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 explore how small and medium-sized centers can remain vital amid changing work and social patterns. Combining living and working functions has proven to be an effective way to make communities more resilient for the future.
Investing in local dynamics not only strengthens social cohesion but also fosters economic cohesion. It creates employment close to home, encourages local collaboration, and makes neighborhoods more attractive and livable. Moreover, it offers solutions to current challenges such as social inequality and cohesion, economic growth, and vacancy.
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...
AiT office + residence
A corner plot between two main roads forms the setting where AiT lives and works. After a journey of ten years, we are now settled. The old corner house once served as the town hall, post office, and...
Social House
Originally established as a hospital in the 1950s, the site was later partially transformed into a nursing home, municipal offices, and social welfare offices. Since 2018, parts of the complex have b...
Office GV
Farmstead between front and back garden A long-abandoned farmstead stands halfway across the site. The front garden is bathed in sunlight, defined by the atmosphere created by a large conifer and a...
House DVVB
An existing house and the remaining buildings of a former cattle feed company have been transformed into a single-family home with offices for a horticultural business. Seventy-five percent of the ho...
Van Lierde
Showrooms of car dealerships often look alike: steel boxes with lots of glass. In exploring garages of the past, we discovered the Ford Garage in Zottegem by architect Lippens. The Art Deco–inspired...
Melkerijput
Densification in a rural village center: an old farmhouse on the property line along a main road could not be preserved and was replaced by a collective housing project with office spaces. The densif...
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...