Office + house VE
The former headmaster’s house of the old municipal school in Steenhuize was converted into a childcare facility during the 1990s. The site is part of a protected village view. No historical heritage...
We are skilled and pragmatic placemakers, village makers who peel back the layers of objects, buildings, landscapes, and communities, de-kernel them, and rebuild them with empathy. AiT are time travelers who care for heritage while looking ahead.
Instead of romanticizing space, preserving it out of fear, and leaving its only remaining role as a tourist attraction, we feel the need to make small or large interventions to reactivate monuments, landscapes, villages (and cities). In doing so, we give them a reason to continue existing and to create new history.
Begijnhof
A few former houses at the edge of the beguinage were altered during the industrialization period and were listed as workers’ houses. After a careful evaluation of their historical value, it was deci...
Lievensplein
Shaping emptiness: from stage to installation. The fountain acts as the connecting element in the new kiosk, designed to enhance social cohesion. The design research resulted in an artwork as a new...
Café De Valk
Two friends bought the local village café, which had been for sale and vacant for ten years. On the upper floor, a holiday home was created to cater to cycling and walking tourism in the Flemish Arde...
Folies Park Breivelde
Over the past decades, various architectural elements in the English landscape park of Breivelde have been gradually restored. The process began with the landscape redesign of the ice cellar. A major...
Hunnegem - elementary school
The former priory site of Hunnegem is divided among several stakeholders. The most historically valuable part has been repurposed to serve a museum function. The central wings accommodate various car...
Expo Connect
During the Day of Architecture 2019, Studio Arbor, AMAI, and AiT Architecten presented architectural projects and studies, artworks, and graphic designs inside and outside the church of Oombergen. Th...
Presbytery Ruiter
As part of the energy optimization, the attic floors were insulated while preserving the original plasterwork, and the exterior joinery was carefully reconstructed. The stately rectory was stripped o...
Saint Francis Institution
Norman Castle Park Located in the upper basin of the Zwalm Valley, this neo-classical castle lies hidden within a protected village landscape. The site serves as the headquarters of the Saint Franci...
Multihousing Rozebeke
The village landscape of Rozebeke, with its Romanesque church, is protected and has in recent years become a quiet village with many vacant buildings around the church. The protected status has kept...
Saint-Martinchurch
In the Saint Martin’s Church in Oombergen, a restoration of the exterior and a reconstruction of the Art Deco interior are planned. The works will begin in 2024 with the exterior restoration and the...
Room for contemplation in old chuchtower
At first glance, the Saint Michael’s Church in Sint-Lievens-Houtem appears to be an ordinary 18th-century parish church, designed as a hall with two side aisles, a western tower, and an eastern choir...
Breivelde Castle
At the end of the 19th century, a wealthy industrialist built a country house on a wooded spring area. Twenty years later, the distinctive design was romanticized and transformed into a Neo-Flemish R...