We are SVP
SVP is an all-round design agency for architecture and urban planning with approximately 50 creative professionals and support staff. SVP was founded in 1984. The firm is a direct continuation of the Baarn-based design agency Zuiderhoek, formerly the city architect of Amersfoort, which closed in 1984.
Since its inception, our firm's DNA has been characterized by positive collaboration, equality, and inclusivity. We are proud to regularly hear that both within our team and in our relationships with our clients and partners, this 'SVP feeling' is experienced as positive. Our international (design) team consists of architects, urban planners, interior designers, structural engineers, and BIM modelers. And with our extensive network, we have an answer to every question. Partners Maartje Luisman, Esther Vlaswinkel, and Gideon de Jong together form the management team.
The people at SVP are active in various networks, give lectures and teach in the fields of sustainability and innovation, and are involved in professional associations. In this way, we seek cooperation both within and outside our field. As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility policy, we also offer internships and ensure social participation in projects in our field, such as teaching architecture and urban planning at primary schools.
DISCOVER OUR NETWORK
Aja Hagi
Architectural
With a love for architecture, Aja has found her place in engineering. She enjoys working on large and complex architectural projects and is passionate about sustainable and future-oriented design. People, the environment, and function play an important role in her design process. She is creative and strives for innovation, always looking for innovative solutions that are both aesthetic and functional.
Alex Kypriotakis - Weijers
Designer
Alex is an architect with a passion for architectural theory. Their specialty is exploring new, exciting design methods and communicating with the public through colorful and playful images.
Alexandra van Swinderen
Business development and PR
After eight years at SVP, Alexandra made a career switch from urban planner to business developer. In her new position, she is responsible for acquisition, marketing, and PR at SVP. In this way, she connects everything, both literally and figuratively.
Amelia van Haersma Buma - Gawronska
Architect
Amelia has been working at SVP since 2006. For her, architecture and urban planning are inextricably linked. She always draws inspiration from the location. She then sets out to find the experience she wants to offer users and the right balance between aesthetics and functionality. As a client, you are of course welcome to join her on this special design journey.
Andrea Fernandez
Urban planner
After gaining experience in Madrid and Rotterdam, Andrea has found her place at SVP. Andrea is an urban planner with an analytical approach and strategic vision. She is both a doer and a thinker! Her drive and communication skills stimulate every team she works with. Andrea is our agency's GIS specialist.
Anouk van Dongen
Executive Secretary
With experience in various industries, executive secretary Anouk juggles multiple tasks simultaneously. Her heart beats faster when faced with a complex schedule, and she is adept at organizing parties and gatherings. This is beneficial, as we at SVP enjoy a celebration!
Barbara Dirks
Architect, MT member
Barbara has extensive experience as an architect, with an emphasis on designing non-residential buildings in wood and inner-city housing projects. She always focuses on sustainability and circularity. She enjoys working on 'the city'. How do we design a resilient city for all transition challenges (energy, materials, mobility, and economic)? How do you get everyone on board? Barbara tackles this challenge by using visual stories to discuss change with stakeholders, get them excited, and give them room for their own input. Because only through connection can we bring about real change.
Bastiaan Vrij
Designer
As an aspiring architect, Bastiaan thrives on architecture in a social context. The more urban the assignment, the more interesting it is. Where spatial planning becomes more critical, the role of architecture becomes even more tangible. The interaction between the context of the city, the building, and the details—that is where his passion lies.
Bertus Bomhof
Architect
As a true all-rounder, Bertus bridges the gap between urban planning and architecture, and between design and implementation. He enjoys working with colleagues to come up with beautiful designs for clients. Handy as he is, he likes to make models and enjoys working on beautiful images and illustrations on the computer.
Christian Hazeleger
Designer
Improving residential happiness and building a pleasant living environment is his driving force. Christian is a versatile designer with extensive experience in residential construction and healthcare. With his curious and open mind, he is perfectly at home at SVP.
Daphne Boomsma
Communications Officer
As a communications professional, Daphne has worked for various employers, ranging from advertising to government and from network operators to theater. The common thread in her work is her love of clear language. At SVP, she helps her colleagues as a "text doctor" and writes appealing texts for the website.
David Philipsen
Architect
David the Cabbage
Urban planner | Architect
David is an urban planner with a love for locations that few people appreciate. How do you turn mundane environments into pleasant places? With ambition, drive, and attention to detail, any environment can be made a little more pleasant, dynamic, and sustainable.
Dennis Aalbersberg
Architect | Urban designer
Projects at the intersection of architecture and urban planning are the challenges that give Dennis the most energy. After studying both urban planning and architecture, his main experience has been in complex housing projects in the city. In addition, his roots in the 'bicycle city' of Houten planted the seed for his interest in mobility challenges.
Desirée Eggink
Urban planner, MT member
Desirée is an urban planner with an integrated view of complex assignments. She has extensive experience with (highly) urban area transformations. In her opinion, projects only have quality if attention is also paid to social cohesion, well-being, and the changing climate. Thanks to her contemplative view, she asks the right questions. Her drive is to make assignments fly in collaboration with others.
Edo Brunekreef
Architectural
Edo comes from a technical background and has been working as an architectural modeler at SVP since 1997. His love of regulations has led him to specialize in this area of our field. With his perfectionist nature and down-to-earth approach, he takes his projects to a higher level.
Esther Conesa Soto
Architect | Urban Planner
Esther is like a fine wine: long-serving and becoming more valuable with age. She applies her experience as an architect and urban planner to integrated projects and feasibility studies. Her Spanish roots give her a healthy dose of spirit, but she is also a good listener and always thinks in terms of solutions.
Esther Vlaswinkel
Partner | Urban Planner
After graduating from Delft University of Technology, Esther (1971) worked at SVP for seven years. She then became an associate at Inbo and ran her own agency for a few years. After almost 15 years, she returned to SVP as a partner in 2017. Esther is a conceptual thinker with strong visual skills. She is involved in planning and vision development at all scales between buildings and cities. As an architect and urban planner, integrated projects are right up her alley. She focuses on connecting programmatic and social issues with spatial solutions. Fascinated by the city in all its facets, she works in various crossovers with specialists in the fields of sustainability, mobility, information technology, branding, and heritage. With her enthusiastic ideas, she inspires the team and takes projects to a higher level.
Frank Stahl
Architect
Frank has extensive experience in transforming and repurposing buildings. He seeks contemporary, sustainable solutions and a careful balance between respect for the past and value for future generations.
Gianni Nieland
BIM modeler
In addition to his studies at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, Gianni works for us as a BIM modeler. Gianni is a team player who believes in the power of collaborative creation. This is reflected in his work, which focuses on the user, because only then can a design be truly successful, in his opinion.
Gideon de Jong
Partner | Architect
Gideon (1969) has been a partner at SVP since 2019. After training as an architect at the Academy of Architecture, he worked successively as an architect at Koen van Velsen, Merkx + Girod architects, SVP, and had his own firm. Gideon is a broadly oriented architect who ensures that his buildings are also constructed. He is enthusiastic and possesses vision, objectivity, and responsibility. His curiosity drives him to constantly seek new methods and ways to build better and smarter. Modular construction and building with wood are his specialties. Gideon has a lot of energy and wants to move forward, taking others with him. He sets high standards for himself and others, which is why he always gets the most out of a team.
Imke van Leuken
Architect
With extensive experience at various agencies in the Netherlands and abroad, Imke has found her place at SVP. By listening carefully to our clients and colleagues, Imke arrives at a design that everyone in the team supports. Imke excels at designing facades. To support her vision, she likes to work with beautiful, striking reference images or simple illustrations.
Inge Blaas
Designer
As a young designer, Inge wants to create meaningful and enriching designs from a holistic perspective. By designing with an eye for people, nature, and buildings, she contributes to social improvement and a sustainable future. And in Inge's visualizations, conceptual ideas come to life.
Jan Tatousek
Architect
Having grown up in the Bijlmer neighborhood of Prague and a cauliflower neighborhood in Eindhoven, Jan views the living environment as a total work of art. He enjoys designing at the intersection of architecture and urban planning, which he does with care and precision. His passion is photographing buildings and cityscapes in the Netherlands and Central Europe.
Jennifer Maier
Architect
Jennifer has a strong affinity for transformation and sustainability projects in existing buildings. She enjoys balancing the existing (heritage) values, the genius loci, with the current task and the social context. For her, a design is only successful if it has become sensory, sustainable, and future-proof.
Joost Kettmann
Architectural
Joost is a BIM manager and technical project leader. He is responsible for the technical development of our plans and the overall planning of the architects. He is precise and disciplined and has an eye for detail. Joost has worked for several large companies and also for himself, but now feels at home at SVP.
Joost van der Doelen
Urban planner
As an all-round urban designer, Joost is adept at establishing connections between all levels of scale. He recognizes potential bottlenecks in a design or process and immediately comes up with possible solutions. Joost communicates effectively and acts quickly. And that's a good thing, because it leaves him time to renovate his own house!
Jop Voorn
Architect, MT member
Jop has extensive experience as an architect. He learned his trade at renowned firms in the Netherlands and Germany. He has a penchant for creating buildings with a social function. Jop is our education expert. For him, it is important to give shape to the client's dream, to complement it, but also to leave room for future dreams. To do this, he puts himself in the shoes of the stakeholders.
Juliana Kleba Rizental
Architect
After studying architecture and gaining work experience in Germany, Brazilian Juliana has been living in the Netherlands since 2016. She has worked on various projects involving the transformation of buildings into homes and detailing in wood. With her experience in working in DO phases, she has learned to view a building both in detail and as a whole. She wants to continue contributing to healthy buildings with a low environmental impact.
Jurjen the Goose
Architect, MT member
Jurjen has extensive experience as an architect, with completed projects both at home and abroad. He has specific knowledge and experience of modular timber construction and BREEAM projects. He designs across different scales as a matter of course, with the main aim of implementing the intrinsic quality of a design down to the last detail.
Karlijn Verwers
Urban planner
Karlijn is broadly oriented and a true team player. She is a social jack-of-all-trades with extensive experience in the entire process of creating an urban development plan. She coordinates larger plans and designs and organizes smaller plans herself.
Kasper Lemminga
Urban designer
Kasper is a passionate urban planner in training. He is fascinated by urban transformations and enjoys designing based on strong concepts. He likes to contribute to a pleasant and sustainable built environment.
Kinda Khatib
Junior designer
Kinda prefers to design homes where people truly feel at home. For her, a functional and meaningful design is only successful if sustainability, adaptive reuse, interior design, and the experience of space are also optimally taken into account. She has an eye for detail and keeps the users in mind.
Leon Hietbrink
Urban designer
Creating new places has always been a passion of Leon's, and at SVP he puts this into practice as an urban planner. His strength lies in bringing together the wishes and requirements of stakeholders from different disciplines in a spatially feasible plan, and this is what gives him the most energy.
Maartje Luisman
Partner | Urban Planner
Maartje (1973) became a partner in 2008 after eight years of service at SVP. After completing her training as an urban planner, she worked for several years at the municipality of Utrecht. Maartje has a penchant for projects involving complex processes. She is a natural leader and can quickly get to the heart of a task or problem. She maintains an overview and does not get lost in details. Maartje has an eye for all interests and is therefore an excellent 'connector' between parties. She does this in her role as facilitator of 'pressure cookers', for example, where a complex task is worked on in a multi-day session with all stakeholders and interested parties. Maartje's attention to people is the basis of the 'family feeling' in the team.
Manon Whitewood
Urban planner
A highly experienced urban planner with a green heart. The design and implementation of landscaped living environments are in good hands with Manon. She is always committed to creating a pleasant, future-proof place for residents, where cultural history, climate resilience, and inclusivity are important themes in addition to the landscape. People are very happy living in Manon's neighborhoods and districts!
Marcel Steeghs
Architect, MT member
With nearly 30 years of experience as an architect, Marcel is a valuable addition to this team. He designs spaces and buildings based on a clear vision, with a particular focus on craftsmanship. At SVP, he is the specialist in modular construction and flexible living, having designed the highly acclaimed SET modular apartment complex in IJburg, among other projects. His experience covers the entire spectrum of architecture, from interior design to complex non-residential construction, transformations, and affordable residential buildings. He always designs with an eye for both the big picture and the details.
Marie-Stella Livrieri
Architect
In her approach, Marie-Stella focuses on how people experience the designed space and how they interact with each other. She combines her French background and experiences abroad and in the Netherlands to create an inclusive and sensible approach. She enjoys working in a team and always remains optimistic. What attracts her to SVP? Above all, the combination of architecture and urban planning and how they reinforce and influence each other.
Marjon Mors
Architect | Interior designer
Marjon knows the ropes and understands the interests of clients. With her experience and overview, she knows how to effectively manage design teams and teach our young designers the trade. Marjon has been working at SVP for more than 20 years and has designed a large number of school buildings. In 2019, she stepped down as director in order to devote her full attention to the projects.
Martijn Eefting
Architect | Urban Planner
Martijn is an urban designer and architect with extensive international experience. After completing a number of complex mixed-use projects in London, he now works at SVP on integrated urban projects.
Martin IJtsma
Architectural
After 12 years, Martin returned to SVP. In recent years, he has mainly worked for contractors, where he gained extensive knowledge about engineering BIM implementation models from various architects. At SVP, he applies this knowledge and juggles all relevant information to do justice to the architectural design.
Menno van Appeldoorn
Administrator
Menno is the point of contact for all administrative matters. He is our rock! He knows SVP like no other and is the first port of call for all employees. He also rolls up his sleeves to keep the IT systems running smoothly. Thanks to Menno, SVP runs like clockwork.
Merijn van der Does
Urban designer
Merijn is a cheerful and driven designer who focuses on tackling complex social issues on an urban scale. Her passion lies in striving for a healthy and active living environment where urban nature plays a central role. Her ultimate goal: balanced cities where people, plants, and animals all feel at home.
Nicole Geertsma
Architect
Nicole is an architect of integrity with an excellent sense of color and materials. She enjoys designing interiors for schools. Nicole can often be found on the skybridge of our building, where she brings together the right combination of materials in the daylight.
Paul van Kerkoerle
Urban planner
Paul is a true designer. Creating enjoyable and nature-inclusive spaces is his main motivation. With 20 years of experience, he has a wealth of inspiring references from home and abroad. As a project manager, he has excellent communication skills, but he also knows how to listen and ask the right questions—essential for pleasant collaboration with his clients.
Paula Gascón-Pelegrí
Designer
Spanish architect Paula believes in creating architecture that adds spatial and social value to its context. Her analytical approach combines functionality with the user experience. With dedication and a passion for collaboration, she is delighted to be part of the team!
Peter Kramer
Architectural
By working as an assistant supervisor during his architecture studies, his interest shifted towards technical development. Pieter has gained a lot of experience in the renovation and restoration of public buildings and enjoys working on beautiful buildings where the interior also plays an integral role.
Ratib Bakri
landscape architect
According to Ratib, urban planning is also about people and stories. This 'soft side' is reflected in his work on, among other things, the revitalization of historic cities in his homeland of Palestine and the design of Dutch cities. With his knowledge of digital mapping, mobility planning, and digital fabrication, he is laying the foundation for a more connected, resilient future.
Robbert Kleine Schaars
Architect
Robbert has a strong affinity with social challenges. He believes that a building is not only designed for its users, but that it should also contribute something to the place where it stands. In doing so, he seeks to strike a balance between the different flows of users within an urban environment. This complex 'puzzle work' is his great motivation.
Rose Marijn Limburg
Urban planner
Roos has a strong passion for the social context and develops clear spatial concepts that are widely supported. Her experience with placemaking, including in Senegal, gives her a broad perspective. She uses this expertise to create places where social connection and local strength are central.
Sara Vázquez
Architect | Urban Planner
Sara is an architect and urban planner, and integrated design is second nature to her. Innovative housing types fit seamlessly into her approach. She combines the knowledge of SVP with the lessons she learned abroad. In her view, these contribute to flexible, sustainable, and, above all, inclusive cities.
Stef Veldhuizen
Urban planner
Coming up with simple solutions for programs that seem difficult at first glance in challenging locations. You can always call Stef for that. In a bit of a hurry? No problem. Because nothing is more fun than sketching. He has a keen administrative sense and diplomatic genes (which can sometimes even get in his way). Difficult to reach when there is natural ice.
Tamar Tsanava
Architect
A curious young designer from post-Soviet Georgia who doesn't stop until she is 100% satisfied. A good floor plan or a balanced facade design is a work of art to her. Tamar skillfully expresses her conceptual ideas in a few lines; her hand sketches are works of art and can be used directly on a construction board.
Tess Nijhuis
Urban designer
Creating dynamic urban environments, with a strong emphasis on self-sufficiency and social well-being, is what Tess considers most important. She sets ambitious goals and looks forward to working with colleagues to create sustainable and livable environments.
Tim the Graag
Architect | Urban designer
After working on a wide range of projects at various agencies, Tim now works as an urban planner at SVP. With his background as an architect, he prefers to work on complex inner-city projects at the intersection of architecture and urban planning, which makes him a perfect fit at SVP! Tim has a particular fondness for solid places and buildings that feel both surprising and familiar at the same time.
Wilco Huppelschoten
Architect
Wilco works on various residential and non-residential construction projects, from sketch to technical design. He is one of our specialists in the field of modular construction and flexible living. He gets a lot of energy from pleasant collaboration and loves to create powerful concepts.
Zoë Baremans
Designer
Zoë believes that good design can enhance the environment. She focuses on people as well as biodiversity and sustainability. Zoë enjoys working with others and wants to develop further as a designer with a curious mindset.
