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Nationality
  
Icelandic

Occupation
  
Architect


Name
  
Jon Kristinsson

Role
  
Architect

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Born
  
May 7, 1936
Reykjavik, Iceland

Practice
  
Architecten- en ingenieursbureau kristinsson bv

Buildings
  
Minimum energy housing development - 184 houses in Schiedam

Education
  
Delft University of Technology

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Jón Kristinsson (born May 7, 1936, Reykjavík) is a Dutch architect.

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Biography

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Kristinsson matriculated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1956. He then studied architecture at Delft University of Technology.

In 1966, Kristinsson together with his architect college and wife Riet Reitsema established an architect and engineering office in Deventer.

During the period 1992–2001 Kristinsson together with Kees Duijvestein held a joint professorship in Environmental technique and design in the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. Following retirement in 2001, Kristinsson has worked on innovations at the Architecten- en ingenieursbureau kristinsson bv office in Deventer.

Major building designs

  • Town Hall Lelystad (1976) an integrated design of a self-supporting building. Worlds first seasonal heat storage in wet ground, parabolic solar collectors, balanced ventilation with heat regain, humidifying by plants and spring fountains, insulated shutters at night and acoustic of a concert hall. (Not built)
  • Minimum-energy housing development 1979-83 in Schiedam. 184 social houses were built. The project altered the building tradition in the Netherlands. Some of the innovative design includes: Airtight building, wall insulation on the outside, foundation and roof insulation. In the kitchen balanced ventilation with heat recovery in the hood of the cooker.
  • In 1980: Atolls in the North Sea pumped dry by windmills/watermills as an alternative for atomic power.
  • The energy producing greenhouse and the "edible city" are development concepts with 2ha glasshouse with seasonal heatstorage that heat 200 properly designed houses.
  • Floriade 2012 the tenannual horticultural exposition in Venlo the Netherlands

    • References

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