Ben Van Berkel

Ben Van berkel born in 1957 in Utrecht, Holland. he studyed in the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in amsterdam, and got his architect tittle in the Architectural Association of London in 1987, and the same year creates with Caroline Bos hte Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau. his first works are the Karouw electric station of Remu, and the Villa Wilbrink in Netherland. and in 1997 hi is choosen to make the Erasmu's Brige in Roterdam, and is this project that makes him create the UNstudio with Caroline Bos in Amsterdam.

Other of his well-knowed buildings are the Mercedes Benz's Museum, the Reserved Bussines Room, and the Agora Teater in Netherlands. Mercedez Benz MuseumAgora TheaterAgora Theater inside

Something that makes him an integral architecture worker is his vast experience in the fields of urbanism, infraestructure and public and private spaces and buildings. focusing his wonrk in development of the design, a high technology work, and apllying all this in a mixed relationship between the environment, the market demands, an the client requirements. becoming to Ben Van Berkel into a great exponent of the contemporany architecture.
personaly i like this architect's work cause he knows well the haigh tecnology we are using nowadays, also he has a good environment consideration in the sustainable function and in the building context mixing.