Saskia van Eijk
Date of birth: 1 May, 1988
Place of birth: Meyrin, Switzerland
Nationality: Dutch
Registered urban designer in the Netherlands
[Architectenregister 2014 - 2016]
PROFESSIONAL INFO
I am a motivated, recently graduated urban designer from the University of Technology in Delft. I am creative, driven, structured and I have experience with research in cities and urban regions and the translation of research findings into detailed strategic designs. My interest lies mainly in highly complex urban projects, where social, demographic and design issues are addressed. Moreover, I have experience with (and fun in) collaborating in larger teams and I can perform well under pressure. Futhermore, I have good communication skills and presentation techniques.
EDUCATION
University of Technology, Delft
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Urbanism
2012 - 2014
Master of Science Urbanism [Cum Laude]. Graduation project: Gated Anonymity versus Ungated Community; Overcoming social, functional and physical borders through strategic spatial planning. Research on the informal settlement of Baishizhou in Shenzhen, China. How can these settlements be incorporated into the current and future urban fabric.
University of Technology, Delft
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Bridging semester Architecture
2011 - 2012
Urbanism, Architecture, Building technology and Real-Estate. Project: Design of a middle school in Amsterdam. Inspiration for the school is based on research and design by Dutch architect Marlies Rohmer and her book "Building for the next generation". Can a new type of school be designed and built, where (indirect) movement, sport and exercise are incorporated to decrease obesity among (young) children?
University of Technology, Eindhoven
Faculty of Architecture, Bridging semester Urbanism
2010 - 2011
Urbanism. Project: Urban plan and restructuring for the city of Sliedrecht, The Netherlands.
The city of Sliedrecht has a long history battling against the water. Currently, the harbour is used for heavy industry and needs renovation and restructuring. Can the relationship between the inhabitants and the water be brought back through a new masterplan? Can residential and industry live side by side?
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Built Environment, Urbanism
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Science Urbanism. Graduation project: spatial urban and architectural plan for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2016, Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympic games. To realise this plan, part of the city will have to transform into a Atlete village, Media village, etc. However, the site is situated among the many favela's of the city. What will happen to these residents?
Geneva Highschool, Illinois, USA
2005 - 2006
Subjects: English, French, Creative writing, Government, American History, Critical Approach of Film, Marketing, Trigonometry/ Pre-Calculus and Housing & Interior Design.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Gemeente Amsterdam (municipality)
2017 - now
Urban designer. Currently working for the municipality of the city of Amsterdam. Working on several large to small scale projects in the city district Nieuw-West. One of the large scale projects is Sloterdijk-Centrum, where I am working on a urban strategy to transform a monofunctional office district into a mixed use working and living area with over 7000 dwellings. I am leading several tenders and transformations. Small scale projects include a social housing tower and tender (300 dwellings) in Overtoomse Veld and a tender in combination with a larger vision in Osdorp (110 dwellings).
Esler
2015 - 2017
Consultant. As a technical project office Esler realizes technical projects in the field of planning, project engineering and project management. We have experience in the heavy industry, rail, marine and infrastructure for almost 10 years. Collaboration with Esler provides our clients and our professionals with a significant contribution to projects and ambitions. We see the work, take if off your hands and keep going until the project is completed. No nonsense and with the right skills. Office situated in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Handicare Stairlifts
2012 - 2014
Draftsman; measuring and drawing stairlifts for elderly people throughout the world. Office situated in Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands.
Volunteer The Green Lion
2013
Reconstructing temples and taking care of disabled seaturtles, Sri Lanka.
Museum 't Schip
2009 - 2012
Tourgide of architecture tours in Museum ‘t Schip in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Museum 't Ship shows the architecture , housing and art of the Amsterdam School Style.
Architecture office Chapman Taylor Espana
2008 - 2009
Intern in the field of urban and architectural design of commercial and retail developments in Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal. Office situated in Madrid, Spain.
COMPETITIONS
Vertical Cities Asia
2014
Everyone Harvests in Hanoi, Vietnam. International design competition for the top 10 leading architecture universities worldwide, organized by National University of Singapore (NUS), School of Design and Environment (SDE).The competition brief is based on the belief that a new paradigm of high density compact urban development is necessary for rapidly urbanising Asia.
LANGUAGES
Dutch [fluent]
English [fluent]
French [reasonable]
German [basic knowledge]
Spanish [basic knowledge]
SKILLS
MS Windows ['95 - Windows 8.1]
Mac OS X
MS Office
Autocad 2D/ 3D
Sketch-up (PRO)
Adobe Illustrator CS6
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Adobe Indesign CS6
Space Syntax
COURSES
2011 - Calculus test passed
2011 - English ETS Toefl Test passed
102/120 points
2008 - Spanish language course; Level 1 diploma
2007 - Obtained Dutch driving license
INTERESTS
Architecture
Urban planning
Analytical research
Interior design and decoration
Landscape architecture
Graphic design
Art
Culture
Travel
Reading
Field-hockey
Skiing
WORKSHOPS
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
2010
Two week workshop with the design project: Urban development and restructuring of the area earmarked for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Research lab "Nederland wordt anders" (The Netherlands is changing)
2009 - 2010
Three month workshop under leadership of government architect Liesbeth van de Pol. Lab03 Centrum Almere Haven: “de omweg waard” (Worth a detour). The redevelopment and quality strategy for Almere Haven through programmatic, typological, urban and architectural interventions. How can Almere Haven become the “Nice of Gooimeer”?