HHN – LCC Terminal 
Theo Reitsema – Reitsema & partners architects - The Netherlands

Biography

Theo Reitsema (1977, Almelo) graduated with honors in 2004 from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, studying under professor Donald van Dansik (OMA, One architecture). After his study he started his own office in the Netherlands: Reitsema & partners architects (www.reitsema.com).

He won the second prize for best young architect in the Archiprix 2005 with his design for a Low Cost Carrier Terminal. He has won several design competitions. His work has been published in books and magazines. He has been working as a part-time tutor and critic at the Architecture Faculty at the Technical University of Darmstadt, the Academy of Architecture in Arnhem and the DIA-Bauhaus in Dessau.

Theo Reitsema runs a young and dynamic architectural office in the Netherlands. The assignments vary from research, concepts, villa’s to office buildings and airport terminals.

HHN - LOW COST CARRIER TERMINAL

Location: Hahn, Germany
Type: Transportation centre

A changing society brings along new challenges. The rapid rise of Low Cost Carier traffic forms an example. What does this mean for airports? How to maximize efficiency and flexibility, while remaining contextual and spatial? To extend the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), a new airport typology is developed.