Federation Levitation A.K.A. FedLev is a multidisciplinairy designteam rooted in the community of the Rietveld art-academy and it's masters education, the Sandberg Institute. Fedlev, initiated and led by Paulien Bremmer, won the design competition for extention of the Rietveld + Sandberginstitute. The building was delivered in 2019 with Bremmer ultimate responsible for the design from conception till delivery.

Fokkema&Partnersareoftenaskedtodescribethefirm’schiefcharacteristics.Justnamingasinglestyledoesn’tservetoanswerthisquestion,sinceprojectsvarysowidely.Still,sincethestartofthefirmin1995allprojectshavehadonethingincommon:adriveforqualitythatexceedsourclients’expectations.It’sourambitiontogetthemostoutofadesignquestiononourclients’behalf–athoroughprocessthatstartsinunderstandingclientneedsthroughcarefullyandmethodicallytryingtocometothecoreofthematter.Weencourageourclientstocomeupwithconsiderationsandcriticalquestionsduringtheconceptdevelopmentphase.Wefeelthatconceptdevelopmentreallyisoneofthemostimportantphasesofthedesignprocess,astagewithaclearmoment,whenthetruenatureofthesolutionisdetermined.Itisaphasewhenoutoftheboxthinking,sharpanalysisanddowntoearthpracticalityallcometogetherinourefforttoconstantlyraisethebar.Duringthenextphaseofdesigndevelopmentwekeeputilizingourcreativecapacitiestofindsolutionswhichstayawayfromtheobviousbutstillremainpractical.Attheendofthedayweliketobeinspiredandhavefun,butmostimportantlywewantourclienttobeproudofourcommonresult. readin Nederlands