Vision
I take on new and interesting projects to push myself and the boundaries of well known solutions.
By being reliable, professional and creative I've had the opportunity to do some amazing things.
From industry-related tasks to unusual and sporadic opportunities, each experience has made me
a better, more creative partner in realising even the craziest of ideas.
How it started...
Not long after receiving my degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Hogeschool van Groningen in 1998 I somehow found myself in the making business.
My career in building started as a theater art director's assistant at the Prinsentheater in Groningen. Here I discovered how much I enjoyed using my hands in creating as well as using my brain in finding creative solutions.
In the few years that followed i joined a team of excellent renovation builders from whom I learned many of the skills I am still using today. During the summer months I was the Assistent Art Director (to Jolanda Lanslots with whom I still share a workshop) for the Spanga open-air Opera. In these years I became an auto didactic builder and created the base for the person who I am nowadays.
In 2005 I moved from Groningen to Amsterdam, where I continued working as a self-employed builder. In 2006, together with Jolanda, I was able to get a workshop in the famous NDSM incubator (broedplaats) from where I still work.
Skills
I am a multi disciplinary builder. My primary material is wood, but also steel, stone, polymeres or even fabrics are used in my work. Characteristics that apply to me are being reliable, solution driven, creative, realistic, systemathic,.
It gives me great satisfaction to think in solutions and to be able to create what is envisioned.