About the team
Petra Sala, Audrey Coert and Donald Lambert run Urbis with great enthusiasm and energy. Furthermore, we have been made up of a permanent core of professionals for some time now, regularly supplemented by freelancers who have been indispensable at Urbis for years. In addition, we always have room for up-and-coming talent, so you will usually find a University of Applied Sciences or TU intern or a (PEP) trainee with us. Although everyone has their own talent and specialism, we can be deployed flexibly and can always take over each other's work. This makes us a close-knit team that delivers consistent quality.
About the people
Donald Lambert
senior urban designer / partner
Donald founded Urbis in 1987. Since then he worked on a great number of assignments, with a focus on the existing city. With more than 500 projects from small scale urban developments to complete regional studies, Donald is one of the most experienced people in the field.
Projects Donald worked on are the re-development of Bijlmermeer Amsterdam, the master plan for the Scheveningen Harbour and Katwijk Harbour. He participates as a senior advisor in several monumental or local committees throughout the country.
Petra Sala
senior urban designer / partner
Petra is highly experienced in all aspects of urban design. She loves working on small local projects as much as on complex large scale assignments. Research, design, but also developing the professional field and spacial quality are important to her. She is therefore experienced in many work fields; urban design, studies, tenders, but also as a committee member or supervisor. Het network is widely spread and she is well informed on new developments in the workfield.
Audrey Coert
senior external space designer / partner
Audrey is a landscape designer at heart. In 2009 she founded her own garden and landscape design agency 'Land-made'. While working on projects at different scales, she has developed multidisciplinary skills. Her portfolio includes development plans for harbour areas, collective gardens, schoolyards and development plans for central areas. Audrey's 'green' qualities are now indispensable in our urban planning issues.
Esther van der Sluys
technical designer
Esther developed her skills in various companies and (local) governments. Her talent is to draw up plans from sketch to design. She makes drafts for quality plans and plot passports. She worked on urban design Heerde, viability study and urban planning Leimuiden-west, project Groenewoud and elaborations on the landscape planning of Meerpolder Berkel-Rodenrijs.
Lennart van Heijningen
designer
Lennart is a creative designer who likes to think of inventive and efficient solutions to transform areas into attractive living environments. Improvements in sustainability in the existing city is always an important issue, as well as the connection between small and large scale levels. Lennart passionately shares his ideas, which we all appreciate at Urbis.
Yvet Lupgens
officemanager
Three days a week, Yvet is the first point of contact for all office work at Urbis. After her studies in Human Geography, Yvet entered the office management profession. Over the past 30 years she has learned all the ins and outs of the profession at various companies. At Urbis she handles all day-to-day matters at our office, from agenda management to invoicing, from human resources to insurance and from social media to organizing meetings and events.
Erika Loria
designer
Erika is an designer with a strong interest in projects that require both conceptual and analytical thinking, she is experienced in projects of various scales, both in design and research. She has an Urban Ecology background, and she is interested in GIS data analysis and water design and management challenges. Erika is always eager to learn from someone and improve her skills and she is convinced that working in a multidisciplinary work environment is very important for the development of urban projects.
Nigel Thomasse
assistant designer
After studying Urbanism at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Nigel joined our team in April 2021. He has been creative with design since his youth, always having a passion for architecture. When looking for solutions to urban planning challenges, Nigel has a keen eye for creating the right balance between people and architecture.
Vera Kuipers
assistant designer
Vera is an urban planning consultant at the Engineering Office of the Municipality of Rotterdam. One day a week she works at Urbis on area visions and square designs. Vera is interested in the relationship between technical implementation and visions or strategies where several urban challenges come together. This requires a multidisciplinary approach that is also reflected in the PEP program, which she has been following since February of 2021.
Jens Berkien
intern
Jens is a third-year Architecture student at TU Delft. Prior to his master's degree, he does an internship at Urbis to see if urban planning is as fun as he expects. There is a good chance that after the internship he will move on to urban planning and landscape development. Jens participates in various projects, especially on our large projects in Arnhem and Leeuwarden and in this way gets to know the different activities at the office. He also contributes to the design of booklets and presentations.
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