Felixx

Thijs van der Zouwen

Project leader, technical designer

Thijs is a project leader and technical designer. He studied garden and landscape design at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences. Before joining Felixx, he gained a lot of experience at various offices, such as KuiperCompagnons, wUrck and Carve. He realized a variety of projects in the Netherlands and knows how to turn strong concepts into buildable plans while guiding all involved parties through the different design stages.

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The team behind Felixx

Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners was founded in 2014 by Michiel Van Driessche, Marnix Vink and Deborah Lambert. In recent years Felixx has developed into an office with an international scope, with ongoing projects in Europe, Asia and Africa. The office operates from Rotterdam, with an international group of 30 enthusiastic professionals. The team has a diverse set of skills with backgrounds in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, planning, science, and industrial design. We are proficient in managing high-profile, complex projects. Teams are tailored for each assignment, comprehensive experience is merged with uninhibited enthusiasm and creativity. We remain engaged to our projects from initiation till completion, working in full collaboration with our clients and partners during research, design, technical and construction stages.

				
					Michiel Van Driessche
				
				Partner								
				
											Michiel is a landscape architect and founding partner of Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners. Michiel graduated cum laude as landscape architect in 2007 at the University College in Ghent and obtained the Master of Arts in Landscape Architecture at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture in 2012.  He has a strong focus on environmental challenges and specializes in strategic planning. His strength as a designer lies in spatial research and large scale planning projects, as well as in complex public space projects. Michiel is mainly in charge of the international portfolio of Felixx.
						
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					Deborah Lambert
				
				Partner								
				
											Deborah is a public space designer and founding partner of Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners. Deborah studied garden and landscape architecture at the Erasmus Hogeschool in Brussels and landscape architecture at the Leeds Metropolitan University in England, after which she obtained a Master of Arts in Urban Interior Design at the School of Fine Arts in Utrecht. In her designs she focuses on the social challenges and agendas and she has a strong believe in local craftsmanship. Since 2020 Deborah is a board member of the NVTL (Dutch Association for Garden and Landscape Architecture). Within the office, Deborah is the managing partner. 
						
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					Marnix Vink
				
				Partner								
				
											Marnix is an experienced landscape designer and founding partner of Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners. Marnix graduated with honours from the Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences in Velp, where he studied garden and landscape architecture. He has a pragmatic and process oriented attitude, resulting in strong designs that combine his interest in craftsmanship with conceptual design statements. At the office, Marnix is mainly responsible for a diverse range of public space projects in The Netherlands.
						
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					John de Groot
				
				Project Leader, Urban Planner, Landscape Designer								
				
											John is a project leader, working on the fringe of urban planning and landscape design. He graduated from the Rotterdam Academy for Architecture with a Master in Urbanism, after completing his Bachelor of Arts at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. John gained his experience at various urban design offices, such as Palmbout Urban Landscapes in Rotterdam and Juurlink + Geluk Amsterdam.
						
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					Maria E. Castrillo
				
				Project Leader, Architect, Landscape Designer								
				
											Maria is a landscape designer and architect, leading several public realm projects in the Netherlands and abroad. Before she joined Felixx, she studied architecture at the POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY CEU in Madrid. As a project leader by West 8, she contributed to various internationally awarded projects as the Barcelona Sgrera Linear Park. 
						
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					Eduardo Marin Salinas
				
				Project leader, researcher								
				
											Eduardo is a project leader, researcher and biologist, specializing in climate adaption strategies. At Felixx, he leads the research department. At the University of Santiago de Compostela he got his bachelor in Water Biology, Botany and Ecology and got his Master Degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Barcelona. Before he joined Felixx, Eduardo gained a lot of experience at De Urbanisten as senior landscape architect and research leader.
						
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					Ramona Stiehl
				
				Project Leader, Landscape Architect								
				
											Ramona is a project leader. She studied Landscape and Open Space Planning at Leibniz University of Hannover. She also has participated in the Leonardo da Vinci postgraduate scholarship of the European Union. Before Ramona joined Felixx, she gained her experience in Germany and Spain, after which she joined West 8 in Rotterdam. There she worked on the realization of various internationally awarded projects for 10 years.
						
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					Thijs van der Zouwen
				
				Project leader, technical designer								
				
											Thijs is a project leader and technical designer. He studied garden and landscape design at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences. Before joining Felixx, he gained a lot of experience at various offices, such as KuiperCompagnons, wUrck and Carve. He realized a variety of projects in the Netherlands and knows how to turn strong concepts into buildable plans while guiding all involved parties through the different design stages.
						
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					Fieke Damen
				
				Project Leader, Technical Designer								
				
											Fieke is a project leader and technical designer at Felixx. She has an eye for detail and knows exactly how to design and execute creative and affordable plans. She studied garden and landscape design at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences. Before Felixx, she gained most of her experience at KuiperCompagnons.
						
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					Nadya Nilina
				
				Project Leader, Strategic Planner								
				
											Nadya is a strategic planner, educated in the US at MIT and The New School for Social Research in New York. She worked with New York City, West8, KCAP, ReThink Studio, BuroAtrium and MaxWan. Nadya was a consultant at UNESCO and worked as a project leader on strategic master plans for New York, Samarra (Iraq), Brussels, Perm, Krasnoyarsk & Moscow. Since 2012 she has taught at the New York Institute of Technology and at the School of Architecture in Moscow (MARCH) and Kharkov (KhSA). Nadya uses all her experience at Felixx for projects that deal with climate adaptation, environmental resilience and social equity.
						
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					Esther Kraaijeveld
				
				Office Manager								
				
											Esther is managing our office from day to day and makes sure the office runs smoothly. She also helps with the organization and the administrative and financial functioning of Felixx. With her degree in Economics, she gained before Felixx extensive work experience as she was for 12 years office manager at BGSV in Rotterdam. At Felixx, Esther is the one to greet you by the door or answering the phone.
						
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					Robert-Jan van der Linden
				
				Landscape Designer								
				
											Robert-Jan is a landscape designer. He studied garden and landscape design at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences and did his minor landscape architecture at the Birmingham City University, where he gained strong technical knowledge. Currently, he is studying landscape architecture at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.
						
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					Zofia Krzykawska
				
				Senior Landscape Architect								
				
											Zofia is focusing on large scale planning as a senior landscape architect. She graduated from the University of Arts in Poznan, Poland, where she obtained her master’s degree in both landscape architecture and interior design. Before Zofia joined Felixx, she started her career as a designer at Karres+Brands in Hilversum and Omgeving in Antwerp.
						
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					Klaudio Ruci
				
				Architect, urban designer								
				
											Klaudio is an architect and urban designer. He got his master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Design at the Polis University in Albania. Before he joined Felixx, he obtained his experience as an architect at MetroPOLIS and as specialist architect at the Ministry of Urban Development. 
						
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					Elan Redekop van der Meulen
				
				Landscape Architect, Researcher								
				
											Elan is a landscape architect and graduated from the Technical University in Delft with a bachelor in Architecture, Urbanism and the Built Environment and a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture. Before he joined us, he got his experience at wUrck architecture, urbanism and landscape architecture. 
						
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					Natalia Andreeva
				
				Project Leader, Architect								
				
											Natalia Andreeva is an architect. She has several years of professional experience in the position of architect besides other relevant work experience in the field. She graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute with a specialist degree in architecture. After an exchange program in Stuttgart, she received a master’s degree in architecture at the KU Leuven in Belgium. Before she joined Felixx, she worked in Moscow and at IWT in Rotterdam.
						
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					Zamira Abazi
				
				Architect, urban designer								
				
											Zamira is an architect and urban designer at Felixx. She has a master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Polis University in Albania. Before she joined Felixx, she gained work experience at the Ministry of Urban Development in Albania, Ministry of Spatial Planning of Kosovo and in different architecture studios in both Albania and North Macedonia.
						
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					Naya Tzika-Kostopoulou
				
				Urban Designer								
				
											Naya is an urban designer at Felixx. She got her master’s degree in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from the TU Delft and a Bachelor in Architecture from the University of Patras in Greece. Before she joined Felixx, she got her experience at LAP Landscape & Urban Design as a landscape designer. 
						
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					Nancy Smolka
				
				Urban Designer								
				
											Nancy is an urban designer at Felixx. She studied at the University of Kassel in Germany and graduated with a degree in Urban and Regional planning. Currently, she is enrolled in the Master of Urbanism at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. Before she joined Felixx, she gained work experience at MUST Stedebouw.
						
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					Shailaja Shah
				
				Landscape Architect								
				
											Shailaja is a landscape architect. She got her bachelor at the DC Patel School of Architecture and her master’s degree in landscape architecture at CEPT University in India. Before she joined Felixx, she gained experience at BOOM Landscape in Amsterdam.
						
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					Thyra Bakker
				
				Landscape Designer								
				
											Thyra studied Spatial Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. She joined Felixx first as an intern to gain design experience. After another internship at MAAK.space in Amersfoort, we are very happy to see Thyra make her comeback at Felixx.
						
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					Cherk Ga Leung
				
				Architect, Researcher								
				
											Cherk Ga Leung is an architect and graduated from the Delft University of Technology with a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences. She obtained her bachelor’s degree at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining Felixx as an architect, she has gained experience in David Chipperfield Architects and Trace Architecture Office.
						
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					Marcela Faria Gandara
				
				Architect, urban designer								
				
											Marcela Faria Gandara is an architect and urban designer. In 2014 she graduated at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Before Marcela moved to the Netherlands, she worked in São Paulo as a sustainability consultant. In the Netherlands, she gained experience at the Municipality of The Hague as a public space designer and junior urban designer.
						
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					Shuangyun Chen
				
				Landscape Architect								
				
											Shuangyun studied at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and now has got her degree at the TU Delft as a Master of Urbanism. She joined Felixx as an intern and we are very fortunate she continues to enrich our projects with her research both as a Landscape Architect and Urban Designer.
						
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					Alessandro Rosa
				
				Architect, Urban Designer								
				
											Alessandro is an architect and landscape designer who graduated from Sapienza University in Rome with a Master's degree in Architecture. His design hunger and wanderlust brought Alessandro via Germany and the UK to The Netherlands. Working here at renowned offices such as West 8 and Delva, it was only a matter of time before our paths would cross.
						
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					Iris Olié
				
				Landscape architect, researcher								
				
											Iris obtained her Masters in Landscape Architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage - ENSP Marseille in 2018. In 2017 she visited the Netherlands as an exchange student at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam (AHK). There she quickly mastered the Dutch language and subsequently gained professional experience at various Dutch offices, including Vista. At Felixx, Iris strengthens our international research team.
						
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					Cayn Wilmsen
				
				Technical designer								
				
											Improving the relationship between society and nature was Cayn's motivation to become a landscape architect. He obtained his masters degree in landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen and gained experience at Buro Topia in Utrecht and KettingHuls Architects in Amsterdam, among others. As a technical designer at Felixx, Cayn works on functional places with an optimal climatic impact on our environment.
						
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					Tessa Mecking
				
				Intern								
				
											Tessa studies garden and landscape design at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences. As intern at Felixx, Tessa applies her green heart and inquisitive mind at a wide range of landscape projects.
						
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					Nicole Verbrugge - Zijlstra
				
				Finance & business support								
				
											Nicole manages the office's project administration. She gained her extensive experience in administration and finance at a variety of companies and also applies her skills as a volunteer for social (neighborhood) initiatives. Monitoring with a keen eye on costs and benefits, Nicole safeguards the financial sustainability of Felixx.
						
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Thijs van der Zouwen

Project leader, technical designer

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