Francine Houben leads one of The Netherlands most famous architect offices, Mecanoo. Her designs are both playfull, technically provocative, humane and firmly rooted in their context.

Currently Francine is working on several complex multi functional buildings, including the Wei-wu-ying center for the arts in Taiwan and the library of Birmingham.

Commissioning editor: Geert van de Wetering, Producer: Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, Research: Liselotte Francken, Director: Victor Vroegindeweij, Camera: Aage Hollander, Sound: Steven van Dijk, Editor: Maurik de Ridder, Colorcorrection: Maurik de Ridder, Music Sound Design: Pastelle Music

Kees Christiaanse's KCAP has worked on the most high profile and complex urban design schemes in the Netherlands. In offices spanning Rotterdam, Zurich and Shanghai, Christiaanse and his team develop ideas of what a city should be.

At the heart of the KCAP philosophy is a humanistic approach to designing the city; how to create possibilities for encounters between people. This idea was one of the challenges in the old harbour of Hamburg were KCAP master planned a transition of an old industrial area into the brand new Hafencity.  

Commissioning editor: Geert van de Wetering, Producer: Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, Research: Liselotte Francken, Director: Victor Vroegindeweij, Camera: Daan Nieuwenhuijs, Gregg Telussa, Sound: Steven van Dijk, Editor: Maurik de Ridder, Colorcorrection: Maurik de Ridder, Music Sound Design: Pastelle Music