Portfolio Rutger Kraal by Rutger Kraal

Portfolio Rutger Kraal

Date of birth Place of birth Address Postalcode Phone email address Linkedin

Rutger Kraal 18-10-1985 Leiden, Netherlands Hofwijckplein 78 2515 RM, The Hague +31 6 5263 7761 rjbkraal@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/rutgerkraal

Education 2009 - Jan. 2014

2010 - 2011

Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles Exchange year in M.Arch Program (GPA 3,6/4.0)

2005 - 2009

Delft University of Technology B.Sc. Architecture, (GPA 7,5/10)

1998 - 2004

Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden Life sciences & Technology, with latin, economics and art history.

ProďŹ le My aim in architecture is to create buildings that connect with its users on multiple scales. Ranging from urban implemantation to the experience of the individual. Being aware of societal aswell as commercial opportunities I am a design oriented architect. A diligent team player, with strong analytical, conceptual and graphical skills. After a period of paper projects whilst studying and doing tenders at my internship, I now am eager to build and to gain more experience in the building process in its entierty. Therefore I am looking for an ambitious, creative and entrepenurial architecture oďŹ&#x192;ce.

Delft University of Technology M.Sc. Architecture, (GPA 7,7/10)

Work experience 2012 - Current

Feb. - March 2009

Sept. 2008 - Jan. 2009

Rutger Kraal : Beeld - Photographer Developed my own photography studio Corporate portaits, product and event photography Dam & Partners Architecten - Junior architect Involved in the design development for various competitions, visualizations and preparation of presentations, (reference and full project list available upon request) Dam & Partners Architecten - Intern

Prize and awards

Interests

Battle of Concepts 3rd prize Eneco battle, - Concept to induce the shift to electronic mobility

- Passionate about cooking and playing the piano. - Learning new techniques in graphic software. - Being outdoor, sailing or discovering new cities and cultures

9th prize Prorail battle, - Concept to enhance safety around traintracks Sustainability award TU Delft, BSc 5 project - Design for a hybrid school and housing project.

2013 - Current

2011 - 2012

2006 - Current

Other activities

Tools and skills

Stichting Signaal Beheer - Boardmember, Marketing The SSB exploits two group accommodations in the north of the Netherlands. - Launching & managing extensive Google ad & Facebook campaigns - Development of new house style, and all campaign material. - Developing new website - Acquisition of new clients

Autocad Revit Rhino Grasshopper Maya

Argus Architecture Student Association - Boardmember, President Student association of the master track architecture at the TU Delft - Managing the board, setting out pollicy and hosting meetings. - Organizing a.o. workshop architecture & photography, lecture series architecture & movies, representation TU Delft at the Venice Bienale. Stichting Signaal Kampen - Sailing instructor Sailing camps for kids between the ages 13 and 18 - Training new instructors - Planning, organizing and leading camps for groups up to 32 kids

Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Lightroom After EďŹ&#x20AC;ects Modelmaking Hand drawing

Table Of Contents

MSc Thesis: Cinematic investigations into spatial naratives TU Delft, Public Building - Border Conditions & Territories,

Msc2 Studio: Casablanca Mediatheque TU Delft, Public Building - Public Realm

Seminar: Non Visiual Studies SCI_Arc, Visual studies

Seminar: Hydrophylic Morphologies SCI_Arc, Applied Studies

Msc1 Studio: London Student housing TU Delft, Dwelling - Living+

Vertical Studio: ArtiďŹ cial Matters SCI_Arc, Studio Manferdini

BSc Thesis: House for a nudist couple TU Delft

Internship Dam & Partners Architecten Amsterdam

MSc2 Elective: The Abris TU Delft, Form studies

Rutger Kraal : Beeld Photography studio

Graduation project:

Cinematic investigations into spatial naratives Public Building ÂŚ Border Conditions & Territories

Cañadas of Spain

Public domain (intense use) Public domain (medium use) Public domain (low use) Semi Private, earth Semi Private, hardened ground trash storage

ories

Public domain (intense use)

Within Spain s historical cattle trail network one particular part is unique.

Public domain (medium use) Public domain (low use) Semi Private, earth Semi Private, hardened ground Private, parking corporate, earth vegetable garden

Hosting western Europe s biggest slum area, the Cañada Real Galieana forms a ribbon like structure. As it moves from an urban context to being enveloped in nature, it continuesly reconﬁgures itself until ﬁnaly fragmentates fully and deteriorates.

trash storage debree ruins drying clothes wall painting social control

Public domain (medium use) Public domain (low use) Semi Private, earth Corporate, earth Debris ruins

Theory This thesis is a result of the architectural investigation driven by the following questions: What deﬁnes spatial perception and how is its manifestation subject to the narative it is part of? This was investigated by researching the cimatic work of Andrey Tarkovsky, how movie direction and the choreography of camera and object create spatial sequences.

Design translation The design entails three main programatic functions: the bathhouse, the garden, and the care center. Each of them have a speciﬁc spatial narative based upon their function and use. Rather than cleary deﬁning each programatical entity, the spaces of these three functions are built up by fragments they all share. The manner in which you move through the complex determines the way the the fragments line up and how the space is percieved. This is achieved through the creation of a sequence of anamorphic projections.

Sequence 1: the bath hous

As one moves through the building one is directed through the shifting between order and disorder, the construction and dissolution of spacial perception.

Click link to view sequence

es on vimeo

Sequence 2: the garden

Sequence 3: the tower

Casablanca Mediatheque

MSc 2 studio, 2010, Public building

In colaboration with: Desy Steneker and Froukje Zekveld

Casablanca can be charactarized for its intese streetlife. The public sphere is used to work, eat, play and debate; the streets acting as the mediating agent of everyday life. The mediatheque aims to incorporate this phenomon by continuing the public domain into the building, and articulating moments of interaction throughout the design.

Exploded View | Elements of the Mediatheque

Adding a New City Patchwork

At the heart of the building lies the the library, embraced by the theatre and gallery space. Connecting them is a red ribbon which facilitates the use of the various media while at the same time stimulating moments of engagement with other visitors and media.

Creating a New Media World within Casablanca Main Characters | Embracing Arms, Sculptural Ribbon & Service Slabs

Program

Public Sphere

SER

VIC

EX SER Public Sphere into the Building

Route <--> Program

VIC

R ATE

THE

Main Functions of the Mediatheque

North

West

South

Location | 1:1000

East

Floorplan 02 | 1:200

+4200

Floorplan 01 | 1:200

ROOF FINISHING

FLAT ROOF THEATER

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Tempered glass Aluminium frames IPE 300A beam

•

blocking

Floor construction • Foliage o Vegetation o Roof garden substrate o Polystyrene drainage-element o Water-bearing protection • •

Stone tile o Tile carrier Water-bearing protection

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Insulation 60 mm

• • •

IPE 550A / IPE 300A Climate and electrical installation Finish o Wood lath o Plasterboard o Stucco

Steel Construction

WOODEN FRAMES • •

•

Recessed halogen spotlight Window o IPE220 o Set frame 67 x 114 mm o Above frame 54 x 200 mm o Insulating glass o Under frame 54 x 177 mm o Set frame 67 x 114 mm Ventilation grill

Controled Ventilation Arms UPPER FLOOR THEATER Floor construction

• •

IPE 400A / IPE 300A Finish

FIRST FLOOR THEATER Floor construction

• • •

Natural Ventilation Innercourt

IPE 550A / IPE 300A Climate and electrical installation Insulated sandwich panel 110 mm o Concrete panel 20 mm o Styrofoam insulation 50 mm o Exterior shell concrete 40 mm

Roof | Umbrella System FAÇADE SLAB

C°

Façade construction • Pillar IPE 300A • Double steel mesh

FLAT ROOF EXPO Floor construction • Foliage or stone tiles • Water-bearing protection

C°

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Insulation 60 mm

• •

IPE 240A / IPE 300A Finish

Roof | Climate Control FIRST FLOOR SLAB Floor construction

• •

INTERIOR Stepping into a World of Media & Interaction

Pilot lab Concrete edge

FAÇADE EXPO Façade construction • Poured concrete • Finish • Pillar IPE 300A • Concrete panel 20 mm • •

EXTERIOR

Insulation 50 mm Concrete edge 50 mm

FIRST FLOOR EXPO Floor construction • Finish

• •

Strong & Solid Arms

Sculpture with no Borders

IPE 240A / IPE 300A Poured concrete

Neutral Service Slabs

Non Visual Studies SCI_Arc, Instructor: Andrew Zago

A set of drawings that are the result of the investigation into the logic behind the drawing, the grammar that constructs the image. With the use of grasshopper a script was written through which the shift from order to semi order to chaos was investigated.

POTABLE T EC ATCHM A CHMENT CHME CATCHMENT CHANNEL

HEAT H EA EAT WELD WE D AN AND ND DS SEW EW W FOR F OR RR EINF RCEM EINFO RC RCEME CEM NT T REINFORCEMENT

Hydrophyllic morphology SCI_Arc, instructor: Ramiro Diaz-Granados In colaboration with: Kyd Kitchaiya, Li Ting, Jaine Manrique, Carrie Ann Foster

Greenhouse designed through computer simulated waterflows. The structure is an inflated matrass in which rainwater is cought and divided into two streams. One leading to internal bladders feeding directly into the flora. The other via channels to a centralized storage bladder. Because of the materials flexibility, the structure alters as the resevoirs fill up, indicating the stored amount of water.

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NON P CATCH FILTER

NON PO POTABLE OTABL BLE LATEX RUBBER STORAG RAGE GE E BLADDER STORAGE

PLAST

RIGID PLASTIC

POTABLE HMENT R MEMBRANE

INFLATABLE

TIC RING

VALLEY DETAIL SYSTEM SCALE: 1’=3”

London student campus MSc1 studio 2009, Dwelling in collaboration with: Martin Bakker

The concept of this building is the integration of living space and negotiable space. The negotiable space can change according to the needs of the dwellers. This change is induced through the presence of the dwellers. To get the most interaction between the diďŹ&#x20AC;erent spaces, a 3d labyrinth is created. In this labyrinth the students can negotiate their boundaries. The result is a dynamic, continuously changing habitat. Adapting itself through time creating a ďŹ&#x201A;exible environment for students to live in.

ArtiďŹ cial Matters

SCI Arc ÂŚ Vertical Studio : Elena Manferdini

A pavilion built up of overlapping layers of copper. As the oxidation processes alter the patina of the building depending on the copper s exposure , a gradient of the passing of time emerges in the pavilion.

House for a nudist couple BSc thesis project, 2009 The design of the house discusses notions of privacy in a densly populated area and the balance between living freely as a nudist and imposing the expressions of that life style onto others. Through the analysis of the daily routine and the role of clothing in the life of the couple, a ďŹ&#x201A;exible setup is achieved in which the dwellers can adjust their exposure and level of privacy.

Hotel, Vinkeveense plassen Internship, Dam & Partners Architecten, 2008

The lake hotel was one of the projects i was involved at during my internship. As part of the design team, my job consisted aiding in the design development, drafting the presentation drawings and creating the 3d model which was used to create the renderings.

The Abris - de Kaag MSc2 formstudy elective, 2010 An arc and a diagonally sliced cylinder form an element in the water. The arc reaching out from the water to invite people into the water. The cylinder hovering on the water s surface. Though it stands out in the environment it stands in. The abris engages in an equal dialogue with nature. It becomes an object on which people can play, relax and ďŹ nd shelter.

Rutger Kraal : Beeld Photography studio founded in 2012.

Focussing on portrait and product photography, the studio aims to works in a direct and open fashion. Through intitial conversations with the client a visual concept is created that reďŹ&#x201A;ects the clients ambition. This is then translated to a speciďŹ c style of photography for that shoot.

Fossen Consultancy & Managent

Rijnconsult

DJ Matt Fierra

Rackpack product photography

Flux Furniture 37 product photography and stopmotion video

Inventum product photography distributors catalogue

Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards,

Rutger Kraal rjbkraal@gmail.com +31 6 526 377 61