgograd, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Delft and Milan. (Photo: Donetsk, Ukraine)

Essay: jury-report Routepluim 2011

15 August 2011 - In commission of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Michel Heesen interviewed the nominated architects and wrote an essay on the current practice of infrastructure design in the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Book: recovering highway designs

1 August 2011 - In commission of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Michel Heesen wrote a book on the landscape designs of Dutch highways. Many designs were never archived or have gone lost.

The book contains interviews with 33 designers, landscape architects and others involved in designs of the past. Based on their memories, photos and archives, the designs and concepts of almost all Dutch highways have been recovered.

Debate: moderator 'sustainable mobility'

27 June 2009 - On invitation of the foundation of BNA (Royal institute of Dutch Architects) and Vloer 12, Michel Heesen will moderate the debate 'Sustainable mobility' in Groothandelsgebouw Rotterdam during the National Day of Architecture.

Exhibition: E75 in Rotterdam

27 June 2009 - Architecture Institute Rotterdam (AIR) has invited Michel Heesen and Hans Stakelbeek to exhibit their E75-project during the national Day of Architecture in Groothandelsgebouw Rotterdam.

The exhibition consists of 25 XXL photographs of the E75, both hung from the ceiling and stuck onto the walls with gum.

At the opening ceremony, Heesen and Stakelbeek served E75 food, such as Scandinavian reindeer sausages and Greek olives.

Research: European highway E75

7 May 2009 - E-routes are the European counterpart of the American interstate highways. Is this 1950s ideal of interconnecting countries, cultures and people still alive? Can it offer inspiration?

Michel Heesen and Hans Stakelbeek decided to check this out by riding all 5,640 km of European highway E75 during a four weeks journey, from Vardø island (Barentsz Sea) to Sitia (Crete).

Public spaces, crossroads, bridges, construction sites et cetera were documented in photos and footage, waitresses and shopkeepers were interviewed and Heesen and Stakelbeek only ate E75 food.

Script: 'Building the Emirates'

1 January 2009 - In commission of a Dutch tv-producer, Michel Heesen wrote a documentary script and visited locations in Dubai en Abu Dhabi for the English spoken documentary 'Building the Emirates; can architecture make a city?'

In the documentary, Rem Koolhaas and other experts reflect on the rapid changes and urban developments in the U.A.E.

Report: Dutch expats in California

1 May 2004 - Michel Heesen and photographer Cor Tjepkema traveled through California, where Heesen interviewed Dutch expats in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The article has been published in Technisch Weekblad.

Essay: 2nd prize competition TU Delft

1 December 2002 - Michel Heesen has received the 2nd prize in an international open essay competition organized by TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

Heesen received the prize for his essay on alternative spatial planning strategies for the lowlands of the Netherlands.

Paper on urban development L.A.

1 Jan 2002 - Michel Heesen has written a paper on the urban development of Los Angeles: from 'bienvenidos' to 'not in my backyard'.

Columns: published by Lazy Young Men

1 September 2001 - At the start of the academic year, a collection of columns on student life written by Adriaan Jaeggi, Rik Kuiper, Tonie Mudde and Pierijn van der Putt was published by Lazy Young Men. Drawings by Jan Selen.

Journalism: articles science/ design/ arch.

1 August 1998 - Between 1998 and 2004, Michel Heesen has written around 500 articles, reports, interviews and columns for newspapers and magazines, such as Intermediar (weekly magazine) and Delta (weekly newspaper). Main subjects: science, design and architecture.

Interviews design magazine IDE

1 February 2011 - Interview with Rodney Fitch in the alumni magazine of Industrial Design Engineering (TU Delft). Fitch is the founder of international design consultancy FITCH and has recently been appointed Professor of Retail Design at TU Delft.

Michel Heesen interviewed Fitch on the future of shopping and the rapidly changing retail business in Asia. Check out interviews with other top designers in previous issues.

Lecture: Rotterdam (recent work)

7 February 2011 - On invitation of AIR (Architecture Institute Rotterdam), Michel Heesen has given a lecture in Schieblock Rotterdam.

Excursion: Expeditie RUHR.2010

2 July 2010 - The Netherlands Foundation of Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) has invited Michel Heesen to take part in the four day Expedition RUHR.2010.

Research: the future of highways in NL

1 January 2010 - The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment asked Michel Heesen to explore the future of Dutch highways, with a focus on technology and landscape design.

Exhibition: E75 in Maastricht

1 January 2010 - The E75-project is part of the exhibition 'Rien ne va plus' by Powerhouse company in NAi Maastricht / Bureau Europa

Lecture: Cologne (theme mobility)

8-9 October 2009 - On invitation of the consulate-general in Düsseldorf, Michel Heesen has given a lecture on mobility during the German-Dutch symposium Verder Bouwen / Weiter Bauen.

Photo: highly regulated Schokland

9 February 2009 - Archined.nl chose a photo of Michel Heesen as photo of the week. It was shot on former island Schokland, a World Heritage Site. At Schokland, everything is regulated. Albeit the clear hint offered by a picknick table, the picknick area is explained by a sign.

The four inhabitantsof the tiny island have even received their own zipcode: tourists could not find the site on their TomTom.

Essay: The beauty of deregulation (Nicis)

1 August 2007 - Michel Heesen has written an essay (Dutch) on the planning of Maasvlakte 1, the industrial harbour area of Rotterdam.

Book: architecture guide for Pearson

1 July 2005 - In commission of Pearson publishers, Michel Heesen wrote an architecture guide, offering a retrospect of 100 years of Dutch and Flemish architecture.

The guide offers nine guided tours in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Groningen, Maastricht, Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent.

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