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About me

24/10/1985

My name is Sybren Stroo. I studied Spatial Planning in Utrecht. It’s a study in which I graduated as a city planner, with a touch of Urban Design.

After finishing the study above I started a Master in Public Space Design. There I switched to a more design and research based program from the Open University London.

I believe public spaces and the urban environment form the canvasses of the people’s lives.

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On these pages you’ll find my most memorable and relevant projects that I’ve been working on during my studies and internships. The portfolio is developing with each added project. //

Hogeschool Utrecht

2005-2009

Through the program and subjects of this university for applied science I got involved in a variety of urban environmental disciplines. Next to traffic engineering, planning and environmental studies, I was very much interested in urban design.

During these four years I enjoyed three intresting and important internships.

First DRO Amsterdam with several major design assignments. Secondly I went to SLA landscape-architects in Copenhagen, there I got inspired to work in a different scale; more the human scale of urban design. I graduated in Rotterdam at DS+V with a succesful research in the develpment of a design-toolkit for the public spaces along the innercity quays. //

MaHKU

2009-2010

As a result of the inspiring experience in Copenhagen I wanted to learn more about the human scale of design within the realm of urban landscapes. I entered this MaHKU study with a research proposal that would change the perception of the public on their surroundings.

My attempt was to create new perspectives on the facades that define the public spaces. Therefore I dived into the characteristics of commercial related public spaces and connected them to a media theorie. As a result I constructed a new way of involving facades in the urban design trajectory in order to (re)activate public spaces. Besides that I worked on several other interesting projects concerning public space design. //

OKRA

2010-2011

Right after graduating from MaHKU I started at OKRA landscape-architects. In varying teams I worked on projects such as masterplans for public spaces, strategies for industrial grounds, conducting research for the province and other urban design assignments.

My most memorable project was a masterplan for the public space of city of Basel (CH). I was also involved in the graphical and communicative part of the designs and booklets. //

LOLA

2011- . . .

As a further exploration towards landscape design and urban design I joined LOLA landscape architects. This Rotterdam based firm has a fascination for new spatial phenomena and a conceptual approach towards research and design.

Though in smaller teams I got involved in design processes such as an urban square in Rotterdam, a boulevard in Roermond and a masterplan for an ecological zone along the Spaarnwoudertocht.

Like at OKRA I was also responsible for the graphical and communicative part of the designs, booklets, presentations and graphs/diagrams. //

Note: it’s very important to also look at the portfolio-website. There is more space for me to showcase my projects with all the included booklets and products!

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning projects

DRO Amsterdam // Teleport Sloterdijk SLA Copenhagen // Scion/DTU Campus // Kløvermarkskvarteret DS+V Rotterdam // Graduation project

Note: urban design, financial-economical aspects, administrative/legal studies, planning research, landscape usage studies and mobility/traffic studies were major parts of the ‘Ruimtelijke Ordening & Planologie’ curriculum.

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

DRO Amsterdam // Teleport Sloterdijk Teleport is the central district of Sloterdijk Amsterdam. It contains one of the busiest railway stations of the Netherlands. The greater part of the users of Teleport are businesspeople. There will be more different types of users in the future because of the transformation that is planned in the near future by the DRO (Spatial Planning Service of Amsterdam). There will be more high-rise buildings that will not only contain businesses, but also more commercial-end fulfilments. This will change the area around the Teleport railway station dramatically. The goal is to use the public space in every moment of the day and evening. This will help to counteract the desolation. To achieve such goals I needed to find out which (commercial) functions would be appropriate for Teleport. These functions will, most likely, be put in the lower levels of the new high-rise.

Next to finding out which routes and users there will be on every specific time of the day, I needed to find a way to make the area a comfortable place to stay. Therefore I proposed some options of roofing the square in front of the railway station.

Source of text: portfolio-website My contribution to project: individual project: research + design + modelmaking Period: 3rd year of University (sept. 2007 - feb. 2008)

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

DRO Amsterdam // Teleport Sloterdijk

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

DRO Amsterdam // Teleport Sloterdijk

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

SLA Copenhagen // Scion/DTU Campus The goal for this project was to integrate new program into the

SLA has given me a lot of responsibility and freedom, they’re really

landscape, therefore the buildings should be subordinate to the

taking everything I draw or explain into consideration. During some of

surroundings. This results in green spaces between the buildings. The

the meetings I even convinced Stig to take my design. But it’s still a bit

current road structure is very straight and simple, maybe even boring

difficult to know how to think and draw like a Danish landscape-architect,

and some kind of race track. Our design should result into the complete

because every company has its own flavour. But I think my progress in

opposite. To make the new design kind of flowing in between the

showing what they want is improving. Next to the meetings with Stig I

landscape we thought of the ‘snake’ idea. There will be several specific

had some smaller informal discussions with my colleagues; they let me

areas between the buildings, each with their own identity. These identities

tell my reflections on the plan and designs as well. With this project I had

are constructed by the flora and landscape. In our situation the parking

to keep in mind that it’s all about the landscape; the buildings are merely

facilities are concentrated in 9 smaller garages. Probably these garages

subordinate to this green “flow”.

will be inserted into the ‘snake’ shape. They will be covered with all kinds of plantation to hide the industrial look of parking garages and cars.

Next step is to zoom in on the ‘snake’ and research the more detailed look of it.

Source of text: internship-report My contribution to project: team-based: research + design (masterplan) Period: 3rd year of University (mrt. 2008 - jul. 2008)

SLA Copenhagen // Scion/DTU Campus

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SLA Copenhagen // Scion/DTU Campus

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

SLA Copenhagen // Kløvermarkskvarteret The competition team was trying to find an overall strategy or masterplan of where to put the housing. The Kløvermarkskvarteret is a very big open field with only sport fields on it. On the outer eastside is the sea and some kind of island with oil tanks. On the west side you’ll find the southern part of the Copenhagen City. North of the area there are mush gardens with little sheds, this is all very packed and build almost on top of each other. The team wanted me to find out which part of the area was the most obvious spot to put the biggest part of the program. So I moved around with volumes and surfaces that I drew in AutoCad. This was the smallest part of my job. Later on, while the team was working on the strategy, I was working on a model. This was supposed to be a working model on which they could ‘plant’ the new program later on. They use these kinds of models to make pictures of it and add it to the booklet and presentation screens. This time my involvement was more limited than it was with the Scion-DTU project. But nevertheless it was a nice way to join a competition.

Source of text: internship-report My contribution to project: team-based: design (masterplan) + modelmaking Period: 3rd year of University (mrt. 2008 - jul. 2008)

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

SLA Copenhagen // Kløvermarkskvarteret

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

SLA Copenhagen // Kløvermarkskvarteret

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

DS+V Rotterdam // Graduation project The city of Rotterdam prances with its river cutting trough the centre.

harbours need to create more unity. It’s doesn’t necessarily need to be

This river helps Rotterdam to be one of the biggest seaports in the

on big unit, as for some harbours – for example the ones below the river

world. This industry started a long time ago and is now moving towards

(Nieuwe Maas) – it is preferable to have separate harbours and public

the west. This leaves older harbours to be abandoned but creates

spaces. However there is a relation between the spatial context and

countless opportunities for the city to develop itself at these areas. This

the design of the public space of the harbour. There are even relations

has happened for the last century and is still on the go. Harbours are

between harbours based on other aspects, like the concentration of green

transforming from warehouses and trans-shipment areas to first-rate

on the harbour or the intensity of the commercial functions. Based

residential areas. This transition brings not only changes in the design of

on those aspects it will be able to assemble family units with their own

the buildings, but it brings major changes to the public space as well.

values. So whenever there’s a harbour site that needs to be (re)developed

These plans for reconstruction of a harbour often happens separate from

– whether is already a residential or commercial area – there will be a fixed

each other. This makes each harbour a distinctive place to be. Nowadays

template made out of values based on the right family unit of harbours.

there are some transitioned harbours which absorbed an entirely new

This entire process of inventorising and analysing the shores, piers,

identity. These identities are on their self as well, and scarcely have they

quays, wharfs etc. is reproduced in the bachelor thesis. The used method

formed a unit with other harbours in the vicinity. This is where the city of

in this paper is entirely build up to meet the goal of the definition made for

Rotterdam wants to interfere. Future plans for the public space on the

this case. There is also one example of how one harbour can be changed with the values of the family unit.

Source of text: portfolio-website My contribution to project: individual project: research + design (testcase) Period: 4rd year of University (feb. 2008 - jun. 2008)

DS+V Rotterdam // Graduation project

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning

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2. infrastructureelgebruik

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Groen op de kade Toegankelijkheid

Programma op de kade

Programma op water?

4. kadeconstructie

Grover materiaalgebruik

Fijnmazig materiaalgebruik

Bomen in een enkele of dubbele bomenrij

Bomen in een enkele bomenrij

Grove woonblokken of kantoortorens Minder betrokken bij infra-netwerk van omgeving en minder OV haltes beschikbaar.

Eventueel watertaxi.

Minder brede wegen dan in familie 4

Ruimte openlaten voor uitzicht en wandel- en fietsroutes + zo min mogelijk parkeren langs de kade

Afwisselend gebruik van aangelegde boten, eventueel grotere (cruise)schepen en schepen met tijdelijke publieke functie

Fijnmazige stedelijke context met publieke functies Fijnmazig netwerk van loop-, fiets- en autoroutes. Aanwezigheid van meerdere OV mogelijkheden

Horeca-gelegenheden (terrassen) eventueel ruimte voor evenementen (podium)

Afwisselend gebruik van aangelegde boten, eventueel met historische achtergrond of met horeca

wand

pandsgewijs

DS+V Rotterdam // Graduation project

Hogeschool Utrecht Spatial Planning Toelichting

Procedure

Inventarisatie doel gebied focus documenten producten

relevante plannen verzamelen binnenstedelijk buitendijks gebied (binnenhavens, kades) openbare kades in langs de Nieuwe Maas (recreatieve as) visies, strategieĂŤn, plannen, studies uiteenzetting van waarden per project geĂŻllustreerd a.d.v. kaarten en illustraties

Analyse doel

uitfilteren van relevante waarden en thematiseren van projecten

gebied focus documenten

binnenstedelijk buitendijks gebied (binnenhavens, kades) omgevings- en identiteitskenmerken verzamelde relevante documenten (visies, strategieĂŤn...) bundeling van waarden en kenmerken die gebruikt kunnen worden voor kader

producten

Ontwerpconcept & Kaderbepaling doel

grondlegger ontwerpen die bijdraagt aan een groter ontwerpkader voor de openbare ruimte

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binnenstedelijk buitendijks gebied (binnenhavens, kades) verblijfskwaliteit in de openbare ruimte en kades in woongebieden

documenten

bundeling van geanalyseerde documenten (zie analyse) ontwerpkader die als tool kan gebruikt worden voor toekomstige ontwikkelingen invloeden hebben van de binnenhavens, kades en de rivier

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MaHKU Public Space Design projects

Master’s project // Research essay // Testcase Public Space Design subjects // ‘De Ysbreker’ // Design analyses // ‘Vondel verses’

Note: this Master study is formed by the Public Space Design program created by the Open University of London.

MaHKU Public Space Design

Master’s project // Research essay // Testcase The importance of being on the move is increasing every day. Growth

with facades. These facades are then able to be used as canvasses too.

on every level (economical, technological and demographical etc.) is the

These canvasses are the most important elements to steer the public over

main cause that affects all it touches. Being on the move isn’t necessarily

the public space. I speak of canvasses because I research the interrelation

an issue, but when it turns into haste and rushing people tend to forget

between public spaces and a media-theory of Marshall McLuhan.

the importance of the place they pass by. Urban junctions or cities are places where you will find rushing and the on-the-go mentality the most. If

I researched new possibilities for the public space to become much

you zoom in on a city you will see that the central distric is the hot spot,

more than a void in the urban fabric. Design tools are one products I

which in a way looks like a beehive, with the (central) train station as its

created in order to cope with different design approaches.

main entrance. People get off the train, enter the city, spend their money

On the next few pages you’ll find an indication of the analyses, the

and leave. Public spaces facilitate the functions that surround it. When

design testcase and an artist impression. All of them are excerpts

the context of the public space is vastly dominated by commerce this

from the SQRS. booklet.

public space tends to be subordinate. It merely becomes a space for the public to get to the entrances of shops. Therefore the intention of my project is to activate the public space again and make it a vital element of the city again. In order to achieve this goal I connected the public space

Source of text: MaHKU-website My contribution to project: individual project: research (essay) + design (testcase) Period: 1 years MaHKU/Open University London program (sept. 2009 - sept. 2010)

MaHKU Public Space Design

Master’s project // Research essay

MaHKU Public Space Design

Master’s project // Research essay

MaHKU Public Space Design

Public Space Design subjects // ‘De Ysbreker’ // Design analyses // ‘Vondel verses’ Master programmes in art and design focus on a research-based process of creation. As a Master student, I critically reflected on the boundaries of my discipline through research methodologies, a variety of theoretical discourses, and interdisciplinary activities. But I also engaged in a rich mix of discipline-specific topics and discussions.

Last but not least, in this master year, I produced project-based art/design work contexualized by your research essay.

As a Master student, I learned to contextualize my work in the broad perspective of a number of creative disciplines and theoretical discourses.

A successful Master degree makes my work, my creative process, and my profession even more dynamic and complex.

This chapter shows 3 different design projects.

Source of text: MaHKU-website My contribution to project: individual projects: research + design + modelmaking Period: 1 years MaHKU/Open University London program (sept. 2009 - sept. 2010)

Master’s project // Research essay

MaHKU Public Space Design A bar in Amsterdam asked us to think of a way to redesign their interior/exterior. I connected the outside with the inside with a playful use of different platform reaching out to the waterside.

Anouk Vogel’s design for the benches and lightposts of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam needed some refinements.

I decided to continue on the theme by adding wastebins, integrated in Anouk’s organically shaped lightposts.

Master’s project // Research essay

MaHKU Public Space Design

As an assignment we had to create new ways of analysing public spaces. And by that also come

NEUDE SQUARE & NEUDE FLAT

up with a creative translation that represents the identity of the public space.

I took a panorama-picture and traced the different post-office

heights of the buildings. Connecting these different lines I created a musicbar, with a site specific

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OKRA landscape-architects projects

A28 soundbarrier (park) Amersfoort // Design research Care home Mechelen // Strategic plan Quality guide of landscapes Utrecht // Analyses Industrial grounds Bleizo Zoetermeer // Masterplan Landschapsknopen Drechtsteden // Research Stadsrandzones Province of Utrecht // Research City centre of Basel // Masterplan public space Retail Park Almere Poort // Public space design

Note: as well as the above mentioned projects I also contributed to several acquisition-projects, both domestic and foreign.

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Design // Research // Strategy At OKRA I was active in several projects. My 6 months term started with the A28 soundbarrier project in Amersfoort and ended with a design for a retail park in Almere Poort. In the midst of it there were all kinds of projects, from small scale public space design assignments to provincial scale analyses. This chapter briefly covers all the projects I got involved in.

Some projects have little textboxes with ‘mini’ explanations.

Source of text: na My contribution to project: team-based projects: research + design + modelmaking Period: sept. 2010 - mrt. 2011

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // A28

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Care home

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // ‘Utrechtse Landschappen’

The province asked OKRA to make a set of booklet about each landscape in the province of Utrecht. The booklets contain inventories and analyses to show the qualities and values of the landscapes.

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Bleizo industrial grounds

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // ‘Landschapsknopen’ During this research competition we were trying to come up with new ideas on how to use unused landscapes in a sustainable way.

In our proposal we transformed a highway junction to an ecological hub with - for example - an eco-supermarket with local products.

OKRA landscape-architects To get a an overall idea of the state and situations around the cities of Utrecht, the province asked us to do a research for the ‘stadsranden’ (city-rims). It shows the variety of the different types of ‘stadsranden’ and tells you how to cope with them.

Variety of projects // ‘Stadsranden’

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Basel (masterplan PS)

OKRA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Retail park Almere

For a retail park at Almere Poort we were asked to do this design for the public space. Retail parks are know for their vast number of parking lots, so we had to come up with an idea and a design on how to create a dynamic a pedestrian-friendly public space.

LOLA landscape-architects projects

‘Klein en Fijn’ Rotterdam // Design research Boulevard Roermond // Public space design Masterplan Spaarnwoudertocht Badhoevedorp // Masterplan public space Dorpsranden Drenthe // Research JFK primaryschool Dordrecht // Public space design

Note: as well as the above mentioned projects I also contributed to several acquisition-projects

LOLA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Design // Research // Strategy During my stay at LOLA I worked on a variety of projects. The office aims at the revitalization of forgotton landscapes. These landscapes are found in urban environments as well as on a regional scale. I worked on both scales and was responsible for the graphical products. This chapter briefly covers all the projects I got involved in.

Some projects have little textboxes with ‘mini’ explanations.

Source of text: na My contribution to project: team-based projects: research + design + modelmaking Period: sept. 2010 - mrt. 2011

LOLA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // ‘Klein en Fijn’

This was a research to open up the discussion of what small interventions could cause in a typical Rotterdam neighborhood. We added two buildings (Eye-hotel and a public neighborhood library). These interventions facilitate the connection between the north and south of the Schiedamsevest.

Variety of projects // Boulevard Roermond

LOLA landscape-architects

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This new boulevard - on which I’ve been working on - is part of an urban design for a new part of Roermond.

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LOLA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Spaarnwoudertocht

The Spaarnwoudertocht is a canal that runs south of Badhoevedorp. It is part of the ‘polder’ Haarlemmermeer. The challenge here was to design a parkstrip with an ecological zone as spine on which different program could be developed. Below you see a zoom in on the west part of the strip.

LOLA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // JFK primaryschool

The John F. Kennedy primaryschool in Dordrecht is about to be redeveloped by Onix architects. The expansion of the school includes a redesign of the direct surroundings. The school stands in the north of Wielwijkpark. There will be 30 new parkinglots and 100 new bikeparkings build in a way it suits the park and school at its best.

LOLA landscape-architects

stads- en dorpsranden Drenthe

LOLA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

Variety of projects // Dorpsranden Drenthe

LOLA landscape-architects

Variety of projects // Dorpsranden Drenthe

For a foundation called ‘Mooi Drenthe’ we started a research for the city edges of 12 villages in Drenthe. Many themes are included among which these typologies (above). The final document will also contain an agenda for improvements for these cities and villages.

Resume incl. picture

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Portfolio:

Geboortedatum: 24 oktober 1985

Ervaring LOLA Landschapsarchitecten; Rotterdam | september 2011 - december 2011 Landschapsontwerp, planning, grafisch/communicatief ontwerp en kostenraming calculaties OKRA Landschapsarchitecten; Utrecht | september 2010 - maart 2011 Landschapsontwerp, planning en grafisch/communicatief ontwerp.

Dienst Stedebouw & Volkshuisvesting; Rotterdam | februari 2009 - juni 2009 | stage Afstudeerscriptie over de vorming van een ontwerp-toolkit voor de Rotterdamse kades.

SLA Landschapsarchitecten; Kopenhagen | maart 2008 - juli 2008 | stage Stedebouwkundig ontwerpen op verschillende schaalniveaus in Denemarken en Finland.

Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening; Amsterdam | september 2007 - februari 2008 | stage

Meewerken aan projecten in de lokale stedelijke planning en openbare ruimte onderzoek in Sloterdijk.

Studie

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, MA Public Space Design; Utrecht | 2009 - 2010 Master of Arts in Design (Public Space Design) (MaHKU + Open University London)

Hogeschool Utrecht, Ruimtelijke Ordening & Planologie; Utrecht | 2005 - 2009 Bachelor studie, ingenieur (ing.) richting: Urban Design IAH Larenstein, Land- & Water-management; Velp | 2004 - 2005 Propedeuse.

Competenties Actief en nauw betrokken bij zowel creatieve als ruimtelijke ontwerp opgaven. Hoog niveau in het creëren- en bewerken van tekeningen en documenten in Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Rhino en Sketch-Up, ook geoefend in handmatig schetsen en maquette-bouw. Daarnaast vaardig in gebruik van MS Office software, zoals Excel, Powerpoint en Word. Uitstekend in de Engelse taal. Analytisch en secuur in diverse processen.

Overige ervaring Commissiewerk; USR Triton: Competitie Commissie (2006 - 2008) + Lente Introductie Commissie (2006). Overige werkzaamheden liggen voornamelijk in de horeca, waarvan meest recente; Café/restaurant ‘t Gras van de Buren, Utrecht (2008 - heden) en momenteel werkzaam als DJ.

Referenties en portfolio WWW.SYBREN-STROO.NL & WWW.PROJEQT.COM/SYBRENSTROO

Mijn portfolio-website is de showroom van mijn relevante en interessante projecten en opgaven.

LOLA Landscape architects | OKRA landschapsarchitecten: www.okra.nl | SLA landschapsarchitecten : www.sla.dk MaHKU: www.mahku.nl | HU: www.hu.nl

DSO Rotterdam: www.dsv.rotterdam.nl | DRO Amsterdam: www.dro.amsterdam.nl