Vuurtoreneiland

The masterplan should safeguard the unique combination of the history - as part of the UNESCO heritage of the Stelling van Amsterdam - and its open natural character, while at the same time allowing for it to be enjoyed by the public.

Vuurtoreneiland is a magical place, an island where a fortress and a lighthouse is surrounded by the open waters of the IJ.

Together with Arup we developed a sustainable masterplan, closing all material, energy and water cycles on the island.

Open air theatre next to former ammunition bunkers that where transformed into small refuges where people can spend the night

Exploring the island

Floor plan of barracks after transformation

Night lights at Vuurtoreneiland

Restaurant

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Kitchen

Detail of floor and lighting

Toilet block as separate entity

A sustainable masterplan and transformation of a former fortress island.

Eco villa for a family in the south of Brussels.

At the edge of the Weerwater, the Kunstlinie building by Japanse architect SANAA, is a contemporary monument. A vast reorganisation created the KAF - a new space for theatre and art. This allowed for a reshuffle of program within the building, inclu

In the monumental architectural landscape, the southeast corner of the vast building is reserved for contemporary art. In order to make this possible, the existing office spaces have been transformed into exhibition spaces, by creating a circular ro

The original corridors is kept intact, but passes through a landscape of coulisses. This allows for flexibility, but keeps the original design concept of 'infinite rooms' intact.

A new passage along the spectacular facade makes a new circuit.

The unique construction, made of massive steel slabs, is left standing to keep an image of the original rooms. At the same time, these seemingly random slabs are perceived as objects on display themselves, exhibited in the open space.

Every exhibition space has a direct relation with the surrounding water.

Transformation of a contemporary monument into an art space.

Drawing attention since it has finished construction in 2010, it has been nominated for multiple awards and widely published internationally.

The layout of the house is a simple open plan, an empty space in which the individual rooms are placed.

The main idea was to bury a house in an artificial mountain in the midst of an open space in the forest.

In the choice of materials, we have pushed for sustainable, local and/or reusable materials: wood from the surrounding forest, bio-based insulation, second hand plate steel.