Wouter Fris

Wouter Fris is CEO at ReDock, an initiative to rethink the way we live and to develop green villages as part of large scale eco-restoration projects. Wouter is also founder and partner at D/DOCK, an Amsterdam based design and architecture studio in Amsterdam with an international portfolio and a drive for innovation as part of a passion to shape the changing world. Last (but not least) Wouter is founder and partner at Furnify, a company that gives old furniture a second life as part of a vision to design up to 100% circular. With an education as building engineer, project manager and designer Wouter has always tried turn design into a healthy business case for his clients. Concepts like healing environments, healing offices, circular schools and ReDock, turn out highly successful because of the different approach to the market, the human based qualities and the healthy business case behind it. In 1984 Wouter started as a partner at studio Heyligers in Amsterdam, handling lots of international projects mainly focused on the fusion between interior design and technology. After lounging an office at Kuala Lumpur Wouter decided to start his own company D/DOCK in 2004. D/DOCK was focused on conceptual design and innovation, which turned out to be very successful. With clients like Google, Facebook and Microsoft the company has grown to 45 designers and project managers. Wouter’s latest initiative, ReDock, is far out the most challenging and daring attempt to really show a different world, a different way of working, living and learning without parasitizing our planet but on contrary, repairing it.