Sonja Spruit
- Bio
Sonja Spruit is a practicing architect and urban planner, based in Cairo. Since 2001, after being a project architect at designstudio Herman Hertzberger, she has been focusing on international development projects. She has worked in in many places, including the Philippines, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Ethiopia, China and Vietnam. Since 2013 she is co-owner of the collective MAATworks, office for sustainable and socially committed architecture. Maatworks is currently producing a number of projects in the built environment, both in the Netherlands and abroad, with an emphasis on building for and with people.
[last updated in 2015]
- 12/06/2019Presentation OASE #103
On 17 June 2019 OASE #103 will be presented at the University of Manchester. Starting at 12.30. Everyone is welcome and a lunch is provided. More information in the pdf.
- 23/05/2019Now available: OASE #103 Critical Regionalism Revisited
> Internationally renowned architectural historian Kenneth Frampton received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale 2018. Critical Regionalism is his most known theory
> Today, architects are searching for new ways to design and conceive built space. Critical Regionalism might just be the concept that we need to revisit.
- 17/05/2019Impression launch OASE #103
On 16 May 2019 OASE #103 was launched at Hochparterre Bücher, bookstore for architecture in Zürich, Switzerland. These images give an impression of the launch, starring OASE editors Hans Teerds and Tom Avermaete as well as architectural historians Stanislaus von Moos and Irina Davidovici.
- 09/05/2019Launch OASE #103
On Thursday May 16th 2019, OASE #103 will be presented at the Hochparterre bookshop in Zürich (Switzerland) at 19.00h (Gasometerstrasse 28). The presentation of this issue, which reinvestigates the concept of Critical Regionalism as coined by the architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, will be followed by reflections of architectural historians Stanislaus von Moos and Irina Davidovici. Entrance is free and everyone is welcome, so join us on May 16th in Zürich!
- 27/03/2019Call for Papers OASE #105
- Proposals for contributions should be submitted to info@oasejournal.nl by 15 May 2019 and must also include a proposed title, the contributor’s name, professional affiliation (if applicable), e-mail address and a short bio of maximum 100 words. Proposals for contributions can be submitted in Dutch or English.
- 20/03/2019Presentation OASE #102 on 3 April 2019 during Jokerweek in Ghent
OASE #102 will be presented during the event Jokerweek in Ghent (Belgium), on 3 April from 18:00 – 18:30 hrs in indoor-wielerpiste ’t Kuipke in the Citadelpark in Ghent (walking distance from train station Gent St-Pieters).
The presentation is followed by a lecture by the British architect Stephen Bates from the office SergisonBates.
Entrance is free and everyone is welcome, so join us on 3 April in Ghent!
- 17/03/2019Now available: OASE #102 Schools & Teachers - The Education of an Architect in Europe
Unique OASE issue about architecture schools.
> About the most important teachers and schools of the twentieth century.
> With perspectives for architecture students today and tomorrow.
- 28/11/2018Now available: OASE #101 Microcosm - Searching for the City in Its Interiors
- Unique issue of OASE on the interiors of the city
- Historical perspectives on the crucial role of interior architecture
- In-depth research on public interiors
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