ExS Architects are designing a new project in Almere. A single family house with a yellow brick facade combined with wooden elements.

"More and more people in the Netherlands want to design their own homes. With ExS Architects, they have a partner that not only looks at the wishes of today, but also the needs of tomorrow.

Between the Kralingse Zoom and the Abraham van Rijckevorselweg lies the Leonidas location. This unique location owes its name to the Rotterdam Hockey Club, which played its matches there from 1934 to 2010.

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The construction of plot 42 is almost finished. 

One of our free standing houses in Entreegebied will start building soon. Stay tuned for more pictures.

ExS Architects is now collaborating with Vossius Bouw and Finimax to provide a total service of designing, financing and building your own home.

ExS is designing six storey apartment building for three families in Ijburg, Amsterdam. The bay windows and balconies on the facade give a distinct character to each of apartments.

Plot 3 Leonidas, constructed in Avlida Greece in Wands Vasilainas factory, transported to Rotterdam port and set up on site. The containers arrived on the 9th of September and the house has been set up within a few days.

ExS newest villa in Kralingen Rotterdam. This is our 5th house in Leonidas area.

House of Casper and Enya in plot B55, Plant je Vlag Nijmegen. Almost there.

Senior Architect  (2 positions)

ExS Architects is searching for a Senior Architect with 7+ years experience. ExS is looking for candidates that share the interest in high quality of design and the ability to realise it in quality buildings.

ExS is growing: We are happy to announce that since February 2016 we have enriched our services with our new BIM department. We can now offer complete Building Information Modelling services to both our clients and our colleagues.

A patent design by ExS for green facades, fences and acoustic barriers. Wallpot was ranked 3rd among 7.

Isn't it nice to have a roof-garden?There is an opportunity for a subsidy for green roofs and facades in a lot of cities in the Netherlands.Inspiration photo: prairie garden of Leon in Brussels Branch Tribu collection.

ExS Architects delivered one more design for a family house in the former hockey field Leonidas at the Kralinger Esch Rotterdam, for Mona and Mohamed. It is a two-storey free-standing house, which will be constructed with wood.

Job Lee is organising together with the active inhabitants and social organisations an Christmasparty for the neighbourhood Schans Watergeus. The results of Studio Delfshaven where Job Lee has been working in it since september will be presented to their inhabitants and their network.

On the 9th of december Job Lee is organising a Mix & Match working session together with the most potential inhabitants who wants to start their social business in the neighbourhood Schans Watergeus in Delfshaven. Together with PlastVastGoed of Marjolein Dekker and Delfshaven Cooperatie they will make mix and match to get sustainable projects for this neighbourhood.

Plan Morgenzon is the newest area in Winterswijk where it is possible to build your own house. The site is making lots of progress in a short time.

We are happy to announce that ExS Architects are now on facebook. This way we can easier update our progress of the projects to you.

Our first Deckhuis for Plantjevlag Nijmegen is already inhabited! The couple Ad & Tineke are finishing their house by themselves. The toilet, bathroom and the kitchen looks very lovely and is made with wood as well.

A young couple with a kid contact us for the percels B59/B60 of Plantjevlag Nijmegen. We have visit them in their appartement and they would love to live in a groundbounding house with a garden, minimum three bedrooms and space for their hobby like cycling and mountainbiking.

After the workshop that took place on the 29th of January of CPO experiment 2015 in  Nijmegen, we are happy to announce that we are really close to the definitive design. The  design is shaping with the close cooperation of the architects and the future inhabitants in a participatory design process.

As of 1st of May ExS office is moving to the renovated exciting West Rotterdam building, with a cafeteria on the ground floor and some of the most interesting architectural offices in town in one building! We exchange the centre for a lot more parking and a view to Euromast and Parkhaven!

Our new address: Westzeedijk 399, 3024EK, Rotterdam

http://www.westrotterdam.

ExS has designed terraced houses with saddle roof for the first time. Due to regulations, ExS  expanded their range of design to explore architecture with a traditional roof and as surfacefor photovoltaic panels.

The construction of the first Deckhuis in the area Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen is now in  progress. The house has already started to take its final form.

Exs delivered the pre­‐design for a passive house next to water, in Plant‐je­‐Vlag, with a  Trombe Wall as a south facade. Energy neutral.

A selection of students' projects from the design studio that Elina Karanastasi runs the last 3 years in KU Leuven, is published in the book of Charles Jencks "The architecture of hope". The studio aims to design a Maggie's centre, a day care and support centre for cancer patients and their families.

Exs Architects nominated for the Lakov Chernikhov International Prize.

The Iakov Chernikhov Prize is awarded every two years to young masters of contemporary.

Onewall, Veldhuis, Deckhuis and Warmwall have all been selected and published in the new book of the municipality of Amsterdam that aims to give an inspiration to future self-builders.  To download the book and read more about the self-building program of Amsterdam click HERE.

The construction of the first Deckhuis in the area Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen has just started. Plot B40 will soon be occupied by a freestanding Deckhuis designed by the ExS team.

ExS has been developing variations of the Deckhuis for new self-builders in Nijmegen and Rotterdam. The several alternatives give among others the possibility for 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms, an extended kitchen or an additional terrace on the first floor.

ExS Architects were present at the Zelfbouwmarkt on the 4th of October in Amsterdam. 79 visitors took an option for a plot, gained inspiration and got information on all the aspects of DiY, including architecture, construction and financial matters.

Elina Karanastasi is teaching for the fourth year the First Year Master in Architectural Design in KU Leuven. The studio aims to design a Maggie’s centre, a day care and support centre for cancer patients and their families.

Elina Karanastasi will lecture on the 4th of August in UIA Durban.  ‘What if we had bitparcels instead of plots?’ is a retrospective analysis on a project of ExS together with Griik Architects and WeLoveTheCity Urban planners.

Four houses by ExS team were selected to be published in the new book of the municipality of Amsterdam that aims to give an inspiration to future self-builders. 

Onewall, Veldhuis, Deckhuis and Warmwall passive house will be published in September.

The groundbreaking day of the first Deckhuis in the area of Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen is coming: in the end of August 2014 the first Deckhuis goes to construction! The Deckhuis, a 2013 design of ExS, has attracted a lot of lovers self-builders throughout the Netherlands through the website www.deckhuis.

ExS have entered the Leonidas self-building program in Rotterdam. Exs was among the two architectural offices invited to present on the 3rd of july their ecological houses for the urban plan concept of the area, in front of the first 23 self-builders.

First time home buyers can find information about the design, construction and cost of the Deckhuis. Drawings and images are available on the website together with descriptions of the concept the structure and the specific design features.

ExS has designed two new houses for people who want to build on their own and cannot afford to pay a lot. More information on the programme (Ik Bouw Betaalbaar Nijmegen) HERE.

Deckhuis is a wooden house designed by ExS Architects for the program "Ik bouw betaalbar Nijmegen".  It is a compact house that combines indoor and outdoor living in a functional and energy-efficient way.