Katoen Natie Foundation: Textile Museum and Labs

on the threshold of the space

Universiteit Antwerpen Sporthal

Under the year theme of intimate city. The project is a sports hall located in Antwerp with informal space under the formal frame.

Stress-Relieving Center

This is the graduation project, in which illustrate the research and design results of the graduation year as a whole

Zuiderpershuis, a Cultural Powerplant

This project is about the revitalization of the cultural center: “the Zuiderpershuis”. The complex of buildings is marked as a heritage site and represents an important part of the city of Antwerp and its history as an industrial harbor city. The current lack of used space on the site and its seclusion from the city fabric prevent the place from...

De Wever - A Textile Community Lab: Material research and textile production laboratory with integrated residence

The Productive City in Antwerp, a material research and textile production with integrated residence: The notion of working and living in the same place has been a particular aspect of every city in the past. With industrialization, especially production and crafts have been driven out of the inner city. With the emergence of the idea of the ...

Towers in the garden: Elderly social house in Oud-Berchem, Antwerp

Under the year theme, “Intimate City”, the task was to create “City Rooms” for the city of Antwerp. The method for developing this notion served as a common ground for the whole graduation process. Each of us in the chair chose one specific site to insert our idea of an urban constitution. My site is a private garden located on the street corner...

Atelier Femme: A womens club & shelter

Recent international events, such as the 2018 Women’s March and the MeToo movement, show an increasing awareness for gender biases present in society and governments. One of the consequences of a disempowered female position is the ‘feminization of poverty’, which is an phenomenon referring to the widening gap between women and men caught in a...

Het Water Ensemble: Wellness centre in Zurenborg, Antwerp

Interiors, Buildings, Cities project on the intimate city; Het Water Ensemble is a series of wunderkammer exploring the journey towards disassociation from the bombastic city around.

Rethinking Roosenberg