Staff

In 2013 Geert Coumans started working at the TU Delft with the goal to use his knowledge about the physical model as an intuitive tool for design, analysis and communication.

While studying architecture in Delft, Geert already started discovering and focusing on the use of the physical model in the design process. From 1999 onwards he has been involved in the production and use of these models, commissioned by different offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway. When starting at TU Delft, this specialism first lead to a more practical implementation at the faculty. From 2014 onwards his work became more directly related to the educational program by Form Studies.

To get inspired outside the faculty, Geert is interested in projects on the interface between art and architecture.

Elise van Dooren enjoys teaching design and is fascinated by the question of how to teach. She is now responsible for the Form, Modelling & Drawing Studies group.

After obtaining her master’s degree in architecture at Delft University of Technology, Elise van Dooren worked in practice for about ten years. Almost immediately after her studies, she also started teaching. First as a guest lecturer, later as a faculty member in a variety of educational projects and roles, such as coordinator, chair of the education board and educational developer and advisor.

Her fascination for the design education, resulted in a PhD and the development of courses for students and teachers on design didactics (TU Delft, Academies in Groningen and Tilburg, Technasium).

Lianne Klitsie joined the Form & Modelling Studies group in 2021 as a part time teacher. She is the head of the photofilm lab, providing photography and film workshops and facilities for students.

Lianne Klitsie graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Delft in 2016. She has worked as an architect at a large architecture office within the public buildings department. While working she studied Film Directing at the Amsterdam Filmschool in 2018 to explore storytelling, composition and movement through the medium of short film. In 2020 she founded instill studio - a Rotterdam based practice in architecture and film, from the desire to initiate more collaborative projects with other artistic disciplines. Lianne joined the Form & Modelling Studies group in 2021 as a part time teacher in the Bachelor. Besides teaching she is head of the photofilm lab. A reborn initiative that provides photography and film workshops and facilities for students.

Roel van de Pas likes to work with models as a mean to do design experiments. He also is Lab-coordinator and design tutor in Explore Lab.

With great pleasure and commitment, I have been working for more than 10 years as a designer at JHK Architecten in Utrecht. Within this office I have gained a lot of experience in designing and building new office and industrial buildings, large-scale renovations and various interior projects.

Immediately after my graduation at TU Delft I started teaching. As a teacher I love sharing my passion, knowledge and experience with young future designers. I most enjoy experimenting and researching together with students in many different exciting projects. Often on the fringes of our profession, exploring what architecture can be all about.

Mieke Vink is part of the Form Studies group as lecturer and PhD researcher with an interest in the poetics of architectural form.

After graduating cum laude in 2015 Mieke has worked as an architect on various public and commercial projects at KAAN Architecten. She joined the Form Studies group in 2018 to teach and further develop her interest in the affective qualities of architecture and artistic processes towards its conception. Throughout her work she questions how both sensitivity and precision are developed through material engagement and environmental thinking in architectural design. These interests are grounded in a deep appreciation for the landscapes we inhabit, which positions her projects and teaching in a relational, poetic field.

Veerle de Vries is designer for Wittehaai and parttime tutor for Form Studies. She has an interest in an experimen­tal attitude towards the design process and use of tools.

Veerle started working as a freelance designer during her studies and after graduating from the TU Delft Architecture faculty in 2016. Together with her partner she is part of Wittehaai Architecten focusing on unique architectural projects and encouraging collaborations between designers, builders, educators and students as much as possible. She enjoys being both a designer and builder in projects, mostly working with cross laminated timber for the load bearing structure.

Wing Yung is part of the Form Studies group since 2017. When teaching, her emphasis is directed to the interplay between physical models and design development.

During her studies and after graduating from the TU Delft in 2013, Wing worked on models and visualisations for architecture related exhibitions. She gained experience in the architecture field first at de Kort van Schaik and later at Maccreanor Lavington Architects. She worked on medium to large scale housing projects in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. Wing is part of the Form Studies group since 2017, for which she shares the same passion to educate a design process with a strong emphasis on the interplay between physical models and design development.

Lastly, for the project WYNG and her own wardrobe, Wing uses her background in architecture to create high level garments within the slow fashion movement.

Georg Bohle works on drawings of imaginary cityscapes and landscapes that are shown regularly in the Netherlands and abroad. Since 2014 he teaches drawing at the TU Delft.

After graduating in conceptual design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 2007, Georg Bohle worked as a designer for furniture and projects in the public space for the design studio Makkink & Bey in Rotterdam (2007-2010)

Since the fall of 2010 his main occupation is drawing. Georg Bohle works on drawings of imaginary cityscapes and landscapes that are shown regularly in the Netherlands and abroad. Bohle’s career includes “Artist in residence stays” in Tokyo (2011), Prague (2013) and the Rocky Mountains (2014), as well as the ‘Maaskant getekend’ exhibition in the Kunsthal (2018) and stipends from the Mondriaan Foundation.

From 2014 until 2018 Georg Bohle teached at the Academie voor Bouwkunst in Amsterdam. Since 2014 he teaches drawing at the TU Delft.

Kristjan Kaltenbach started his own office K2A2 architecten in Rotterdam and Freiburg in 2009. At the moment, he teaches drawing at the TU Delft.

Kristjan works as an architect in Rotterdam. From 1990-92 work for an environmental groep, BUND-Deutschland and architectual photographer Dirk Altenkirch, Karlsruhe.

Studied at TU Delft between 1992-99 and from 1995 student assistent Handtekenen, section media. In 1999 started as architect for a period of ten years at EEA-architects with projects like Oosterdokseiland, urban plan Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg Haarlem, theater, and housingproject Hafencity Hamburg.

Starting own office K2A2 architecten in Rotterdam and Freiburg in 2009 with projects in housing, education, landscape and renovation.

Hans van der Pas has 22 years of experience as a teacher, giving drawing lessons and workshops at various institutes in the Netherlands and India. Since 2014 he is part of the Form Studies group.

Hans van der Pas studied fine arts at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. After graduating in 1987 he had several exhibitions in the Netherlands and Germany. In addition to work in the visual arts he developed activities as a curator for the cultural centre of the VU-University. In 2004 he made a series of spatial works for the public space commissioned by the municipality of Amsterdam. Van der Pas has 22 years of experience as a teacher, giving drawing lessons and workshops at various institutes in the Netherlands and India. He is a guest teacher for the minor program and the morphology studies at the Academy of Architecture since 2011.

In 2014 Hans van der Pas started his position as a teacher of hand drawing at the TU Delft.