The President Bridges

Evelien van Veen is a partner at Woonwerk Architecten. She was previously the owner and director of van Veen Architecten bv. (9 years) and Drost + van Veen Architecten bv. (25 years). Her main focus is residential construction, particularly for the elderly target group, ranging from vital city seniors with customized care needs and the heavy target group with a need for 24-hour care (including somatics and dementia). To this end, Evelien has broad experience in healthcare and works closely together in a permanent network of partners, particularly in the Netherlands, but also in China, England and Belgium. After more than 30 years of experience, she has received many publications for the design of the Library Den Helder, realized in collaboration with Mars interior Architects and won the prize for the best library in the world. In addition to the design activities, Evelien is a chairperson of spatial quality committees, a jury member of competitions and selections, she gives lectures and is a recent board member of the Bureau Architects Register. Evelien van Veen designs buildings with a strong identity. Buildings that surprise and intrigue through a layered meaning and that communicate with the environment and users on more than one level. The architecture tells a clear story, in conjunction with the urban context and the DNA of the location as a starting point and source of inspiration.