PORTFOLIO A RNE C. S TENGER BSC/MSC: 2011 - 2016
portfolio Arne C.CAREER Stenger: 2012 - CURRENT
"Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans" - J. Lennon
Nice to meet you! I am Arne Stenger, a result driven (junior) architect with an entrepreneurial spirit. I developed my conceptual design skills in college projects. Concurrently and after my graduation I was able to use these skills in the architectural reality of working in teams. My strengths lie in this field; as a sociable, creative member of a team, trying to realise innovative and helpful ways of fitting our build environment to the needs of people. A big part of my creative energy comes from meeting and working with a variety of people and input. This is why I am currently trying to find and ambitious architecture office in a Scandinavian country in which I can develop my skills further.
Arne C. Stenger Daalderstraat 30 6532 RB Nijmegen
30 - 04 -1982 (Huissen) arne@stenger.nl | www.stengerbuilds.nl +31(0)6 44 35 53 17
Skills
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Sketchup Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Microsoft Office Rhinoceros 3D 3ds Max
Languages
Dutch English German
Other interests During my first study I was an active member of a variety of student associations and I was chairman of the introduction committee. Over the years I have helped many friendly contractors and friends with their building projects. This is how I started my own design office during my BA and MA years in architecture which left me no time for other extra-curricular activities. This is also why I have never entered any architecture competitions outside my curriculum.
Career
Education
Building engineer 10-2016 04-2018 Inbo Academy Inbo Various trainings and courses provided by Inbo. Woudenberg - Revit Skills 1 and 2 - CAD Skills 2 Supportive building engineer in - Detailing 1 and 2 a variety of large scale projects. - Efficient time management Responsible for the models, - Building Regulations and Advanced Building Regulations drawings and building permit calculations from preliminary design to construction phase in consultation with other members of the building process such as contractors, municipalities and clients.
2014 2016
Eindhoven University of Technology MSc Architecture, Building and Planning
Owner architecture office 2012 present StengerBuilds Nijmegen Designing a variety of private buildings from sketches to construction drawings as well as consulting in and managing of the overall building process.
2011 2014 Eindhoven University of Technology BSc Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
See: www.stengerbuilds.nl General manager 2008 2010 Grand CafĂŠ de Kroon Amsterdam Responsible for the development and execution of a guest friendly business plan as well as daily management of a bar and restaurant with 50 employees.
General manager 2006 2008 DanscafĂŠ El Sombrero Nijmegen Responsible for the development and execution of a guest friendly business plan as well as daily management of a bar and dance club with 30 employees.
2005 2007 Radboud University Nijmegen MSc Work and organisational psychology 2001 2005 Radboud University Nijmegen BSc Psychology
PROJECTS
SAVING SWISS HERITAGE A theoretical framework and research by design aimed at revitalising a Swiss vernacular village.
FROM CONCEPT TO BUILDING My career at StengerBuilds and as employee at Inbo.
NEIGHBOURING IDENTITIES A theoretical proposition on the clash of a global and local identity in the exploding city of Shenzhen, China.
VISIBLE FLOWS OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING Out of the box - visible building services to create awareness for sustainable living environments.
A PERMEABLE LIBRARY An exercise in defining boundaries of space and framing views.
SAVING SWISS HERITAGE A theoretical framework and research by design aimed at revitalising a Swiss vernacular village. Corippo is a small village in the mountains of Ticino, Switzerland. Many of the buildings are declined ruins, testaments of a lost vernacular history. The scenery and architectural heritage have made it a famous tourist spot. However if the current decline in population will continue, the village will be empty within a few decades. A research was undertaken for the design of multifunctional livingworking structures and structures supporting a new open air museum. The design is used as a case study in showing methods of reusing and recreating the architecture of a historical structure. Works of Gordon Matta-Clark were used as an inspirational source for reusing the buildings in Corippo. The method of creating voids in the walls and roofs of the buildings was used to create new meanings and interpretations for visitors and residents. The works of Giorgio Grassi were used as an inspirational source for recreating buildings within Corippo. Analysed characteristics were used as rules for the designs of abstracted, typological statues. The design celebrates our architectural history and is able to create new meanings from the smallest detail to the larger scale of regional architectural history. At the same time, the buildings are changed to fit contemporary standards on space, light and other functional requirements. Opportunities are made visible in a design that can revitalise a small, treasured village. Housing and working units + Museum, Corippo, Switzerland 2016 (Thesis) see: https://pure.tue.nl/ws/files/55246156/Stenger_0790485.pdf Tutor: Prof. Dr. Bernard. J. F. Colenbrander
Corippo was made in granite, by farmers using autodidactic building methods. Walking in Corippo fuels the imagination of this life; the rigid structures have not changed much over the last two centuries. How can a design make this history more visible and at the same time make the structures usable again? Matta-Clark’s use of the void in his ephemeral art work in the seventies inspired me to think about the implications of this technique. The void as a method opens a building. In the void, the story of the building is made visible; from the granite stone past to the reinforced concrete on the inner walls as set by the design. Behind the void, the narration continues with new exposition spaces, houses or other functions. Some structures in Corippo had only some of its original walls left. Giorgio Grassi’s designs and theories inspired the design of abstracted statues of lost vernacular forms. The essence of a formal history is made visible in structures suited for a variety of functions such as shops, offices or homes. The research and design reshaped lost structures to fit contemporary needs. In the end the design displays two methods in re-using architectural history and a way of combining these in a unified design that strengthens the emotional values of this historical site.
FROM CONCEPT TO BUILDING My career at StengerBuilds and as employee at Inbo. I gradually started my own office as I was helping out contractors, friends and family in their building projects. I developed skills in translating conceptual ideas to the reality of getting it build. Input for my projects came from my imagination, my clients, their financial possibilities, building regulations and many more factors. Regulations for my private housing designs for instance, limited the choice of materials, colours and shape - all of my housing designs had to have gable roofs -. Part of my success comes from not playing the role of the ‘creative mastermind’ or ‘starchitect’. I always see myself as a creative, sociable member of a large team dedicated to the same goal; realising a spectacular home! Private homes, annexes and other private building projects 2012 - present See: www.stengerbuilds.nl
STENGERBUILDS, HOUSE 03 Nijmegen 2015-2016 The design of house 03 brings contradicting elements together into a unified whole. The burned cedar facade is balanced by a white and bright interior that adds a layer of surprise to the experience. The facade is open to the surrounding landscape on ground level but forms a monolithic surface on the upper levels (by closing the window shutters). House 03 is also a statement. An abstract representation of a shape predetermined by strict building regulations, stripped away from any ornamentation.
STENGERBUILDS, HOUSE 02 Nijmegen 2015 The floor plan of house 02 was designed by mixing client input with specific site demands The entrance is wrapped around an existing tree in the middle of the plot that we wanted to preserve. An office is located on the more sheltered north while the living room opens up to the south. The kitchen forms the heart of the building and links the dining area with the living room. This dining area is extruded outwards to allow for sunlight to enter while still closing itself of from the open facade of a neighbouring building. DEVELOPING THE FLOOR PLAN
The corrugated steel roof is extended to ground level to counterbalance the warmer wooden front and back facade.
STENGERBUILDS, HOUSE 01 AND HOUSE 05 Nijmegen 2013 and 2017 The details and shape of house 01 were designed as modern interpretations of a vernacular archetype. The house was designed to fit into the existing rural setting. House 05 is designed around an open floor plan with a kitchen and routing system in the middle. The Falu-red facade resembles the traditional cladding of Swedish and Norwegian town houses. I chose it mainly because it is a beautiful and vibrant addition to the traditional muted brick facades that dominate Dutch neighbourhoods.
HOUSE 01
HOUSE 05
LITTLE COOLHAVEN
- ROTTERDAM - LOFTS AND WORKSPACES - IMAGE INBO
DESIGN CULD
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- NIJMEGEN - FACULTY BUILDING - IMAGE INBO
DESIGN INBO
RIJNLANDSTRAAT
- LEIDSCHENDAM - HOUSING - IMAGE INBO
DESIGN INBO
Inbo various projects 2016-2018 At Inbo I have assisted in engineering a variety of projects. This page shows a small selection of them. Inbo designs and engineers their own projects but also assists other offices in their engineering. Most of my tasks involved assisting in finalising a design after the preliminary design phase and producing the necessary building permit documents and calculations.
THE VALLEY
- AMSTERDAM - MIXED HOUSING/OFFICE - IMAGE INBO
DESIGN MVRDV
NEIGHBOURING IDENTITIES A theoretical proposition on the clash of a global and local identity in the exploding city of Shenzhen, China. A master plan was envisioned - in light of the 2015 Global Schindler Award Competition; the City as a Resource - that focused on strengthening a variety of local and global identities in Sungang-Qingshuihe, Shenzhen. Local communities, social bonds and resources are used in bottom up initiatives. Top down, global initiatives strengthen and support the growth of Shenzhen as an economic super power. In this collage of fragments, a juxtaposition of different morphological and social identities will strengthen their inherent qualities. Clashes can be seen on the edges; for instance between local and global economies or living and office districts. In these overlaps an extra layer is added to the master plan. Interactions are facilitated between different social classes and architectural scales. An individual project was located on the edge of an urban village district and a global office district. In this individual design, the local community is partly inserted and then raised into the program of a global office district. By raising the urban village, its morphology and possible social cohesion is put on a pedestal. In the mixed areas, new interactions are made possible between office and urban living communities. Shenzhen, China 2015 mp: A.C. Stenger, M. vd Westerlaken, L. vd Elzen, M. den Otter Tutors: Ir. Mark P. Hemel and Ir. Barbara C. I. M. Kuit
URBAN VILLAGE MARKET SPORTING LIVING
OFFICE PARK PERFORMANCE
SHOP
RESOURCES
URBAN VILLAGE
PARK LIVING
FRAGMENTS
OVERLAP
PROMENADES
How do people live in an urban village and how can this society be transferred to another level? That was the question raised by the individual design proposal. My research concluded that it has to do with living close together, with living outside and with a high percentage of private entrepreneurs providing and caring for their community. Platforms and routing for people and building services were designed to hold and supply a variety of living conditions. Within a small set of guidelines, concerning movement and technical possibilities, local communities are free to create and maintain their own built environment. The project sets up a global top down initiative of an office program. At the same time, bottom up initiatives are facilitated. In the mixed zones, a lively community can take advantage of the qualities of both worlds during and after office hours.
STRUCTURE
BUILDING SERVICES AND ROUTING
MIXING OFFICES WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY
VISIBLE FLOWS OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING Out of the box - visible building services to create awareness for sustainable living environments. Since the start of my college years mankind has dramatically shifted it’s viewpoint on the use of our resources and the related influence on our climate. My personal interest in this theme grew concurrently and the housing project ‘The Dreijen’ gave me an opportunity to use it as a general theme for an exemplary project. A master plan was created, revolving around visible flows of water, energy and waste that support a suburban housing district. In this master plan, a collective area was designed in which all visible flows are collected to be used again. In this central area, residents can use these flows in several sustainable initiatives such as recycling rain water for home use or private agriculture. The focus points of the master plan were used as the blueprint for an individual design. My design proposes three blocks in which the buildings inner electrical and mechanical building services are made visible on the outside. The visible pipes and ducts of water, energy and waste try to create an awareness: what does our environment provide? What are we using or reusing and what are we throwing away? The visibility of these flows is strengthened by the position of the buildings, parallel to a busy route in Wageningen, a city with a university oriented at research in sustainable developments. Apartment complex, Wageningen Master plan in cooperation with Sebastian Visscher Tutor: Ir. Hans vd Wel 2014
The three blocks are situated at the edge of a park. Each block contains twelve spacious apartments, arranged in such a way that they form south facing roof terraces for the apartments above. Rainwater flowing down from the surrounding hills is reused to irrigate private kitchen gardens and for flushing down toilet water. Electricity is induced by solar panels on the roofs. Organic waste from the surrounding area combined with sewage water, heats a biogas plant that supplies warm water for the apartment blocks. Cool and warm tap water is supplied by an underground cold heat storage pump that also warms and cools the ventilation system. The result is an experiential project, showcasing a variety of current sustainable housing developments in the Netherlands. A showcase, fitting for a city focused on initiating these developments.
A PERMEABLE LIBRARY An exercise in defining boundaries of space and framing views. The architectural brief for this project asked for the design of a library situated between the Seine and the edge of Parc de Bercy. The location is connected by a bridge with the Bibliothèque nationale de France on the other side of the Seine. It is an inward facing library; the reading rooms are on ground level, facing an inner courtyard. The Bercy library was designed as a permeable counterpart. It is a transparent project offering views inwards and outwards. At the same time, the new library is more functionally interactive with it’s surroundings. There are course rooms, an auditorium, conference rooms and a bar with a terrace facing the Seine. These functional starting points were integrated in a research by design on perceiving boundaries in space. An intricate post and beam frame was designed that forms and supports a variety of open and closed spaces. An atrium creates a central guiding space. In this area, visitors start their journey towards their preferred space; open, closed, with a framed view outwards of the Seine for instance or with a combination of many of the possible layers. Bercy library, Paris 2016 Tutor: Ir. Wouter Hilhorst
I designed some of my early college projects deliberately complex so I could maximise my learning curve. The frame was inspired by a research into certain Japanese architects such as Kengo Kuma and Sou Fujimoto. This research was also used in the workshop where I created a modern interpretation of a Japanese wooden connection that can be assembled without screws or bolts. The design of the glas facade added an extra layer of complexity. It acts as a climate facade and is attached to laminated floor elements which are attached to the wooden frame. In this way, a multitude of technical and tectonical methods are worked out in a design that explores the boundaries of space. They are part of the variety created by differences in framed views, shade, privacy and boundaries that form the spaces.
NATURAL VENTILATION WINTER
NATURAL VENTILATION SUMMER
Thank your for reading my portfolio! All images produced and copyrighted by me unless otherwise stated. Arne Stenger 2011-2018 arne@stenger.nl +31(0)6 44 35 53 17