Anti-Monument
Monuments were historically constructed during civilizations’ peaks, leaving a society’s eternal mark on Earth. Non-Architecture posited the question what a monument for 2020 could look
Author: Lennart Arpots
Folly Art Norg : COMPRESSION
This is an object submitted for Folly Art Norg 2020. It was selected for construction out of 104 other designs, and will be built in
Rome anno 2019
The strange habit of 21st century tourists posing in front of ancient monuments is augmented by hundreds of tiny stores all selling the exact same
The Eiffel Tower compound
Two years after the bulletproof walls around the Eiffel Tower have been erected, this compound has become the norm rather than the exception. Walking from
Hobbyism out of control
This text was first published in Chepos, built environment magazine, june 27 2019. The Fall of 2016 was the start of a lengthy architectural voyage
Breaking the Shell | New Petrylon
Everybody seems to have a memory or association with these kinds of places. I am talking about the Shell refinery in the Port of Rotterdam, once the biggest refinery in the world, still the biggest oil refinery in Europe. Similar places, like DSM in the south of the Netherlands or the petrochemical complexes in the ports of Antwerp and Hamburg, bring back memories of sitting in the back of your parents’ car while driving back from a summer holiday, in awe of the magically shimmering lights of seemingly endless industrial sites, like technological cities glowing in the evening sky. Inaccessible, almost alienating environments exist behind their gates, unknown to the public yet incredibly important for our daily lives.
Network <> Place: a photo exhibition
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Anti-Monument
Monuments were historically constructed during civilizations’ peaks, leaving a society’s eternal mark on Earth. Non-Architecture posited the question what a monument for 2020 could look like. Questioning if we in fact have arrived at such a peak, we feel that to embark on such a project could only result in yet another physical manifestation of […]
Folly Art Norg : COMPRESSION
This is an object submitted for Folly Art Norg 2020. It was selected for construction out of 104 other designs, and will be built in the rural landscape around Norg in the summer of 2021 (postponed due to COVID-19). The design plays into the dual nature of the Dutch landscape, on one hand dense and […]
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