Exterior of the Oude Hoofdgebouw at the TU Delft as reshaped for the needs of the Delft Faculty of Architecture, which is temporarily housed here until its new building is completed.
Photograph: Hans Schouten, TU Delft Media Services

The Form Studies Hall for the creation of models in a newly built glass hall at the Delft Faculty of Architecture. This hall was added behind the former rear entrance of the Oude Hoofdgebouw: the semicircular steps which led up to the doors are here visible at the lower left.
Photograph: Hans Schouten, TU Delft Media Services

The interior of the ®MIT office at the Delft Faculty of Architecture, the home of the EAHN Secretariat.
Photograph: Iwert Bernakiewicz, ®MIT

EAHN Delft Office Support Extended

This summer the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, decided to extend funding of the EAHN Office in Delft until the end of 2009.  This decision came at a critical moment for both the EAHN and its major supporting institution Delft, since the existing contract would have terminated on 1 September 2009 and the Delft Faculty itself is currently undergoing major upheavals. This short span of time, four months, is meant “to provide sufficient time to continue ongoing EAHN activities,” as well as “to develop a well-founded future plan for the EAHN after 2010.”  Such a plan is explicitly meant to outline convincing strategies for obtaining “wider funding for the EAHN by third parties.”

To this end the EAHN has established a fundraising committee which will develop a plan for raising additional funds from other European institutions in the discipline, as well as explore other funding sources such as member contributions or grants for both ongoing and projected programs.  Future funding of the EAHN Office by the Delft Faculty from 2010 onwards depends on the outcome of these fundraising efforts.

The EAHN thanks the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Delft, and specifically the ®MIT department, for their support during the past two years; this support has been indispensible for the development of the organization. The EAHN also thanks the Faculty of Architecture for their vote of confidence in the EAHN’s future.