October 6, 2020
We’re looking for a talented intern and junior architect to join our Amsterdam based practice! Interested applicants please submit your CV & portfolio to us by e-mail before October 20th, 2020. Please note that graduates cannot be considered as interns – you need to be a current student. Internships run for at least four months. Good Dutch and English speaking skills are a plus.
September 30, 2020
Hoofddorp Fort Island has been nominated for the Dutch ‘Interior of the Year 2020’ award by the jury of Architectenweb. The award nomination is a beautiful recognition for all who worked on this transformation project. Jury: “The process from the first design up to completion took a decade and did not always go smoothly; the jury has great respect for the tenacity of the architect.”
September 15, 2020
Hoofddorp Fort Island has been nominated for the ARC20 Architecture Award! The fort has been partly restored and partly left untouched. We designed sleek new additions and integrated them carefully, consciously preserving the historical details and distinctive atmosphere. Our approach sets up a lively dialogue between past and present, with both entities enhancing each other.
September 3, 2020
Exhibition ‘Contemporary Heritage’ at Galerie De Meerse in Hoofddorp deals with heritage as chance for the future. The exhibition showcases among other things, photos, models and drawings of Hoofddorp Fort Island. It is a visual documentation of ten years of work. Organised by Podium voor Architectuur, to be seen until the 30th of October.
August 30, 2020
Currently, we are working on the master plan for the redevelopment of Kudelstaart Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site in the municipality of Aalsmeer. The beautifully located fort island will be transformed into a nautic centre, its direct connection to the lake makes it an ideal base for watersport activities. The master plan incorporates sailing, restaurant, hotel and meeting facilities and will be presented to the members of council this Autumn.
June 20, 2020
Dutch architecture centre for architecture Podium voor Architectuur made a podcast on Hoofddorp Fort Island in which Serge Schoemaker takes you on an audiotour through the building. Architectural details are discussed, but also the redevelopment proces. How was the project initiated and what obstacles did he had to overcome during the past ten years?
May 31, 2020
The process of redeveloping and converting Hoofddorp Fort took a decade. Some 8,100 m2 in size, the world heritage site has been transformed into an urban park with space for a restaurant as well as cultural and educational activities. Serge Schoemaker Architects tackled the landscape, architecture and interior in an integral manner, fusing past and present into a new entity.
May 1, 2020
Last one and a half years, video production company 5gradenoost has been following us during the renovation of the UNESCO fort island in Hoofddorp. The full documentary video on the transformation of Hoofddorp Fort Island will be launched later this year, but you can already enjoy this short trailer: ‘Hoofddorp Fort Island – Opening soon’.
April 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting businesses in a variety of ways. Dutch centre for architecture Podium voor Architectuur in Hoofddorp interviewed Serge Schoemaker on doing business during the current pandemic: What are the consequences of the crisis for SSA? How to benefit from this situation? And: what’s next?
January 25, 2020
The renovated fort island in Hoofddorp will open for public Summer 2020 – ten years after Serge Schoemaker made the first sketches for the redevelopment of the Dutch defence structure. Our design transforms the 8’100 square metre world heritage site into a public park, encompassing among others a restaurant, a small open air theater and a wild garden.
November 30, 2019
Alley of Light by Serge Schoemaker Architects & DigiLuce opened at the renown Lugano Arte e Culturale (LAC), today. The LAC art center is one of Switzerland’s most important cultural institutions, dedicated to the visual arts, music and the performing arts. LAC showcases Alley of Light on its front square, Piazza Bernardino Luini, from December 2, 2019 to January 6, 2020.
October 15, 2019
We are looking for a talented, Dutch or English speaking intern and junior architect to join our Amsterdam based practice! Interested applicants please submit your CV & portfolio to us by e-mail before November 1st, 2020. Please note that graduates cannot be considered as interns – you need to be a current student. Internships run for at least 4 months.
July 21, 2019
The redevelopment of Hoofddorp Fort Island, which started in October, is in full swing at the moment. The world heritage monument, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, undergoes a true metamorphosis. Serge Schoemaker gave Dutch newspaper Haarlems Dagblad a tour over the construction site and explained the challenges faced in developing the fort island.
April 30, 2019
This series of landscape objects in the province of Antwerp is designed to enhance the quality of the walking area around the ‘Grote Gracht’, to the east of the Belgian municipality of Retie. Serge Schoemaker Architects interpreted the rich local agricultural history with a poetic, minimalist design which is at the same time functional in character.
December 5, 2018
Our minimalist light installation Transmission is currently on display in Amsterdam as part of the 7th edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival. The floating installation consists of nineteen lines made of Plexiglas that respond architecturally to the festival theme ‘The medium is the message’. The light artwork can be visited at Westerdok until January 20, 2019.
November 8, 2018
The renovation works has begon on the Hoofddorp Fort Island. The construction start was celebrated on November 8, with motivational speeches by the deputy of the Province of Noord-Holland and one of the, alderman of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The transformation of the monument will be completed by 2020.
October 25, 2018
With the rise in both land prices and numbers of people working from home, high-quality insulated garden studios have become a big trend. In Hoofddorp, Serge Schoemaker Architects used limited architectural means to design a sleek multifunctional garden studio. The result is a small and versatile structure, in which exterior and interior are one.
October 17, 2018
Our recently completed project Hoofddorp House is nominated for the Dutch ‘Interior of the Year 2018’ award. In renovating this freestanding house in Hoofddorp, Serge Schoemaker Architects gave it a radical metamorphosis, creating a spacious interior full of character, with charming sight lines and plenty of daylight.
August 28, 2018
Located along the Reeuwijk Lakes, this former clergy house is surrounded by a stunning Dutch peat landscape. The lakes are located in the middle of the Dutch Green Heart and are the result of large-scale peat extraction which was on the rise in 1600. We will renovate and extend the freestanding nineteenth century house and restore the island on which it is built.