Look Who it Was Random video

Recipe for discovery | Janjaap Ruijssenaars | TEDxMaastricht

3,979 views · Published 21 October 2014 · 14:58 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Janjaap Ruijssenaars is a professor at the Royal Academy of Dutch Architects in the Netherlands. After graduating as an architect he founded Universe Architecture and found a way for all projects: Innovation by going back in time. 

 Janjaap Rijssenaars was educated at Western State College of Colorado USA, Universidad Polytecnica Barcelona Spain and TU Delft Netherlands.

 A few examples of his projects:

• Floating Bed (gravity): First piece of furniture that seems to fall ´up´ instead of down due to magnetism. World Premier and elected Best Invention by TIME Magazine.
• Landscape House (continuity): Infinite structure without beginning or ending based on planet Earth´s surface that will be 3d printed. TIME: “The design for the building, the Landscape House, has been getting as much curiosity as the mode by which the designers plan to produce it.´´A strong team of ´founding fathers´ with companies like BAM, ABNAmro, I Amsterdam and TUDelft  is formed to realize this project as Endless Expo Space in Amsterdam.
• Tetris House (density): ´´Inventive row housing with 360 degree views for everyone´´ (ANP). A casco product that allows inhabitants to live in the highest density by sharing quality. A product that is being developed with contractor and developer Vink bouw and will soon be on the market.

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