VBS Bavegem
The works are divided into three phases spread over ten years. In the first phase, the convent building was converted into a school. In the second phase, the playground was redesigned. Finally, by th...
AiT is an inclusive caravan, building bridges between different actors to collectively work on a meaningful, shared transition: cross-site projects that focus, among other things, on blue-green networks and collectivity.
Transitions of village centers, neighborhoods, and communities can only be achieved through the engagement of both active and passive residents, clients, local governments, and their advisory bodies. The actions are fragmented and may seem trivial at the moment, but the sum of the whole is impressive. Patience and resilience are the invisible forces.
Villa Rocco
Strengthening the village character by integrating village functions while maintaining scale. A distinctive post-war villa with neo-Gothic influences stands at a roundabout and forms the gateway to t...
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...
Vicinus
A study was conducted to explore maximum residential densification on a former school site, with the context serving as a key factor in the configuration. The design is based on the concept of the ca...
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...
Beisloven Educational Center
This former community school building serves as a prototype for how circular transformation can be achieved. The main intervention consists of patios that create a link between the surrounding park a...
Collective housing 'Truweel'
This project is a response to decades of scattered building and subdivision. The residential courtyard involves the transformation of the former dancing venue “Truweel” in Sint-Lievens-Esse. The sit...
Masterplan company horticulture
A former animal feed company on a ridge in the Flemish Ardennes later became an AVEVE and is now a garden and agricultural business. The tall silos and unusable sheds were partially demolished after...