Superimpose Architecture is an internationally awarded architecture studio with offices in Rotterdam, Beijing, and Hong Kong. It was founded in 2015 by Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, and Ruben Bergambagt. The firm works on a diverse range of projects across Europe and Asia, spanning architecture, urban planning, interior design, and exhibition design. Superimpose combines a distinct Dutch design attitude with a refined Asian design philosophy. Their strength lies not in a fixed style, but in the strategic resolution of spatial challenges—always with a strong focus on sustainability, context, and human scale.
The studio has built an impressive portfolio, including Vanke Sky City in Hangzhou, the educational Micr-O Center, the factory transformation The Re-Veil, and the Well Living Lab. The partners have collectively worked on over thirty completed projects and bring experience from top firms such as Foster + Partners and Benoy.
Superimpose places great importance on diversity, collaboration, and knowledge sharing—through academic teaching and interdisciplinary co-creation. Their work has received multiple international accolades, including the Iconic Awards and the American Architecture Prize, and the studio is recognized as one of the most promising young practices worldwide.
The name Superimpose reflects their methodology: designing through the careful layering of context, vision, and social responsibility.
ZJA Architects & Engineers was founded in 1990. From its head office in Amsterdam, an international team of architects, engineers, researchers and inventors works on leading national and international projects in the fields of infrastructure, public transport and public amenities. As a specialist in computational design, ZJA develops smart, sustainable and future-oriented solutions. Driven by collaboration, research and innovation, the firm realises projects that strengthen the built environment and add lasting value for users and society. “The better the design, the more it enriches society, and the more refined and carefully new functions are interwoven with their surroundings.”
ZJA’s portfolio includes ongoing projects such as several sports complexes in Belgium, the renewal of Amsterdam Central Station, the renewal of Schiphol, Zuidasdok, and the ring roads around Brussels and Antwerp. The firm has also been responsible for multi-award-winning projects such as various stadiums, the light rail station in The Hague, the Eurostar UK Terminal, the Climate Greenhouse of the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, the Diamond Exchange/Capital C in Amsterdam, the Silt Middelkerke event venue in Belgium and several striking bridges. In all these designs, ZJA brings together technology, spatial quality and user experience.
