“Toplab Architects” is de ontwerpstudio van Taco Hylkema.
Toplab staat voor duurzame en innovatieve architectuur met een bijzondere beleving en een eigen karakter. Daarnaast kijken wij naar de toekomst door middel van research en strategie, om veranderingen in de maatschappij in relatie tot architectuur vorm te geven.
Wij onderzoeken, ontwerpen en ontwikkelen:
Geïnteresseerd in onze visie, mail ons dan via studio@toplab-architects.com
Toplab is de afkorting van de woorden “topologie” en “laboratorium”, en is een plek voor onderzoek naar ´ruimte´ welke ondanks vervormingen wel dezelfde eigenschappen behoudt.
“Toplab Architects” is a design studio led by Taco Hylkema.
The Toplab design studio for architecture(s), is exploring new paradigms of architecture by using emerging technologies as design tools and responses to the continuous cultural and social changes around us by the development of research driven design strategies.
We invent, design and develop:
please contact us by mail: studio@toplab-architects.com
Toplab is the abbreviation of both Topology and Laboratory and is a place for experimental work or research concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformation.
FOUNDER
TACO
Architect and Director, after completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Taco Hylkema studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London.
Prior starting Toplab, Taco worked for and with several architectural firms on large scale projects both in the Netherlands and abroad including the Canton Tower in China with Information Based Architecture.
Besides running the studio, Taco is involved in the practical experience programme of the Dutch architectural register, member of several (architectural) juries and gives inspirational lectures about the future of architecture.
TEAM
INGE
Creative design and management, studied at The Rietveld Academie Amsterdam.
COLLABORATORS
We work together with a solid team of engineers and draftsman compiled per project.