Better Bus Stop

ir. Hans Cool (Rijswijk, Netherlands, 1965) studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology, during which he focussed on architecture as well as construction technology and interior design. As a draftsman, designer and project manager, he worked for various architectural offices, ranging from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam through NACO Airport Design in The Hague. He also designed for the Design and Technique Directorate of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. Cool has been working with cepezed since 2000, where he works on both new developments and renovation projects of various nature and scale. He was the lead designer for the widely published bus terminal in Tilburg, Netherlands and has an intense penchant for the architectural detail.

President of the Architectural Association of Alicante. Juan Vidal Prize, awarded by the Alicante Provincial Council, shared with the Architect Manuel Lillo. I work as a freelance architect and urban planner for both the private sector and the public administration. It is worth highlighting the work carried out either as an author or in collaboration with engineering firms and multidisciplinary teams on transport infrastructure (Orihuela Modal Interchange, FGV Central Intermodal Station Project and TRAM underground stations in the Alicante Line 1 extension project, and the recent Santapola bus station, with the architect Manuel Lillo), maritime works (Benidorm Marina and Nautical Club), industrial works (landscape integration actions in the Alacantí Norte and Moraira sewage treatment plants, among others) and development works, urbanization and landscape (Urban Renovation of the Paseo del Arenal in Jávea, and in Alicante, the New North Access to the Port, the urbanization of the South Access, and the Rehabilitation of the Marina Station and its surroundings, as well as various studies of planning and strategies for action on the coast) and facilities (Fire Station in Benissa and Torrevieja, Auditorium in Benidoleig, Cultural Centre in Hondon de las Nives, Municipal Offices Building, both in collaboration with Manuel Lillo, and Church in Murcia, in collaboration with Miguel Fisac) as well as the residential work

Slovenian born Mateja Vehovar graduated in architecture at ETH Zurich. She rounded off her education at Columbia University in New York, where her Master Thesis achieved the “Honor Award for Excellency in Design”. After working for offices such as Theo Hotz, Bernhard Tschumi, and Studio Asymptote, she established her own practice while teaching architecture and urbanism with Marc Angélil at the ETH Zurich. She was board member of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects. Besides her practical activity she has been member of numerous competition juries In 1996 Mateja Vehovar and Stefan Jauslin established their studio Vehovar & Jauslin in Zurich. They have been working on a wide range of assignments in Switzerland and abroad in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, scenography, and urban lighting schemes since. Their projects have often attracted international attention beyond the professional world. Among their best-known projects are the Swiss National Exhibition Expo.02 “Arteplage Yverdon-les-Bains”, the “Sihlcity Church”, the “space for contemplation” in Boldern, the square “Urteilsplatz” in Lahr, or the multi-award-winning bus terminal in Aarau, realizing the world's largest air-supported structure consisting of a single chamber. Their work received several awards around the world. For their cooperative interdisciplinary approach, which was innovative at the time, they were awarded the Swiss Art Prize from the Swiss Confederation back in 1999.

Swiss Born Stefan Jauslin graduated from ETH Zurich in 1992. He then formed his own practice as architect and set designer while teaching “Capturing and Representing Space by means of Video” with Rudlof Manz at ETH Zurich from 1992 to 1993. From 1994 to 1997 he was teaching architecture and urbanism with Marc Angélil at ETH Zurich. 2003-2004 he was visiting lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. From 2004-2014 has been member of the editorial board of the renowned swiss journal “archithese”. In 1996 Mateja Vehovar and Stefan Jauslin established their studio Vehovar & Jauslin in Zurich. They have been working on a wide range of assignments in Switzerland and abroad in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, scenography, and urban lighting schemes since. Their projects have often attracted international attention beyond the professional world. Among their best-known projects are the Swiss National Exhibition Expo.02 “Arteplage Yverdon-les-Bains”, the “Sihlcity Church”, the “space for contemplation” in Boldern, the square “Urteilsplatz” in Lahr, or the multi-award-winning bus terminal in Aarau, realizing the world's largest air-supported structure consisting of a single chamber. Their work received several awards around the world. For their cooperative interdisciplinary approach, which was innovative at the time, they were awarded the Swiss Art Prize from the Swiss Confederation back in 1999.