Kas Oosterhuis
Dutch architect (born 1951)
Kas Oosterhuis (1951) is a Dutch architect and professor who co-founded the innovation studio ONL with visual artist Ilona Lénárd. He was a professor at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and later at Qatar University. His office, ONL, has realized a number of contemporary architecture projects including the Salt Water Pavilion at Neeltje Jans, the Web of North Holland at the 2002 World Expo in Haarlemmermeer, the A2 Cockpit in the Sounder Barrier at Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht and the Liwa Tower in Abu Dhabi.
Biography
Oosterhuis studied architecture at Delft University of Technology from 1970 to 1979, under Rem Koolhaas. In 1991, he completed his first housing project, the Patiowoningen at the Dedemsvaartweg, and an urban design scheme by OMA. From the beginning of their practice, Oosterhuis worked closely with visual artist Ilona Lénárd.
In 2000, Oosterhuis accepted a professorship at the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Delft. From September 2017 to June 2019, Kas Oosterhuis held a professorship at Qatar University in Doha; from September 2022 to August 2023, a full professorship at INDA Chulalongkorn University.
Fusion of Art and Architecture on a digital platform
Oosterhuis has used a digital approach to architecture, from the earliest design stages up to the computer numerical controlled production of the building components, of which process the A2 Cockpit in the Sound Barrier is an example. Oosterhuis has won and subsequently built two international competitions: the Bálna Budapest and the LIWA tower in Abu Dhabi.
Between 1988 and 1989, Kas Oosterhuis and Ilona Lénárd lived and worked for one year in the Van Doesburg studio-house in Meudon near Paris.
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