ATELIER V was founded on December 19, 2002, giving our passion a first concrete shape. A passion to (re)develop areas and buildings in order to inspire, motivate and stimulate people and allow organisations to excel. Ten years later, as social entrepreneurs, we are still mainly guided by the needs of the users of real estate.…
At the UN climate conference COP18* in Qatar, the 193 countries present agreed to a proposal to extend the Kyoto treaty until 2020. It is seen as a poor success. The agreements in the protocol are intended to combat global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. An important point of contention at the summit in…
COP18 stands for the 18th conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It will be held from November 26 to December 7, 2012, in Doha, the capital of Qatar. René Stevens, founder and director of Atelier V, takes part in this conference. As an accredited person, he will…
It’s a balancing act Every human has a left and right hemisphere of the brain that influence how we see, experience and judge things. Each choice process is determined by the influence of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, of ratio and emotion, of mind and heart. In a way, they counterbalance each…
On the 31st of October, Mayor Bolsius of Amersfoort officially opened the Eemplein opposite the ATELIER V office with a cannon shot. Since 2005, we have been located in the d’Eersteling office on the Eemhaven in the Oliemolenkwartier, the creative hotspot of AMERSFOORT. In recent years, we have seen the Eemplein emerge from a vacant…
RIO+20 is the acronym for the United Nations Earth Summit on Sustainable Development, taking place in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 years after the first milestone meeting in Rio in 1992. At the RIO+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come…
The image does not stop with the positioning of areas and sites. The appearance of the accommodation on site is just as relevant. It is therefore important to consider what real estate should radiate and how this ties in with other communications. Business park publisher Elba Media relocated in April and took the opportunity to…
Dr Arjen Bosma, owner and psychologist/coach at Forest Advies from Utrecht won the ATELIER V – OEPS photo competition ‘Emotion and buildings’ with his series ‘New York’. His photo series captivatingly showed the almost elusive emotion of people who experience them through buildings. René Stevens presented the Panasonic LX5 to Arjen during the ‘Oeps group’…
It’s a balancing act Each choice process is determined by the influence of the left and the right hemisphere, the interplay of reason and emotion. Every person has a preference for ratio or emotion and is, therefore, more likely to be attracted to numbers or images. Often this is jokingly referred to as the difference…
Sustainability and corporate social responsibility may be topics of interest, but they have little to do with individuals. How can an individual contribute to a sustainable world, now and in the future? Businesses can have an effect by involving their employees in their sustainability policy. For them, however, it is not enough to say that…