Reinier de Graaf

Reinier de Graaf joined OMA in 1996. He is responsible for building and masterplanning projects in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, including Holland Green in London (completed 2016), the new Timmerhuis in Rotterdam (completed 2015), G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (completed 2014), De Rotterdam (completed 2013), and the Norra Tornen residential towers in Stockholm. In 2002, he co-founded AMO, the think tank of OMA, and produced The Image of Europe, an exhibition illustrating the history of the European Union. He has overseen AMO’s increasing involvement in sustainability and energy planning, including Zeekracht: a strategic masterplan for the North Sea; the publication in 2010 of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe with the European Climate Foundation; and The Energy Report, a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, with the WWF. De Graaf has worked extensively in Moscow, overseeing OMA’s proposal to design the masterplan for the Skolkovo Centre for Innovation, the ‘Russian Silicon Valley,’ and leading a consortium which proposed a development concept for the Moscow Agglomeration: an urban plan for Greater Moscow. He has curated two exhibitions, On Hold at the British School in Rome in 2011 and Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants (Venice Biennale, 2012; Berlin, 2013). He is the author of Four Walls and a Roof, The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession.
Projects
- AMO Atlas
- Airport 2000
- Al Daayan Health District Masterplan
- Al Faisaliah II
- Almaty Science Campus
- Apraksin Dvor
- Bajes Kwartier
- Baltic Pearl
- Barcelona Airport Terminal
- Basel Burghof
- Baumeister Curated by Reinier de Graaf
- Bordeaux 50000 - Mérignac-Soleil Masterplan
- Bovisa Masterplan
- Breda Carré Building
- Caltrans District 7 HQ
- Carrefour
- Cat Hai Island
- Christiansholm
- City in The Desert
- De Rotterdam
- Design Museum
- Dubai Renaissance
- EU Barcode
- Endurance Community Village
- Europe Iconography
- European Central Bank
- Fondation Pinault
- Forum Rotterdam
- G-Star Raw HQ
- Gazprom Headquarters
- HIA Airport City
- Halle Commune - Pleyel Bridge
- Hermitage Museum
- Holland Green
- Hollocore Ruhrgebiet
- Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort
- Kuwait Al Rai Masterplan
- La Defense Masterplan
- Made in Pleyel
- Mangalem 21
- Mercedes Office Village
- Milton Keynes University
- Moscow Agglomeration Development Concept
- NATO
- Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge
- Norra Tornen
- Prada Sport
- Prins Clausplein
- Public Works – St. Agnes
- Rak Structure Plan
- Riga Contemporary Art Museum
- Riga Port City
- Rue de la Loi
- SNCB Headquarters
- Scalo Farini
- Schiphol Logistics Park
- Schiphol Terminal South
- Schiphols
- Strelka
- The Hospital of the Future
- The Image of Europe
- The Pan-European Living Room
- The Twins
- Timmerhuis
- Vallée de la Chimie Masterplan
- Venice Biennale 2005: Expansion Neglect
- Venice Biennale 2006: The Gulf
- Venice Biennale 2012: Public Works
- Wafra Tower
- Waterfront City
- White City
- nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel
- 67 Race Course Road
Lectures
- Unveiling 'The Masterplan,' Reinier de Graaf's forthcoming novel
- Let's Talk about Europe
- Les entretiens de Chaillot: Reinier de Graaf with Jean Attali
- Where from Here?
- Where From Here?
- Reinier de Graaf and Bjarke Ingels Discuss the Current Status of Architecture
- Phantom Urbanism
- Berlin Book launch: Four Walls and a Roof
- Penny Is Awesome
- London Book Launch: Four Walls and a Roof
- The Century that Never Happened
- The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
- How We Got Here
- Architecture and Freedom
- City Futures
- 20-Something
- Is Iconicity Good for Architecture?
- Risk of Realism
- Meeting Architecture
- With the Masses
- Foresight in Hindsight - A History of Predictions
- Public Works - Architecture by Civil Servants
- Moscow Expansion
- Megalopoli(tic)s
- Sustainability & Energy Grids on a Global Scale
- On London
- Hyper-Density
- On Hold
- Paradigm Shift
- Creative London
- TEDx presentation Roadmap 2050
- Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe
- Simplicity™