prof.ir.C.A.J. Duijvestein

Architecture (A)
Chair of Smart Architecture

From 1992 to 2008, Kees Duijvestein was Professor of Environmental Design in the Department of Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture. He is currently a guest academic at the Chair of Smart Architecture conducting research into the spatial quality of buildings in relation to social, economic and environmental aspects. His work addresses the issue of creating pleasant, affordable and environmentally-friendly housing. He devises structures and produces design sketches for construction projects.

As an academic, he firmly believes in the importance of integrating the general global discussion on sustainability into the Faculty’s work. His works embraces the entire spectrum of the theme sustainable building; from energy, waste and material use, and affordability to water and mobility, economic transparency, quality of life, social cohesion and health.

In addition to his activities within the Faculty, Prof. Duijvestein was also the founder and director (until 2005) of BOOM-Duijvestein BV, Office for Environmental Research and Design, which was set up in 1970. He currently holds the post of strategic advisor for Solidago in The Hague. Through his work with BOOM, Prof. Duijvestein became involved in the plans for the ecological residential areas of Ecodus in Delft and Ecolonia in Alphen aan den Rijn. He is regularly invited to serve on advisory boards, panels and quality control teams for large-scale housing projects such as Nieuwland and Vathorst in Amersfoort and the GWL terrain (former municipal water board terrain) in Amsterdam. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Triodos Bank Real Estate Fund and Chairman of the Board of The Hague Environmental Centre.

He is also currently working with thirty other specialists on the manual: 4 x P, People, Planet, Profit Project, the principles and practices of Sustainable Building.