Contact
Martijn Koch MSc.Apparatenfabriek 30-40
5617 BD Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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+31618201318
Register of Dutch architects: 1.050315.008
Chamber of Commerce: 17239448
Privacy
There is no tracking of visitors. Simply because viewing logs is boring (99% robots). Just send me a message if you want your visit to be noticed.Messages are kept in my inbox and this means your message and e-mail address is stored offline in an e-mail backup. It's not used for anything else than answering your message. If you want your old messages to be deleted, give me a call.
Sustainability
Our office is located in an old Philips factory. The building is designed to built radio's in it. Because of the smart construction, the building is in use close to 100 years now in a variation of functions. This setting inspires to put sustainability at the core of our business.The office:
In the office we make use of small energy efficient computers. There is no printer: the workflow is paperless. We don't use air-conditioning.
Architecture:
To distinguish our business we try to make every design solution function as energy saver and/or to reduce maintenance costs. We deliver you energy saving advice for your house that makes it more spacious and better looking. We transform your house architecturally while it comes with energy saving and lower maintenance.
What installations do I need? Why is it better to leave my old electricity meter instead of getting a newer smart one? How to deal with bad energy contracts? How to deal with municipalities with strange hobbies like "all electric". We guide you through this labyrinth.
Urban planning:
We love to assist you with your urban renewal plans. We try to put the long term vision at the basis for the urban design. How will my building function in 50 years? Or is it wise to choose a temporary solution? You certainly want to make profit on your development, so you want to sell that last house or apartment. You don't want any misfits in your plan, or you won't sell them.
And how do I make my urban development energy neutral? Am I gonna deal with it as developer, or should the design invite the users and buyers to go energy neutral themselves? We look at daylight use, spaces on the building for energy production, and how to use green for our interior climate demands.
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This website is fully developed by myself in PHP and CSS. The content is stored in a database. The site does not use Javascript. This is quite unique for a website that works like an AJAX website. And the bigger your screen, the more fun the site gets. Finally a website that makes maximum use of 1920x1200 or 2560x1600 resolutions.The website is well suited for browsing on a tablet or mobile phone. The tap-zoom function works great with the grid layout, and if you have a high pixel density display, sharper images will be loaded automatically. The site is optimised for every resolution with the use of CSS Media Queries. Martijnkoch.com uses a so called "Responsive Layout".
All photographs, illustrations and texts on this website are under copyright of Martijn Koch. They cannot be republished without approval by Martijn Koch.
This website is powered by a super low power web server, fully powered by solar energy from our own production.
Plain good
A Good Book (John Körmeling)Baron House (John Pawson)
Chicago
Coleco Bowlatronic
Computer Space (Nolan Bushnell)
Don't Come Knocking (Wim Wenders)
Dumb and Dumber
Epoch Astro Thunder 7
Farnsworth House (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
Frank Sinatra
Grimm (Alex van Warmerdam)
Groove Armada
John Hancock Toren (SOM)
Katamari Damacy (Keita Takahashi)
Kaufmann House (Richard Neutra)
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
Mac Mini
Martin Parr
Nikon D800
Pac Man (Tohru Iwatani)
Paris
Peugeot 306 Hatchback 1999
Philips Videopac 7200
Plastic Chair (Charles en Ray Eames)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (George Lucas)
Souvenir of Canada (Douglas Coupland)
The Big Lebowski
Thermen Vals (Peter Zumthor)
Tomadohouse Dordrecht (Hugh Maaskant)
People
Anneke KochBart Eijking
Chris de Jonge
Everhardus Wiegers
Jan Pieter van Seventer
Jeroen Hensen
Jo Coenen
Johan van den Berkmortel
Kees de Kat
Lara Verlaat
Loes Mutsaers
Madeleine Heijmans
Martha van Mil
Mick Visser
Patrick de Louwere
Peter Boekwijt
Ruud Maatman
Wilbert Koch
Ype de Groot