Our fearless leader and our most experienced designer when it comes to highly complex urban environments. Robbert Jan contributes design his design input to all our projects

Koen translates long-term policy goals into concrete project ambitions. He utilises his broad network to make valuable connections between different players in the field of urban design. 

As a native of Rotterdam, a love of urban dynamics is in her DNA. With years of experience in area development, Floor brings focus to a plan and to the team by connecting the various tasks and everyone’s interests.

Nora has a preference for developments and processes in the dynamic urban area. Due to her sharp eye and environmental awareness, she is well able to translate signals into new projects and concrete actions.

Wesley excels at convincing people to think outside the box, which leads to innovative and surprising designs. He elevates plans to a higher quality level without having to compromise on pre-set conditions.

Rick is fascinated by people and nature and prefers to move about a city with a green environment. Our integrated approach to projects challenges him to think about current and future themes and combinations of city, nature and people

Esmee her specialty as a Senior Designer is a crossover between architecture and urban design, how these two intertwine and reinforce each other. She is focussed on relating/connecting the human scale to every level of a project.

With a strong thesis on climate adaption under her belt, Nora now uses her knowledge in all our projects to make them climate and future resilient. 

Fascinated by cities and people as part of natural systems, Sanne enjoys working on nature-inclusive and future-proof inner-city projects. She has an analytical and structured approach to the interaction between urban planning and landscape architecture.

Ilse works from the conviction that the environment has a major influence on how we live. She looks for ways to translate societal challenges into strong spatial design. This means creating places that are attractive and livable, beneficial for the climate, supportive of social cohesion, and good for nature.

Menno is inspired by the ability to approach increasingly complex tasks integrally. With his fascination of the interaction between man and nature and his creative design, he improves the living environment and is not afraid to dive into the deep end.

Patrick enjoys working on projects at the intersection of urban planning and landscape architecture, with focus on social and ecological value development. He is interested in nature-inclusive and future-proof design on a human scale from a local and historical context. And has a particular interest in the design of public spaces and the transition between private and public.

Rick is fascinated by people and nature and prefers to move about a city with a green environment. Our integrated approach to projects challenges her to think about current and future themes and combinations of city, nature and people

With a long history at ECHO Urban Design, Nathalie understands our (work)culture like no one else. She listens to and helps the team in their everyday challenges, and ensures the best people join our team. 

Within ECHO, Jette ensures that everything runs smoothly. She is the warm welcome for our clients and ensures that our team has everything it needs.

Roos is currently following the part-time Master of Urban Planning at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. To complement her education and work experience, she is doing an internship at ECHO. She is particularly interested in ECHO’s complex, green urban projects. Her passion lies in designing cities and places, with and for people. Roos has a strong focus on the balance and cooperation between city and nature.

As part of her Architecture studies at TU Delft, Linda will be doing an internship at ECHO over the coming months.

As part of his Spatial Development studies at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Jayden will be doing an internship at ECHO over the coming months.