The Hive | Amsterdam
This design introduces in a former industrial area an apartment building connected by a luscious garden to the former Calvijn College, a listed modernistic school that will be a new cultural heart. Amsterdam has a vast shortage of housing while the outskirts of Amsterdam with ample industrial zones and post war public housing are socially […]
Schonenvaert | Haarlem
This sculptural “ground scraper” depicts the densification of the post war suburb. An iconic shaped brick building with luscious inner garden and diverse community marks the junction with its historic city centre. The great need for housing requires inner-city densification in which many dispute the use of space. Dealing with existing interests and desires concepts […]
SILT | Middelkerke Belgium
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Kijkhuis | Leiden
This boutique cinema complex is surgically placed within the historical centre of Leiden. This modest building aims to surprise the visitor with a spaciousness that embraces cinematography. A city is a time machine, and the changing architectural and planning views are sometimes so close together like layers of sediment that you can read it like […]
The Student Hotel | Maastricht
This sturdy listed industrial building has been changed into an attractive hotspot and became the catalyst for urban renewal. We preserved internally the patina of the original bare construction while externally insulated to stand the test of time. The Eiffel Building is one of the rough diamonds of Maastricht. It proved to be the catalyst […]
High Five | Utrecht
A student community with a golden twin tower silhouette celebrates the academic forming period in a student’s life on the Utrecht University Campus. Student lodgings are often derelict buildings in obscure locations. As we designed a student lodging on the Utrecht University Campus, we wanted to make a statement. We introduced a characteristic golden twin […]
Ravel Residence | Amsterdam
With a striking perforated facade, this temporary student housing, successfully proofed that an empty land could be transformed into housing area. Architects and developers generally want to add something to the city, but if the 2008 credit crisis has taught us anything, it is that the built environment can benefit from a pause for thought. […]
De Geus | Leiden
With this iconic tower we mark the historic city of Leiden. Along a brick portico plith façade we introduce the historic city centre at the central station square. What new addition as an entry to an historical city is appropriate? An identity of a city is not easy to define. Do you create a new […]
Four Elements Hotel | Amsterdam
A unique and innovative energy concept resulting in the first Zero Energy Hotel, in which we generated a three-dimensional shaped translucent façade. We designed the Four Elements Hotel in a unique and innovative concept called the “Earth, Wind and Fire”, resulting in the first net Zero Energy Hotel, with BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certification at the harbour […]