During the trip to Essen excursion, ILL participants made a stop at the Indemann Watchtower in Germany. This landmark in the shape of 36 meters high steel robot attracts many visitors. Here, architect Nicole Maurer explained the proces and design of the eccentric watchtower.

ILL participants went together with a group of international students from the RWTH Aachen to visit Amsterdam West, a part of the dutch capital city mainly built after the second world war. Modernistic urban planning formed an inspiration to deal with their design task in Heerlen-Noord.

During the excursion to Amsterdam, ILL participants made a stop at the Amsterdam Van Eesteren Museum, that tells a broad and current story about urban planning in the Netherlands. Here, director Jorn Konijn is explaining about the history and unique spot of the museum and its surroundings.

ILL participants (from ZUYD Communication and Multimedia Design) produced their own ILL promotion video. This teaser was developed for social media and shows the particpants working at the studio of Maurer United at the Maastricht Jan van Eyck Academie. The production required one week of filming and editing.

During their stay at ILL, participants also make use of all the facilities of the Maastricht Jan van Eyck Academie – one of our close partners.  Here, the young talents expore the Future Materials Lab. The building also hosts a library, café, wood and steel lab, photo lab, audio and video lab, printing and publishing lab, etc.