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Abarth

‘New Museum for Guy Moerenhout’s car collection’

Since the 1970s, Guy Moerenhout has been collecting and restoring cars that are in one way or another linked to the memorable car builder Carlo Abarth.
It’s also includes Fiats, Ladas, Seats, Saabs and others. Trough the Guy Moerenhout Racing team (GMR) the cars are often found in perfect running condition.
Guy Moerenhout himself, a former rally driver and race tuner, still participates in historic rallies.
This passion grew into the Abarth Works Museum, whose collection today numbers more than three hundred special cars.
Because the collection is still growing AIDarchitecten was appointed to design a new museum.

A walk via eleven plateaus around a central void leads the visitor through many years of automotive history.
While the old cars are bathed in natural light through the use of a translucent facade, strategically placed bay windows in clear glass stimulate the curiosity of passers-by.
In addition to the exhibition, room will also be made for a library with the enormous book collection and a museum café.
One of the plans is to have a fleet of cars available for rent, either for rallies, or just for a leisurely drive.
The new Abarth Works Museum has meeting rooms that can accommodate events for up to 400 people.

abarth-gmr.be
aidarchitecten.be

Client:
Abarth-GMR

Architect:
AID architects

Facts:
Three floors +/- 5000m² of exibition room
meeting rooms
mechanics
library
museum shop
and a Carlo’s bar
Opening expected spring 2025

Lier, Belgium

LODA

‘Extension of Loda Beerse’

Client:
AID architects

Architect:
AID architects

Facts:

Beerse, Belgium

IKE'S CORNER

‘connecting with Schaarbeek’

This new mixed-use building by istate lies around the corner of Josaphat park.
It is designed to settle into and improve the neighbourhood focussing on community and greenery.
The architecture of the formal post office date’s back to the 1930s.
Inspired by the authentic character of it and it’s surrounding streets and culture,
Ike’s corner is a new interpretation of the area’s eclectic style and art deco influences.
Refined interior spaces acknowledging the form, history and present day character led to quality designed homes.
This all situated around a green inner jungle, open air-oasis, as part of an old dismantled construction.

https://www.istate.be/projects/ike

Client:
Project Developer – Istate

Architect:
LOW architects

Landscape:
ARS HORTI

Facts:
18 1,2 and 3-bedroom appartments
1 penthouse
2 maisonettes
2.700m²
residential + commercial
2023 – in progress

Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium

AZUR

‘Beautiful panorama. Endless luxury’

The AZUR project is located in the middle of the residential park edge along the Galgenweel
and forms the link from the luxury apartment buildings to the Regatta residential area.
At AZUR, living is literally framed. With four homes per layer, the project focuses on its surroundings in a multi-sided manner.

Client:
Project Developer – Vooruitzicht & AG Real Estate

Architect:
Binst Architects

Landscape:
Avantgarden

Masterplan and public space:
client- City of Antwerp
design masterplan – AWG architecten
design public Space – Secchi & Viganò

Facts:
38 apartments
2019 – in progress

Antwerp, Belgium

BOOMGAARD

‘Two perpendicular buildings which together define a central garden’

The project consists of a residential and an office building, that have a shared architectural and spatial character
that is determined by their elongated orthogonal forms, hybrid timber and concrete structures, and continous winter gardens.
The winter gardens act as a buffer space helping maintain more comfortable internal living and working conditions
and they give vibrance to the area through the variety of activities that take shape.
The shallow dept of the building maximises natural light and cross ventilation,
and the use of timber reduces the embodied carbon of the construction.

Client:
Triple Living

Architect:
David Chipperfield Architects
ism Bureau Bouwtechniek

Facts:
Residential  5.575 m²
Office  6.485 m²
2019-….

Antwerp, Belgium

FLORA

‘Living among the flowers’

Flora is being built on the grounds of the former Flora Halls (flower-auction site).
The site is located on the edge of 19th century urban fabric, adjacent to a campus-like park.
The proximity of the hospital and other health-facilities in the park entailed the ambition to establish a masterplan strongly focussed on care.
The site will be landscaped with a wealth of flowers and blossoms as exuberant witnesses to the colorful past.
OFFICE designed the first set of buildings, named Urban Villa en The Strip.
The Strip consists of three identical buildings with three floor levels.
Analogue to the Urban Villa, the ground floors of the strip contain mainly commercial spaces, the buildings-entrances, bicycle storages and technical spaces.
The volume on top of this plinth has a smaller footprint and accommodates six houses with a garden.
The plinth of the Urban villa is similar to the Strip, the facade is finished with white tiles, and forms the base of a lush roofgarden.
Yet, the urban villa consists on top of the plinth of five identical floors with on each level six classical residential apartments, opening on to a genereus wintergarden-loggia.

Client:
Project Developer – Skyline Europe

Architect:
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Landscape:
Bureau Bas Smets

Masterplan and public space:
client- City of Aalst
design masterplan – BUUR/SWECO and JDWA

Facts:
Fase 1:
30 apartments – Urban Villa
18 duplex homes – The Strip
in total a +/- 7800m² of wich a +/- 3000m² commercial
2018 – in progress

Aalst, Belgium

Groen Poort

‘living in a park garden’

‘Groene Poort’ is the first residential project on the renovated slaughterhouse site,
right next to the park and Lobroekplein.
The project consists of several buildings designed by different architects around a central garden.
The art of living combined with the knowledge of building.
An extensive landscaped garden and additional facilities offer a lot of outdoor space.
City living at its greenest.

Client:
Urban Living Belgium (Triple Living + Immobel)

Architects:
De Smet Vermeulen Architecten
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
Robbrecht & Daem architecten

Antwerp, Belgium

Paleis voor Justitie

‘a sustainable renewal of the palace of justice in The Hague’

-1th price-

Build with ‘what is available’, in order to minimize CO2 emissions and societal lifecycle costs as well as to maximize health, functionality and flexibility.
The Rijksvastgoedbedrijf intends to make all their real estate management and tenders entirely circular by 2030
and the entire real estate stock by 2050. This large-scale and complex renewal of the Palace of Justice fits within that ambition.

Host – Builder:
Rijksvastgoedbedrijf

Client:
Consortium ‘PvJ’
BARCODE
HUB
Karres + Brands
ABT

The Hague, The Netherlands

RALLYE

‘Exclusive Luxury Living on Bayauxlaan, Knokke’

Where a hotel of the same name once made waves, Rallye brings a whole new dimension of luxury to this idyllic coastal town.
On the corner of Zonnelaan and Bayauxlaan, the facades are fully opened with large windows, making full use of the advantages of the corner plot.
Here you can enjoy an abundance of natural light and breathtaking views of the surroundings.

Client:
Project Developer – Compagnie Het Zoute

Architect:
CAS architecten

Facts:
5 apartments
2023 – in progress

Knokke, Belgium

Loof

‘Transformation of former Hospital site into Green Residential area’

The intended redevelopment is a mix of different types of homes, offices, services, shops and restaurants.
The English landscape garden behind the old clinic is being restored, expanded and laid out as a city park.
This area will remain car-free and will be publicly accessible
There will also be a new bicycle connection through the site connecting the train station with ‘Hoog Kortijk’.

Client:
Project Developer – Compagnie Het Zoute

Architect:
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Landscape:
West 8

Facts:
21.319 m² floor space
apartments, catering, co-housing, commercial spaces, services, offices
2018 – in progress

Kortijk, Belgium

SLACHTHUIS

‘living in a park garden’

A vibrant new neighborhood with a large central park is growing between the Lobroekdok and Park Spoor Noord.
This area used to be the domain of the Antwerp slaughterhouses and is now being given a new life.

Client:
Urban Living Belgium (Triple Living + Immobel)

Masterplan and public space:
client- AG VESPA and Land Invest Group (Urban Living Belgium)
design masterplan – De Smet Vermeulen Architecten, Urban Landscapes, Feddes Olthof landschapasarchitecten en Goudappel Coffeng
design public space – SWECO, LOLA and POSAD MAXWAN
participation process – Sportpret vzw, Endeavour, Billie Bonkers, Createlli

Facts masterplan:
+/- 18.000 m² area to be developed
+/- 2045 housing units
+/- 5000m² retail and office space
+/- 40.000 m² green and public space
2018-….

Antwerp, Belgium

Murten

‘new Cultur and sports building for Murten’

-1th price-

Commission to design a new culture and sports hall including additional functions (OCMW and professional assistance).
Solutions were sought that cleverly combine the various user units of culture sports and offices
with the requirements and preconditions on the limited perimeter of the building plot at Bernstrasse 9.

Host – Builder:
Murten Region

Client:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur

Landscape:
Extrã Lanschaftsarcchitekten

Murten, Switserland

BAN

‘A 25 story wooden residential tower’

The project consists of a residential tower with a lower extension and a detached medium-high building.
The zinc roofing of the duplex living pavilions hints at the archetypal Japanese architecturale style and,
together with the signature wooden latticework in the facades and terraces it’s a subtle reference to the land of the rising sun.
The adjacent park and the extensive courtyard garden play the main role in the views from the spacious terraces and the pleasant winter gardens.
A home in harmony with nature.
By opting for a hybrid structure of concrete, steel and pre-processed and wear-resistant European woods,
BAN maintains the optimum balance between architectural ingenuity, long-term solidity and durability.

Client:
Triple Living

Architect:
Shigeru Ban Architects
ism Bureau Bouwtechniek

Facts:
295 housing units
52.000 m²
60.000.000 €
2018-….

Antwerp, Belgium

Mandelhof

‘Living in the centre of Roeselare’

Mandelhof will be a new residential project within the heart of Roeselare.
On a former fully build plot, known as ‘zuidpand’, the project will now bring a greener and sunnier area around which people can live.
The new building will be an example in the field of dense, yet high-quality and sustainable living in the city.
Stimulating communication and encounters through the lively plinth,
the varied green inner area and the private outdoor spaces around it,
the collective roof terrace on the 5th floor overlooking the city.

Client:
Project Developer – Skyline Europe

Architect:
EVRarchitecten

Landscape:
Denis Dujardin

Facts:
9600m² + 2350m²
96 apartments + 48 underground parking spaces
2017 – in progress

Roeselare, Belgium

Levels and salt

‘Living in the Westhoek’

Levels and Salt are two small scale housing projects situated in the Westhoek.
Woonn tries to create’s a home feeling, not a place.
Woonn tries to create honest and appropriate developments within contemporary needs.

Verune, Sint-idesbald, Belgium

Schloss Frauenfeld

‘…’

-3the price-

Host – Builder:
Stadt Zürich

Client:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur

Landschape:

Zurich, Switserland

Bredastraat

Wijkmanshof

‘Competition for a new residential zone around a historic pond’

-1ste price-

Wijkmanshof will be a new residential area within the Buerstedewijk, build around a historic pond.
It will consist of 28 houses and apartments.

Host:
Igean & Commune of Aartselaar

Client:
Project Developer – Alta Build

Architect:
FVWW architecten

Landscape:
Studio Basta

Aartselaar, Belgium

Garden of Eden

Living in the Park of Eden

Gardens of Eden will be a care-free area with a mix of single-family homes and apartment buildings , including 60 Social homes.
Between the buildings there will be various squares and green zones that ensure cohesion and orientation.

Client:
Triple Living

Architect:
Johannes Norlander Arkitektur
Hama – architecten

Landscape:
Fris in het landschap

Facts:
… m²
… €
2017-….

Antwerp, Belgium

Warehof

10 new build BEN-houses around Waregem.

Designed by Wielfaert architects and constructed by Dedeyne Construct.

Desselgem, Belgium

Doktoren

‘housing tower by Immpact’

A new landmark in the Antwerp Skyline, with a beautiful view over the city, docks and river.
The top of the tower will be covered with green roof terraces.

Client/Developer:
Immpact

Design:
Crepain Binst

Facts:
154 Apartments, 81m high

Antwerp, Belgium

Erlach

‘Renovation of the primary school’

Competition – 1st Place

The listed state-owned grain house (completed 1699) was rebuilt to a school building in the middle of the 19th century.
It represents an important eyewitness in the historic village center of Erlach.
Rebuilding in the 1950s and 1980s has changed the historical inventory considerably.
The construction, which stands out with its tower in terms of urban planning, is to be refurbished,
taking into account monument preservation, building law and school requirements.

In order to fulfill the resulting different tasks, an integrative approach is proposed.
Traces of the original version and later added components are to be carefully assembled
through targeted interventions in order to achieve a harmonious overall effect.

Erlach, Switserland

Worben

‘Blauer Falter’

-1ste price-

Extension of a residential and work center for people with disabilities.

Read more at https://tdga.ch

Client:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur
Stiftung Wohn-und Werkheim Worben

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur and
Graber Allemann Landschaftsarchitektur

Facts:
schedule – 2020-2025
budget – 6.300.000 CHF

Worben, Switserland

Grinevich

Client:
studio STRAF

Design:
studio STRAF

Saint-Petersburg Russia

Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp

‘A hidden Gem in the Antwerp Botanical Garden’

Despite its historic Grandeur and appearance, due to the many renovation and extensions, the old monastery,
with the oldest still existing parts going back to the 15th century, had a bit a musty atmosphere.
Light, views, greenery, spaces and freshness play a major role in the new project.
Existing spaces are rearranged and merged to make them contemporary rooms, new passageways give the whole a greater flexibility and simultaneity of use.
The entire design and realization process is an example of collaboration and communication.
The wishes of the Heritage Department and city must be balanced with the economic feasibility of the project.
In addition to the monastery site, the construction of a new spa building adjacent to the botanical garden in a contemporary clear architecture has also started.
During the whole process, from the pitch in 2017 to the commercial images we assisted the team, design, building and commercial, from 3D imagery to tell the story.

Client:
Botanic NV
IRET Development
AID architecten

Design:
AID architecten &
Linears Landscapers

Facts:
schedule 2017-2022
a Historic chapel
wine and whisky cellar
108 rooms and suites
1000m² Spa and fitness
2450 m² multifunctional spaces
4 gastronomic restaurants with world-famous chefs

Antwerp, Belgium

Lamorinière

Nova Rode

Bringme

‘a smart post office’

Bringme is a premium home delivery and collection box system which you can manage any given time and anywhere.
An innovative solution for 21st century delivery services. Bringme, a start-up from Leuven,
appealed to Made to translate their idea into a stunning product with a seamless customer experience.
Made asked us to provide several images to show the detailing, the different finishes and setups of the product,
as well some renders showing the first Bringme boxes into the very first projects.

Client:
Made

Awards:
Red Dot design award
IF Product design award
Henry van de Velde label

Zicht

A 24 story residential tower and office building

The tower will mark the centre of the Nieuw Zuid masterplan, an urban extension to the South of the city, being constructed along the west bank of the River Scheldt,
in A new district, an ambitious development set within a sustainable landscape along the Northern edge of a new urban park.
The complex consists of two formally distinguishable parts.
The horizontal volume, an office building with four floors, culminates in a residential tower of 24 floors with 160 apartments and 3 underground parking layers

Client:
Triple Living

Architect:
DRDH architects
ism Bureau Bouwtechniek

Landscape:
Bas Smets

Facts:
18.800 m²
30.000.000 €
2017-….

Antwerp, Belgium

Hemixveer

‘Hidden gem on the Scheldt’

Re-destination of a former brownfield located at the Callebeek in Hemiksem.
Within the strict regulations seven building volumes are created, perpendicular to the river,
giving each volume unrestricted views over the Scheldt or the reigned forest.

http://www.hemixveer.be

Project Developer:
Vooruitzicht

Architect:
POLO architects

Constructor:
Van Laere

Facts:
37.500m²
in construction
15.085.000 euro

Hemiksem, Belgium

Dübendorf

‘The Secret Garden’

-1ste price-

Construction of a new Birchlen schoolcomplex,
combining primary school, kindergarten, daycare center, music school, and a gymnasium.
Read more at https://tdga.ch

Client:
Dübendorf primary school

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur and
Raderschallpartner AG

Facts:
schedule – 2020-2025
budget – 45.000.000 CHF

Dübendorf, Switserland

Ter Muren

‘living around an orchard’

The old child and youth care buildings are utterly outdated and will be replaced by 5 new living groups.
This 5 new living groups are situated around a central orchard, creating their own little village.
Every living group has is own vegetable garden, kitchen, dining rooms, playroom,..

client:
child and youth care Ter Muren

Design:
Osar architects

budget:
8.000.000 euro

Erembodegem, Belgium

Pfarrmatte

‘competition for the new council hall and school building Pfarrmatte’

-1ste place-

Based on the systematic analysis of the local situation, three new buildings will be placed between the pent roof of the existing gym and the pavilion of the youth club,
which are cleverly staggered and relate to the surrounding ensemble and at the same time form an independent frame with their pent roofs.
The design develops from the given situation by taking up the shape of the gym, transforming it and skilfully continuing it.
The projecting and recessed course of the facade front along the main street defines a new, large space that is generously covered in the area of ​​the schoolhouse.
Towards the cemetery, the long, calm facade, which is easily structured by the small setback of the school building, is beneficial and thus leaves the graveyard with its dignity.

Read more at https://tdga.ch/

Client:
The municipality of Escholzmatt-Marbach and
the Catholic Church Community of Escholzmatt

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur &
Riggenbach Landschapsarchitekt

Facts:
schedule 2020-2023

Pfarrmatte, Switserland

PSA

‘Integration of Peugeot Citroën and DS stores’

For several retailers of the PSA groupe AID architects made the designs for new offices/Showrooms.

Bruyninx Autovillage, Hasselt
Vanhoecke, Sint-Niklaas
Vandecasteele, Kortrijk
Ollivier, Waterloo

Chapel

‘living in a forest in the centre of Antwerp’

In the heart of Antwerp, in an old monastery, Heem is developing a vibrant cohousing and coworking place.
This hidden gem, with a beautiful monastery garden, will be a place where quality living and casual coexistence are central.
The project consists of 25 private homes and (shared) office spaces.
Each house has its own terrace and/or garden.
In this cohousing project, the residents share a communal outdoor pool, a sauna, a community center, outdoor kitchens and a beautiful green courtyard.
The old monastery, the presbytery and the chapel are being renovated. The terrain behind is filled in with a number of new residential units built around a city forest.

Client:
Heem

Architect:
B-architecten

Landscape:
Bart & Pieter garden architects

Antwerp, Belgium

Normaalschool Lier

‘Rehabilitationproject in the center of Lier’

1ste place in PPS

Urban implantation of an incubator for start-ups, public spaces, 140 residential units and related additional functions on the former schoolsite of the Normaalschool, in the city center of Lier.
A refined solution, that could save the characteristic quality of the local heritage and translate it to a contemporary and sustainable vision on living and re-use, was sought.
The open space inbetween the building volumes is a sequence of qualitatively designed green spaces,
making new public squares giving the once closed off interior space of the housingblock back to the city and her inhabitants.

Project Developer/constructor
Vanharents/Artes

Design:
META
Callebaut
BOB361
OKRA

Budget:
27.000.000

Size:
21000m²

Lier, Belgium

Rapidpark

‘Rapidpark’

Rapidpark is a project where the architect consciously chose the origins and roots of the local landscape.
There used to be many square farms in this landscape. Hence the choice to open up the project with two residential areas.
The dries that run along the project provides oxygen to the whole and connects the two residential areas with each other.
In this way, a beautiful view has been created of the classified Rectory at the bottom of the project.

Client:
Huysewinkel

Architect:
ECTV

Landscape:
Erik De Waele

Bertem, Belgium

Wezembeek-Oppem

‘The gardens of Oppem’

1ste place in European tender

New center for the village of Wezembeek-Oppem.
The project consists of transforming the existing center with a new administrative building, school building and Library around a new town square (2018-2020),
connected to a new park and housing (2020-2023), so Wezembeek-Oppen counts 3 big Parks in the center of their town.

Project Developer:
Van Roey

Design:
A2D
Areal
BRUT
Pauwels landscape architects

Budget:
17.000.000

Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium

Zonnepark

‘Zonnepark’

Zonnepark is part of De Heern, a new green and pleasant neighborhood in the heart of Herentals, car-free and equipped with a valuable public green domain.
The project is surrounded by a sloping public park garden, intersected with winding walking and cycling paths.

Client:
Gands

Architect:
POLO

Facts:
39 apartments
1 office space
parking spaces + bicycle storage

Herentals, Belgium

Binnenvaert

‘Living at the docks’

Property development bij DCA consisting of 76 apartments and 4 commercial spaces.
We made the bigger commercial package for this project (Logo, Identity, Brochure, Sales sheet, presentation, website)
more info on www.binnenvaert.be

Project Developer/constructor
DCA

Design:
M2 architecten

Antwerp, Belgium

Jan Baert

‘Home on the dune and garden’

Luxury apartments between the green polders and the vast dune landscapes.

Project Developer:
Skyline Europe

Design:
PVL architecten

Oostduinkerke, Belgium

Court Of Justice

Restoration and renovation of the old Court of Justice

In 2020 the old palace of justice of Antwerp will be back in use.
With respect for the historically valuable elments the building will be restorated,
renovated according to modern standards of comfort and techniques
and expanded with one additional floor.

Developer:
Regie der Gebouwen
Cel Justitie

Architects & Engineers:
HUB
ORIGIN
RCR
Bureau Bouwtechniek

Facts:
22.500 m²
39.000.000 euro

Antwerp, Belgium

Hemixpark

‘Life in your own park’

This new construction project is part of the idyllic site in Hemiksem aan de Schelde.
The small-scale buildings overlook the new, carefully planted landscape park.
The apartments breathe light and space and offer large living terraces with a view of the park.
In the penthouses with immense terraces surrounded by greenery, you imagine yourself in a luxurious tree house.

Hemiksem, Belgium

Samberstraat

‘corner block’

The project is located in the Samberstraat, in the Dam district,
which is located in the north of Antwerp and is accessible by the Eilandje, Park Spoor Noord and the Slachthuissite.
Formerly known for its many slaughterhouses, this district is in full development.
Both the new Park Spoor Noord and the expansion of the Eilandje contribute to new life in this district.
The apartments are grouped around a courtyard and each has a private outdoor area.

Client:
iSTATE

Architect:
META

Facts:
37 apartments
1 office space
39 parking spaces
36 bicycle storage

Antwerp, Belgium

Zuiderhuis

‘Terracotta living’

The warm color of the materials, the playfulness of the incoming light, the large stylized inner garden.
All apartments open onto a unique courtyard, designed by Bureau Bas Smets.
Living room and winter gardens form additional living spaces.
Zuiderhuis seems to float on its column supports, which form a connection between the central promenade and the Scheldekade.
The wavy façade reflects the flow and creates a beautiful kaleidoscopic effect

Antwerp, Belgium

Baarle-Hertog

Facade study orded by the architect to convince his client.
A lot of time went into the correct detailing of the brickwork.

Architect:
AID-architects

Baarle-Hertog, Belgium

Scheldehof

Parc Seny

‘An appartment complex in the centre of a green setting’

The project consists of transforming a 1970’s office building into a residential complex of high quality, with respect for the environment.
Alocated next to the Parc and close to the Sonian Forest, this project benefits from an extremely green setting.

Project Developer:
Immobel

Architect:
Archi 2000

Auderghem, Brussels, Belgium

Olen

Meeren Cohousing

A renovated barn in the middle of the site, has a central function, a place that brings people together and connects.
Just like the large communal garden with swimming pond.
Around this barn 2 new buildings, constructed out of Cross Laminated Timber, are made to house 8 families, with each their own private garden.

Project Developer:
HEEM

Design:
B-architecten
Bart en Pieter garden architects

Facts:
BEN
Heat-pump
CLT
Water recovery

Steelit

Quality Steel Doors

Product shots for a company making premium quality steel doors, 100% made in Belgium.
Making doors from classic to modern it was important to show the different collections of doors in the right atmosphere.

http://www.steelit.be

 

Rafaëlschüle

‘An ensemble of existing and extension’

The design plan calls for the existing curative education school to be expanded with an extension in the southern area of ​​the property.
The project envisages a three-storey building that is connected to the existing building via a lower, vertically staggered wing.
One goal was to visually merge the annex with the main building.
The extension is similar in size and volume to the old building.
Its appearance is conceived as a related counterpart in order to emphasize its belonging to the old building.
Not only are architectural elements transferred from the old building to the new one, but also vice versa.
The color concept and the dormer shape are taken from the new building in the old building.
This creates an appropriate balance and an ensemble in which it is not immediately apparent which part is new or existing.
The shape of the roof cleverly softens the building mass and gently embeds the new building in the sloping topography.
The main entrance is moved from the courtyard side to the long side of the building and faces the Kapfsteig.
The arched opening marks the entrance and is used for orientation.
The common entrance for all ages strengthens the students’ feeling of togetherness.

Zurich, switserland

Beukenhof

‘Carefree enjoyment in a sea of green’

Situated in a private park, close to the sea, stores, restaurants and the Golf club ‘Ter Hille’ this project development is located at a top location.
99 assistance homes carefully placed so everybody has a maximal view towards the open green areas.
The residents will be able to enjoy the beautifull park, extensive welness with swimming pool, restaurant and much more in a private atmosphere.

Projectdeveloper: Skyline Europe
Architect: Marie-José Van Hee & PVL architecten
Exploitation: Vulpia Vlaanderen vzw

Oostduinkerke, Belgium

Regatta

‘Living in the green close to the center’

A new neighborhood between the Scheldt, the Galgenweel and the Middenvijver nature reserve.
Regatta is a green and cozy, child-friendly neighborhood with parks and playgrounds, a five-minute tram or bicycle ride from the Antwerp center.
It is a car-free, green area surrounded by parks and an extensive walking and nature area.
The site borders the largest sailing and recreational lake in Flanders, with a beach bar and brasserie.
Just behind it: the Scheldt. Water and nature are here.

Antwerp, Belgium

Eekhoornhof

Van Vaerenberg

Duinenzee

‘Living in between the dunes and the sea’

Situated between de dunes and the protected nature reserve ‘De Westhoek’ this project development is quite unique.
The project includes two buildings. In the higher building there are 103 assistance homes, in the lower 60 elderly rooms.
The residents will be able to enjoy practical assistance, extensive spa treatments, a beautiful gym and more.

Projectdeveloper: Skyline Europe
Architect: PVL architecten
Exploitation: Vulpia Vlaanderen vzw

De Panne, Belgium

Lozane

Penthouses Leopold

‘Living on the highest level’

Exclusive housing in the old city centre of Antwerp.
Project Leopold is situated in the heart of the cultural neighborhood.
Close to the famous Bourla Theatre, the Theatre Sqaure, the old herb garden, restaurants,…
The Penthouses are finished in the Highest standaards in a contemporary interior architecture.

Project developer:
Immpact

Architect:
Styfhals & Partners

Interior:
Hans Verstuyft architecten & Isabelle Onraet interieurarchitecten

Constructor:
Interbuild

Facts:
94 appartments
8 houses
underground parking
28.815 m²
in construction

Antwerp, Belgium

Ten Berghe

Greenhill Park

‘Limited Edition. Unlimited Luxury’

A unique residential complex located in one of Brussels most exclusive and green communes,
very easily accessible, yet in a secluded privileged area.
This luxurious development of around 6.000 sqm will offer incomparable stylish apartments in an exclusive neighborhood.

Project Developer:
Immobel

Architect:
Archi 2000

St-pieters-woluwe, Brussels, Belgium

Sputnik

‘Competition for a new kindergarten in Effretikon’

 

Effretikon, Switserland

Client:
Einwohnergemeinde Holderbank

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur GmbH
Heinzer GmbH

Seedorf

Expansion of the school house Seedorf

1st Place

The school building and multipurpose hall are completed with a central new building, so that a beautifully proportioned, three-sided exterior space opens up to the wide landscape.

Seedorf, Switserland

 

Tamins

‘Competition for a new office building’

Competition entry by Thomas De Geeter Architektur for a new office building for Rhiienergie.

Tamins, Switzerland

Hemixheide

‘Between park and Scheldt’

In an idyllic location on the Scheldt in Hemiksem, Vooruitzicht is developing a new neighborhood with single-family houses bordering the Den Akker park.
All gardens are oriented south. The houses are planted in a beautiful green environment.

Design:
Kristin Vervoort

Facts:
BEN-housing

DIW

‘Het Huis’ Social service campus for ‘De Ideale Woning’

1ste place in Open Call

A garden, a house, a home. A place in the neighbourhood with a lot of nature for everyone.
A broad program, for a broad group of people, for live.
In a neighborhood, but on the edge, between city and fields.
The garden is the core, the buildings are like houses, both are complementary.
Three buildings unite in a loose-fixed relation.
A wide range of activities are organized in 1 sturdy building.

The design focuses on creating a sustainable,
natural and joyous working environment that bathes in an atmosphere of shared use and open collaboration.

Team:
HUB
Atelier Arne Deruyter
Diadalos Peutz
Util structuurstudies
RCR-studiebureau
Kasper De Vos (Artwork)

Berchem, Antwerp

Qville

‘Living in the former quarantine stables’

Located just near the border of the Netherlands, the famous quarantaine stables of Essen will be renovated en conversed into a cohousing community.
This small village offers  a common swimming pool-and pond, wellness, community center, co-working spaces, and more.. .
Desinged by the B-architecten and commissioned by HEEM.

Essen, Belgium

 

Klapgat

‘Assistance housing in Haacht’

Commissioned by Igor nv Osar realize 53 assistance appartments and a local service center in the centre of Haacht

Haacht, Belgium

Stadsterras

‘A qualitative core expansion project that enriches the city’

The projects consists of 5 building clusters with houses, a center for adult education, commercial spaces and an underground parking around a green, traffic-calmed square.
The green square – called the Stadsterras van Mortsel – will connect the centrally located municipal square with the new city park Oude God.
The Sint-Lutgardis school, which was bombed by the allies in 1943, today houses the Center for Adult Education LBC-NVK.
The school is part of the historical patrimony of the city of Mortsel, a tangible reminder of the drama of the bombing.
The design team opts for the preservation of the entire building and for the conversion into a residential project with a green inner garden.

Design:
META
MikeViktorViktor
Landinzicht
Quadrant

Facts:
22000m²
2017-2023

OLV street

‘Conversion of a house into Student housing’

Located in one of the primary shopping streets, Qvas gives this abandoned shop a new life as small scale student housing.

Mechelen, Belgium

 

Kielsevest

‘New Offices and Fire Station Kielsevest’

Competition – 2th Place

The project site is located along the Kielsevest in a strategic position within the city:
not only in a visible location along the ‘binnensingel’, but also in the vicinity of Antwerp-South station and the traffic junctions of the A12 and E19 with the Antwerp ring.
The competition proposal consists of a project-specific floor plan in the form of an irregular hexagon.
Volumetrically, a clear distinction is made between a base volume, which contains the fire station, and a head volume, which houses the offices.
The low plinth is in line with the surrounding residential buildings, while the higher office volume is one of the beacons within the surrounding urban development fabric.
The whole is a solitary building, which, due to the specific slim design, provides sufficient light and visibility for the surrounding structures.

Client:
AG Vespa and Antwerp fire brigade

Design:
Meta
Landinzicht

Techniques:
ABT

Antwerp, Belgium

Gemini

‘Renovation of the Gemini and Laplace buildings on the site of TU-Eindhoven’

3th place in European tender

Designed by Interior architects S.J. van Embden, as part of the second construction phase of the TU / e campus,
the renovation is needed to meet the ambitions of the TU/e in the field of sustainability, technology, education and research.
The tender has been contracted out as a Total Engineering assignment.

Facts:
Gemini | 1972 | 12.000m² | faculties Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Laplace | 1974 | 34.000m² | transformed to education center for all students

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

De Nekker fire station

‘Fire station De Nekker’

Competition for a new fire station in Mechelen Nekkerspoel.
Design team: Groep Van Roey, Hub, Bureau Bouwtechniek and Technum

Mechelen, Belgium

Meerzicht

‘Luxury apartments near the lake’

Meerzicht is a part of a bigger development called Duinenwater.
It’s a new residential area located on the banks of a lake, nearby the town centre of Knokke.
Meerzicht is the last development at the the lakeside, consisting of Luxury apartments.

Project Developer:
Triple Living / Skyline Europe

Design:
Arcas architects

Budget:

Knokke, Belgium

Koning Noord

New Industrial landmark in Antwerp Noord

‘Koning Noord’ is a new housing block commissioned by Istate and designed by META.
It breaths the live of the industrial district ‘Ten dam’. A new upcoming neighbourhood situated at the edge of ‘Park Spoor Noord’
and around the former abattoir.

Antwerp, Belgium

 

Hutsepot

‘Living around an old farm’

Residential project interweaving 54 apartments with an original farm building,
using various garden rooms and courtyards going from a more public character on the street to a more private character at the rear of the plot.
The access to the three new building blocks is organized around the central courtyard and is marked by a concrete porch structure that also facilitates the passage to the enclosed garden rooms.

Architects:
WE-S

Zwijnaarde, Belgium

Wyssloch

Academie

‘Academie turned into a co-housing project’

A conversion of an old building, originally build as a girls-school, into a co-housing project with special attention to architecture, ecology and the heritage value of the building.
In addition to 15 living units, there will be common areas such as a community center, studio, sauna, play area and green inner garden.
To emphasize the ecological aspect, heat pumps and solar panels are installed, all homes are almost energy neutral, rainwater recuperation and electric shared cars and bicycles are provided.

Project Developer:
HEEM

Design:
B-architecten
Bart & Pieter garden architects

Facts:

Turnhout, Belgium

Bächelacker

‘Competition for a school building’

Renovation and expansion of a school building by Thomas De Geeter Architektur.

Bächelacker, Switzerland

Stallestraat

‘Corner plot on a strategic road’

The project is located on a road to Brussels.
The small corner lot has been empty for more than 15 years.
The contrast in scale, buildings and atmosphere between the two
adjacent streets of the plot can hardly be bigger.
The angle is accentuated by placing a main volume on a base, which
offset from the front line. This is reduced both in height and depth,
to connect to both adjacent neighbors. In this way the building integrates nicely into its
street scene, and is in harmony with its environment.
At the head of the building, ideal for visibility, there is a commercial space on the ground floor.

Client:
iSTATE and Interesting Vastgoed

Architect:
IMPULS(E)

Facts:
7 apartments
1 commercial space
passive standard
green roofs

Ukkel, Belgium

Holderbank

‘New gymnasium and schoolhouse Holderbank’

Competition – 2th Place

As a classical street village, Holderbank does not yet have a clearly defined village center.
This proposal responds to this deficit and, with the creation of a precisely defined playground, offers the opportunity to generate an identity-creating central location for the entire village, which can also serve as a community and festival site.
The existing municipal properties together with the new buildings form an ensemble and a public center.
At the heart of the complex is the new playground, which extends behind the existing multipurpose hall.
The new buildings are located around the square: the gymnasium to the north, the school to the west, and the new parish hall to be built in the south in a second stage.
The square occupies the middle of the ensemble, the surrounding areas remain undeveloped and are close to nature and designed as retreats.
The ensemble integrates itself very well into the granularity of the existing village structure by dividing the required space program into individual buildings for the gymnasium, schoolhouse and community center.
Diverse spatial connections embed the new space in the existing road and road network – a north-south axis runs along the former multi-purpose hall and an east-west axis through the northern part of the playground.

Client:
Municipality of Holderbank

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur
Riggenbach Landschaftarchitect

Techniques:
RMB Engineering
Schärli + Oetil
Mosimann & Partner
Lemon Consult

Holderbank, Switzerland

Fenix

‘Conversion of an existing office building into an apartment building’

This former office building is turned into a mixed-use building.

Project Developer:
Immpact

Architect:
BURO II & ARCHI+I

Facts:
208 appartments, offices and commercial space
28.520 m²
In construction

Evere, Brussels, Belgium

 

Oberglatt

‘Renovation and extension of the secondary school Chliriet’

Competition – 2th Place

Three staggered volumes form the new school building.
At the southeastern end, a covered pause hall forms the first and lowest link in the series.
The clear shape of the new building creates a natural reference to the existing multi-purpose hall – the staggering and inclination of the roofs – and gives the school grounds their independence.

Client:
Secondary school community Rümlang-Oberglatt

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur
Vetschpartner Landschaftarchitecten

Techniques:
Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure
RMB Engineering
Takt Baumanagement
Mosimann&Partner
Lemon Consult

Rümlang-Oberglatt, Switzerland

Innovocean

‘A new home for FLIZ and ILVO’

Competition entry for a Design and Build competition.

The program for the joint InnovOcean Campus includes offices, a conference center, a sea library, physico-chemical laboratories, aquaculture laboratories and a studio space.
The new building will be realized on the Oosteroever, an area characterized by port activities from a fishing history, flanked by a dune landscape.

Project Developer/Contractor:
CFE / MBG

Design:
INBO

Ostend, Belgium

Männedorf

‘Senior housing Männedorf’

Competition – 3th Place

The building ensemble consists of two elongated buildings, which are stepped in plan and section.
They are arranged in a V-shape so that a small square on the Haldenstrasse is created in the east – a clear address for the new retirement home.
Southwest opens the V to release the view of the lake and to ensure an optimal tanning of the facades.
Between the two buildings and around it extends the park, which invites you to linger.
The volumes of the buildings can be mediated by their settlement and shape between the different building masses of the surrounding buildings from the post-war period and integrate well into the urban structure,
because they are slim sized at the ends and divided on the long side by projections and recesses .
The arrangement of the buildings across the slope makes it possible to gently pick up the topography of the site through the construction and connect the ground floor to the surrounding park without the need for terracing.
Along the Haldenstrasse, the two subtly offset building ends complement the green street scene and thus strengthen the neighborhood character of the district.

The basic principle of the apartments is their multiple orientation, to the park, shared outdoor space and lake views.
The apartments are mostly three- to four-sided oriented.
All apartments have private, protected outdoor spaces that face south or west and from which the third floor offers a view of the lake.
They are separated from the apartment with a fully openable and glazed front folding sliding doors.
The apartments each have a spacious entrance, cooking, living and dining areas which are connected to the loggia.

Client:
Männedorf foundation for senior citizens

Design:
Thomas De Geeter Architektur
Graf Landschaftarchitecten

Techniques:
Schärli + Oetil
Von Arx Baumanagement
Gruner Gruneko

Männedorf, Zurich, Switzerland

Moerbeke

‘De zoete vaart’

On the former grounds of the sugar factory, for which Moerbeke was known far beyond its municipal borders, the first development will follow.
The former sugar factory was demolished in 2008. The municipality and the province of East Flanders, in consultation with the owner Iscal Sugar, drew up a master plan for the future of the extensive site.
Durabrik now realizes the first buildings of this new masterplan.

Project Developer/constructor:
Durabrik

Design:
Gafpa
Groener

Facts:
1 fase 30appartements

Moerbeke, Belgium

August

‘A former Augustinian convent becomes a modern-day sanctuary’

On the edge of the site of the former military hospital, now transformed to a new housing quarter (Het groen kwartier),
a old an abandond Augustinian convent is turned into a luxury boutique hotel by Mouche Van Hool,
in collaboration with Vincent Van Duysen and Wouter Callebout.

Developer:
Mouche Van Hool / kloosterkwartier nv

Architect:
Vincent Van Duysen
Callebout Architects

Facts:
Spa | sauna-hammam-hot stone-fresh ice scrubs-cour anglaise-swimming pond
Restaurant and Bar
44 hotel rooms | suites
Shop
Gardens

Antwerp, Belgium

Velux

‘Energy efficient housing project.’

Housing project by Danish company Velux that specializes in windows and skylights.
Energy efficient building that provide a healthy indoor climate for people living, working or playing,
while having as little impact on the environment as possible.

Client:
VELUX Group

Design:
ONO architectuur

Anderlecht, Belgium

Kunstwerf Groningen

‘Counterpart to the machine factory’

The new Kunstwerf is a true maker’s place, designed as a counterpart to the machine factory,
it is a robust building with a rationalized structure and clear organization.
The design enters into a dialogue with the surrounding buildings. Not only does the new building follow the logic of plinth and roof,
the façade has also been designed with the same attitude and fascination for making as the surrounding industrial heritage.
The new Kunstwerf houses four companies under one sculptural roof.
It is a compact building and thus makes room for a square at the center of the site.
The central square connects old and new and is a place full of expectations and possibilities

Competition entrance by Antwerp based architecture office Van Besien Van Noten.
3th place in european tender.

Groningen, The Netherlands

Maritime Museum

‘a maritime park’

2de place in international competition.

the proposal of ‘a maritime park’ consist not only of making a space for exposition and experience, but it is also a tribute to the landscape, boats, machines and people.
The historical dry-docks landscape have an historical value, the boats are the means of transport , the machines activate the landscape and the people gave this place a strong identity.

Architect:
HUB

Antwerp, Belgium

AG SO

‘De Pit’, new offices for city authorities of education

The project entails the complete refit of an existing office building.
The new building will become an open house and meeting spot,
besides the offices it will also become a training and meeting center for the people of AG SO.
Outside the office hours, the training and meeting facilities will be opened to internal and external users.

Antwerp, Belgium

Client:
AG VESPA
AG Stedelijk onderwijs

Architect:
HUB

Beurs Brugge

‘A covered square’

1ste place in European tender

The City of Bruges has selected the architectural team of Eduardo Souto de Moura and META as the preferred bidder for the new exhibition and Congress building in Bruges.
The preferred bidder’s team has produced a design that shows respect to the city because it lets Bruges be Bruges, not opting for architecture as spectacle.
Following the advice of the assessment committee led by bOb Van Reeth, the College of the Mayor and Aldermen chose this proposal for its genuine and timeless design,
and this in respect of appearance, visual value and use of materials. Rather than attempt to radically change the site and its surroundings,
the principal aim is to integrate the proposed design and to add value through quality.
The building does not have the ambition to be spectacular. In contrast, it is robust and present, and in an honest and enduring manner.
The building is designed as a covered square. The activities are organised horizontally. The functions in the conference centre are stacked.
Although the exhibition and conference facilities are housed under one roof, they are structurally separated from each other,
which makes double and simultaneous use of the building possible.
The exhibition space can be fully openend on three sides,offering the City the opportunity to create a covered square on days when no trade fairs or events are planned.
This means the people of Bruges also gain a covered square.

More info/
online tour BMCC
META

Project Developer/Contractor:
CFE / MBG

Design:
META
Souto de Moura

Budget:
40.000.000

Bruges, Belgium

Antwerp City Hall

‘Restoration and refurbishment project’

Restoration and refurbishment of the Antwerp city hall in order to reconnect it to the city.
HUB, Origin, Bureau Bouwtechniek, Daidalos Peutz, RCR, BAS and FPC

Antwerp, Belgium