Hedda Oosterhoff

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Hedda Maria Oosterhoff is an interior acoustic designer working in theatre, opera, schools and commercial settings; she was born in Holland and lives and works in New Zealand. [1] [2]

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Biography

Oosterhoff was born in Holland. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was nine years old, settling in Wellington. She started learning the violin at the age of 5, and played in chamber orchestras, bands, orchestras for operas and musicals, and co-founded a string group called Rosa Musica. She studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance Violin and in 2008 with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours). [1]

While working for T&R Interior Systems, Oosterhoff led a team working on interior surfaces for Tūranga in Christchurch. [3] She has also worked with New Zealand Opera on set design. [1]

Oosterhoff is credited with initiating and leading the development of a new building product, Vertibrace, which separates a partition wall from the main wall of a structure, allowing movement in high winds or earthquakes. [4]

Awards and recognition

In 2009, she received the Peter Lees-Jeffries Memorial Scholarship from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation. [5] [6] In 2010, she received the Pettman Dare International Performance Scholarship to work at Opera North and receive mentoring in opera design and management at the University of Leeds. [1]

In 2019, she won the Outstanding Achievement in Design Award at the National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) Excellence Awards. [4]

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  2. ↑ "Hedda Oosterhoff". Architecture Now. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "TŪRANGA: A CREATIVE COLLABORATION". Avenues Magazine. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Winners' profiles". www.nawic.org.nz. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "25th Anniversary wishes from DMMF artists". Dame Malvina Major Foundation. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Scholarships". Dame Malvina Major Foundation. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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