News
Opening of scenography we designed for Collectible as part of Paris Design Week.
3.9.2020
Lecture as part of The 100 Day Studio initiated by The Architecture Foundation. Together with Liza Fior (MUF) and Oda Paelmke we explore ideas around Ambiguity. Curated by Drawing Matter & Marius Grootveld
9.7.2020
Opening. We designed the general scenography for Collectible design fair.
9.7.2020
Lecture as part of The Project Stories initiated by Bergen School of Architecture. Together with Kastler Skjeseth Architects we look behind the scenes of projects and reflect on the nature of architectural practice today.
1.10.2019
Collectible
General scenography
Installation
Brussels
2020
Room under a Roof
Refurbishment of a townhouse
Interior
Rotterdam
2019
Babel
Interventions at Boijmans Museum
Academia
TU Delft
2019
Stone in Process
Study of a pavement tile
Research
Eindhoven
2019
Ceiling for a Crater
Pavilion and performance stage
Architecture
Brussels
2019
Possible Structures
Study on architectural archetypes
Research
Rotterdam
2018
Awards & Grants
Thread Artist Residency
Architectural object and landmark
Albers Foundation
Senegal
2018
ARC18
Young Talent Award
de Architect
Netherlands
2019
Talent Development Grant
Study on architectural archetypes
Creative Industries
Netherlands
2018
Unfair Architect Award
Scenography for Unfair art fair
Unfair
Netherlands
2018
Meesterproef
Redevelopment of the WortelKolonie farm
Vlaamsbouwmeester
Belgium
2017
About
Atelier Tomas Dirrix is an architecture practice based in Rotterdam working with a cultural and material notion of building. We conceive the primary architectural structure both as spatial configuration and as constructive idea. Our work takes into account and enables different kinds of sensitivities, conditions, initiatives - with respect to the circumstance. We seek to establish new principles, relationships and processes as a basis for an imaginative and attentive architecture.
Atelier Tomas Dirrix designs buildings, spaces and installations on various scales and complexities. With a small team as our base we actively explore possibilities for collaboration, methods of realisation and forms of application. We work with governing and cultural institutions, real estate owners, and private parties. Through contributions to publications and exhibitions our projects and ideas are part of an emerging international conversation on architecture.
The practice is founded in 2017 after winning the Meesterproef competition for emerging Belgian and Dutch architects, organised by the Vlaams Bouwmeester. In respectively 2018 and 2019 Atelier Tomas Dirrix won the Unfair Architect Award for the design of the biennial contemporary art exhibition, and received the ARC19 Young Architect Award.
Atelier Tomas Dirrix was selected for the talent development grant by the Creative Industries Funds, along with the generous support on other research-driven projects.
Contact
Zwaanshals 209
3036 KN Rotterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (0) 628 747 450
mail@ateliertomasdirrix.com
Vacancies
We are always interested in receiving applications from architects and designers. Currently we are looking for a talented and motivated trainee. To apply please send your portfolio, CV and written motivation to mail@ateliertomasdirrix.com Due to the number of applications we receive we may only respond to candidates we would like to invite for an interview.
CV
Tomas Dirrix, MSc TUD
Tomas graduated with honours as Masters in Architecture from the TUDelft. Previously he studied in Mendrisio, Switzerland and Ahmedabad, India. He has worked for various offices in the Netherlands including OMA. In 2017 he established his practice Atelier Tomas Dirrix.
Tomas Dirrix teaches various design studios at the Masters in Architecture department of Interiors, Buildings, Cities and at the TU Delft, the TU/e and at the Academy of Bouwkunst in Tilburg. Tomas Dirrix is a fully qualified architect and is registered in the Netherlands under 1.150115.022
Team
Tomas Dirrix, Stefan Hutterer, Ada Finci Terseglav, Julia Strömland, Previously - Kanika Pawar, Dauwke Frederix, Léa Alapini, Sofie Leenen, Juan Bienvenido Zambrana
Selected clients
Van Abbemuseum, Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, Unfair Amsterdam, Horst Arts and Music Brussels, Collectible Brussels, Dudok Group, Dura Vermeer, Gemeente Rotterdam, Failed Architecture,
Collaborators
Envisions - Design Lab, Team Thursday - Graphic Design, Diederendirrix Architects, Breed-id - Structural Engineering, UTIL - Structural Engineering, Jeroen Verrecht - Photography, Chantal Schoenmakers - Concept/Interiors, Felixx - Landscape designers,
