Singer Laren

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A public foyer and theatre addition to the Singer museum complex.

De Woeker Theatre, Oudenaarde →

New culture site in Oudenaarde, Belgium.

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.

Kunstencampus Asse →

Art campus in Asse, Belgium.

KAF Art Space

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.

Community Centre Zandhoven

A low square facade connects to the existing small scale building around the square, where the library tower behind is a vertical accent in the background.

On the medieval square of Zandhoven, the new community centre will make a connection between the square and the hidden garden, opening it up for public use.

By setting the building apart from its neighbour, a new passage into the garden appears, making the garden public and putting the entrance in the middle of the project, in the garden.

The library is set behing the community hall in a vertical sense and mimics the tree size. Large openings allow views of the large trees to enter the interior spaces.

The building surrounds an existing garden with the monumental Vredegerecht and some monumental trees.

The facade consists of a pattern of ceramic scales, referring to the ancient nickname of the villagers - ‘Doppenrapers’.

The vertical library is a sort of bell tower, nestling in the trees, making the project well visible in the village.

A community centre with library in a rural town in Flandres.

Museum Arnhem

Het museum ligt op een volstrekt unieke plaats in Nederland, op de grens van drie belangrijke, complementaire landschappen: de Veluwe (hoog) de Betuwe (laag) en de stad Arnhem met de Rijn die traag door oneindig laagland stroomt.

Landschappelijk balkon - nieuw museum - kunstsocieteit - verbinding onder en boven - alzijdig zichtbaar

Een goed museum voorziet in een ‘rite de passage’ van de stad naar het domein van de kunst. De entree vanaf Onderlangs biedt deze passage: een korte, comfortabele en interessante tocht vanuit het landschap door het museum en langs de beeldentuin.

In de entreehal worden oud en nieuw met elkaar verbonden door een verticale tentoonstellingsruimte waar actuele kunst een plaats vindt.

Het museum van nu is een ontmoetingsplaats. Naast de confrontatie met de kunst is dit de plek van culturele activiteiten, een museale huiskamer.

A new underground extension on the banks of the Rijn river.

De Appel Arts Centre

We decided to celebrate this. Our design left all previous identities present, just adding a flexible, lightweight inner layer, useful for contemporary art. This layer has been left visibly seperate from the monumental context of the building, allow

The building has a long history of sailors, socialists and hippies, whose stories are part of the building. Every new user adapted the building to its needs.

By removing the large staircase on one side , we created an extra, 7m high exhibition space.

By adding a new sculptural staircase on the other side, all levels - cafe exhibition space and library are connected in one gesture.

Transformation of 17th century house to centre for contemporary art.

De Kleine Komedie

Dating back to the 18th century, the theatre has always been a homeground for popular theatre.

Since then, it has always been a homeplace for the theatre community and a birthplace for talent.

We had been asked to clean up its public foyer, reconnect the differentiated spaces and give the iconic hall a worthful public image.

We did so by actiavting the existing and historical spatial connections in the building.

Transformation of an 18th century theatre.