Paul Diederen, the newly appointed Professor of Transformational Design at Eindhoven University, opens the Transformation Square at Provada.

Prof. P.J.R. Diederen was born in Didam, the Netherlands, on 23 January 1959. He studied architecture at the Technical University in Eindhoven, where he graduated in 1986. In the same year he and his classmate Michel Schutgens started an architecture firm in Eindhoven. Together with Bert Dirrix he founded Diederendirrix Van Wylick Architects in 1999, which has been called diederendirrix architecture & urban design since 2005. The firm is especially active in the Netherlands and has received numerous nominations and awards for its new construction, renovation, and urban development projects.

Diederen performs the opening ceremony with Harm Tilman, chief editor of the Architect on Tuesday 7 June at 10:30 am. The Transformation Square is located in hall 9, stand 11 in the RAI.