Imagine Ben van Berkel as a child, traveling among the theaters of the Netherlands to listen to his mother sing in the chorus of the latest musical. Now fast-forward to adulthood: Van Berkel, principal of the renowned architecture firm UNStudio with Caroline Bos, is standing on the artificial shores of Lake Isjlemeer, about 45 minutes’ drive from his Amsterdam office. From dawn to dusk, the designer charts the changing colors of the sky as low cumulus clouds rush overhead in typical Dutch maritime fashion.
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