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CURRICULUM VITAEPAUL VAN DEN HOF | 1985

Education

2011 – 2014 Master Architecture, Urbanism and Building SciencesDelft University of Technology, NL• MSc1studioTheWhyFactory• MSc2studioHyperbody• GraduationStudioHybridBuildings• Graduated17-04-2014

2009 – 2010 Minor abroad ArchitectureEPFL École Polytechnique Fédérale deLausanne, Switzerland

2007–2011 Bachelor Architecture, Urbanism and Building SciencesDelft University of Technology, NL• Graduatedon30-06-2011

2005–2007 Molecular Life SciencesRadboud University Nijmegen, NL

Relevantworkexperience

2014 Volentaryproject STEPPhillipines

2011 – now Freelance designerP A U L | Projects in Architecture UrbanismandLandscapingWeb-andgraphicdesigns

2010 Internship2by4-architects,RotterdamDuring3months

Skills

Languages Dutch:nativespeaker English:fluent French:reasonable/fluent German:reasonable/fluentSoftware Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 Autodesk Maya 2011 Rhinoceros 5.0 AdobePhotoshopCS6 Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign/ Dreamweaver / After Effects MSOffice GoogleSketchup

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

Personal information

Name Paulus Hubertus Marie Van den Hof

Birthday 28-03-1985

Birthplace Meerssen

Nationality Dutch

Address Jan ten Brinkstraat 84 2522 JE Den Haag The Netherlands

E-mail info@paul-office.nl

Telephone +31653413112

SBA 1.140501.007

PERMACULTUREPHILIPPINESvoluntary work2014

STEP (Sustainable Technologies and EntrepreneurialPermaculture)

Bert Peeters

Aftermygraduationinapril2014ItravelledtothePhillipinestojoininavoluntaryprojectbySTEPPhillipines(Sustainable Technologies and EntrepreneurialPermaculture).

Inthisprojectwetravelledthroughalargepartofthecountrytoworkatseveral sites on which the organisation is working.Theseprojectsarealwaysdealingwithreconnectingtheindigenouspeople

with their original building methods and materials and teaching them how to build sustainable and in a mutual beneficialrelationshipwiththeotheraspectsoftheenvironment.

Thisallstemsfromthefilosophyofpermaculture,onwhichtheactivitiesofSTEP are largely based.

FASCINATION projectdescription

The structure of a beehiveA network of nerves in a leaf A spiderweb, a network of silk lines

"Growing objects with computers. Designing the digital process rather than being led by it. Based on structures and self organisational methods in nature, the algorithm builds chair’s structure on the principle of most efficient material distribution. Each time the algorithm is run it produces an unique extremely strong structure." Luka Stepan

2.5 » fascinations 2.5.1¬ strangler figs

The fig grows down along the host trees trunk, creating anetwork of thin roots around it. After touching the ground it gets more nutrients from the ground and the roots thicken quickly around the hosts trunk. After a while the roots merge together, creating a strong lattice.The host trees trunk is now wrapped tightly in the roots of the strangler fig, which stops the growth of the tree. After this the host tree dies inside, and rots away, leaving the strangler fig as a hollow cylinder, this cylinder is strong enough to stand on its own and therefore does not fall over.

TWISTED TREEhighdensitydwellingprojectinLondon2009

EPFLStylianos Dritsas

For my minor semester in Architecture at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland I joined in a design studio lead by London architect Stylianos Dritsas.

The assignment was to design a high density dwelling building in a site in the cityofLondon.Asaresultaskyscraperbased on the formal language of the stranglerfigelaborated.

InthisprojectRhinocerosandGrasshoppersoftwarewasusedextensively.

INSPIRATION

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SCOUTS CASTLE1-daydesignexcersise2010

For a bachelor course we got the assignmenttocomeupwithideasfortherefurbishment of a castle ruin. The brief saidtopresentaredesignwithinoneday.

Researchshowedtherewasadilapidatedscouts building in the neighbourhood,

which could use a renewal. Therefor a design was made that moves this function to the site of the old castle. Also the total design of the new scouting buildingexpressesthesenceofacastlewithout overshadowing the ruins.

DRAFTING projectdescription

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OMVAL AREAHybridBuildingsGraduationproject2014

HYBRIDBUILDINGSOlindo CasoPaul VermeulenKarel Vollers

FormygraduationprojectIjoinedintheHybrid Buildings design studio lead by Olindo Caso and Paul Vermeulen.

Thegoalwastofindtheperfectbalancebetween architecture and urbanism in an ultimateeffortoffillinggapsinthecityfabricbymergingthesetwodisciplines.

The idea that sincere architectural interventions can reinstate connections

betweenisolatedcityparts,wastheleadingprincipleinthisproject.

IntheprojectareaofAmsterdamEastseveral functions were combined in order toachievethisrelationshipinseverallevels of the urban fabric.

DESIGN projectdescription

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SPIRAL PAVILLIONcomputerizedmodelingtechniques2012

Martijn StellingwerffJeroen van de Laar

Inthefirstmastersemesterwehadelective courses in which we could enroll if we were interested in the subject.

ThecourseofthisprojectwascalledOrnamatics, which really triggered my interest. The crossover between decorative, ornamental thinking and computerizedmodelingtechniqueswasnice challenge.

The brief was to create a bandstand in a new fashion using a formal style that wasleadbyornamentalaspects.Intheendthegoalwasaphysicalmodelofthebandstandinwhichcomputerizedmodeling techniques were extensively used.

Thisspiralpavillionisanewstylebandstand that is different from any other bandstand, because of the fact

thattheaudienceiswrappedinthestageandvice-versa.Inthiswaytheaudienceisincorporatedmuchmoreintotheperformancethanintraditionalset-upsof bandstands.

The model was made with several modeling techniques:

-the base wasmadebyfirstcomputermillingtheshapefromwood,afterthisatemplatewasmadebyvacuumformingplasticaroundit.Whichaftercoolingdownwasusedtopoorcementin,resulting in the concrete base.

-theornamentalcanopy construction wasmadebylasercuttingplywood

-andforthecanopy shell parts apowder3Dprinterwasused.

ORNAMATICS projectdescription

existing mass / restoring historical mass

newly added volume

The inner shells of the gasometer will be restored in the original state in order to add sufficient volume to the builing.

A completely new volume will be realised on the site of the gasometer, which inter-nally contains the imprint of the old screw gasometer.

The gasometer gets two faces, one ‘old’ side in which the old appearance of the historical screw gasometer is restored as good as possible and one new side, which will promote the new function of the building as cultural center.

1 history 2 anti-shape 3 2 faces

CULTURAL EXPLOSIONre-useofgasometerinTheHague2010

R-MITFerruccio Colautti

ForthisfinalbachelorprojectItookpartinastudiooftheR-MIT(Restoration,Modification,InterventionandTransfor-mation)departmentoftheTUDelft.

The goal was to refurbish an existing screwgasometer-oneofthelastofitskindintheNetherlands-asacultural

center for the city of The Hague.

In the architecture of the renovation different ways of dealing with industrial heritagewereelaboratedandapplied.

RENOVATION projectdescription

PROTOARCH1:1prototyping2012

HYPERBODYMSc2projectJelle Feringa

Theaimofthisprojectwastounderlinethereciprocitybetweenanalyzingandrethinkingcomplexfreeformgeometriesin terms of manufacturing constraints.

UsingformfindingsoftwarecreatedbytheSwissROKOffice,acompression-onlyshapeforacanopywaselaborated.

Thiscanopyshapewasthendividedintoagridstructurewhichwasfilledin

with styrofoam blocks, resulting in a dragonskinlikeappearance.

ThebigEPSblockswerefirstcutintobounding blocks by a hotwire attached to a robotic arm. After this the blocks were firstcutinonedirectiontoestablishedthetaperedfaces,andafterthisthecontour of the blocks was cut.

CONSTRUCTION

projectdescription

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standardblock eps

bounding box

tapered blocks

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TOWNHALL WESTLANDArchitectural design and facade design2008

BSc4projectRocco Reukema

CollaboratorsAndreaClaassen(architecture)BartMacquoy(construction)

Inthisbachelorprojectanewdesignforamunicipalhallwastheaim.Incollaboration with two other students the global design of the building was made and in the following months this design was elaborated further in three different disciplines:Architecture,constructionand façade design. I got the assignment of elaborating the façades further, which was interesting

consideringthemultifacedaspectofthebuilding.Investigation of techniques for green roofs, concrete sheeting and curtain walls were all very enlightening.

Butthemostchallengingpartoftheassignment was that the different disciplineshadtoworktogetherconstantly, luckily this was achieved very well, resulting in a coherent design.

FACADES projectdescription

PAUL VAN DEN HOF

Address Jan ten Brinkstraat 84 2522 JE Den Haag The Netherlands

E-mail info@paul-office.nl

Telephone +31653413112

SBA 1.140501.007

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