News about and from ATELIER V.
Why have we traditionally turned to non-profit organisations, NGOs and governments to solve the biggest social problems? Michael Porter wonders this out loud during this just released TED Talk. Porter admits that he is biased as a business school professor, but – just like the social entrepreneur’s movement – he sees great opportunities for entrepreneurs…
Our economic system is ready for a ‘hard system reset’ or even a ‘restore to factory default’ because only a ‘refresh’ is not enough. If the saw has become dull, do not cut through with even more effort, but insert a stop and sharpen the saw or buy a completely new saw. As an entrepreneur,…
The Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad headlined “Everyone out, don’t come to the office anymore”. The officials of the Rotterdam borough of Overschie are testing whether they can do without a building. It may seem like an extreme test, but it is not so bad as an exercise to break free from ingrained ways of thinking…
d’Eersteling Grote Koppel, Amersfoort Nefkens Building Utrechtseweg, Amersfoort ATELIER V officially opened its previous ‘work palace d’Eersteling’ at Grote Koppel 7 in AMERSFOORT on Queen’s Day 2007. Six years later, ATELIER V moved, just before the inauguration of King Willem Alexander on the last Queen’s Day, to its new work palace in the Nefkens building…
Military strategists As an accommodation professional, you are confronted on a daily basis at the tactical and operational levels with the impact of the strategic course of your organisation. Armed with this experience, what would you do differently if you could set the strategic course? Successful military strategists are not only characterized by having a…
Author Leonie Janssen-Jansen, associate professor of Planning at the University of Amsterdam, gives us a remarkable glimpse into some recent visions of the vacancy in the office market in Amsterdam on the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad opinion page of Wednesday 20 February 2013. In her Dutch article ‘Real estate really remains saturated’ she writes that…
In this video ‘Accommodation from a business perspective,’ management teams are invited to deal with the learn/work environment like a goldsmith. In addition to a functional roof over your head, accommodation is also a ‘billboard’ that continuously communicates with the market and the people who work in the building. The right balance between mind and…
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…