Frans van der Werf

Ir. Frans van der Werf is architect and urban planner. Frans graduated in the seventies on his award winning project: ‘Housing in a Linear City’, in which he anticipated Open Building ideas. He participated in the planning of Evry, a new town near Paris. He designed social housing, city centers, care centers and urban design schemes. In his book ‘Open Ontwerpen’ (Open Design) he discusses his professional experiences with innovations in Open Building projects.