Kees Kaan (1961) Studied architecture at Delft University of Technology. As founding partner of the firm Claus en Kaan Architecten, he has built up an international range of projects among which the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague a and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique are well known. Kees Kaan takes part in many commissions: He was a member of the Quality Team Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam and a teacher at the Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam/Rotterdam from 1994 to 1998. He is a member of the professional Advisory Group of the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in Aberdeen and is now professor at the Delft University of Technology. Kees Kaan is a board member of the Architecture Institute Rotterdam (AIR foundation) and has been a juror for many international architectural competitions. He lectures in cities all over the world, under which Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Mexico City, Paris, Vienna and Tokyo.

Henri van Bennekom (1964) graduated cum laude from TU Delft faculty of Architecture, and graduated from the Amsterdamse Technische Hogeschool. He has worked primarily as a designer/project leader on large public buildings, such as the headquarters of ‘De Nederlandsche Bank’ in Amsterdam, The European Patent Office in The Hague (at A+D+P Architecten), the Netherlands Forensic Institute in the Hague (with Claus en Kaan Architecten), and the Courts of Justice in Zwolle (for the Governmental Building Agency). Henri van Bennekom is founding partner of the architectural firm ‘VBVP Architecten’, mainly designing private residences in The Netherlands and The United States. Together with Kees Kaan he is responsible for the Chair of Materialisation.

Rob Bollen (1968) studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology. He is a founding partner of the firm ‘Ma architecten’ and has been teaching at the Faculty of Architecture since 1998. He joined the chair of Materialisation in 2008. Rob currently coordinates the ‘MADD’ master programme.
 

Engbert van der Zaag (1959) graduated at the TU Delft in both Architecture and Urbanism. As a project architect he has worked primarily on large scale social housing projects with Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau. Amongst his projects are ‘Hoop, Liefde en Fortuin’, ‘Westerkwartier’ and ‘Malaparte’ on Borneo-eiland in Amsterdam and ‘de Hobbemanstraat’ in Den Haag. Engbert also made urban studies for Borneo-eiland in Amsterdam. Since 2006 he is partner at MIR architecten. Apart from his commitment to 'Materialisation'  he  teaches at the chair of Building Technology and coordinates the BSc3. He believes in the ‘Critical Detail.’