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Tuighuisstraat worksite almost finished
The worksite for Tuighuisstraat is coming to an end. This residential project will soon provide almost 4000m2 of new social housing to the city of Kortrijk, Belgium, including a wide variety of housing typologies and shared spaces. Thanks to the team and all our partners for making this project possible.
Willy Van Der Meeren's student residence is ready!
The recent renovation of the student residence designed by Belgian architect Willy Van der Meeren for the VUB is ready to host again. This renovation has upcycled the modernist building into a new chapter thanks to the sustainable and circular design strategies carried out in the process.
First summer at La Era!
La Era, the project developed for a family house in a small village in the Spanish Pyrenees, is already in full motion. Vernacular architecture and new technologies, such as CLT prefabricated structure, merge into a single solution that preserves the local heritage while improving its efficiency.
Masterplan of the Campus Veterinary Medicine in Merelbeke (Ghent, Belgium)
Final design for the new Campus for Veterinary Medicine in Merelbeke, Ghent. This plan integrates the expansion of the campus program while preserving the existing building stock. It also emphasizes the incorporation of a robust blue-green infrastructure, fostering sustainability and enhancing the campus environment.
Regenerative neighbourhood in Wijgmaal (Leuven, Belgium)
MAKER architecten, icw LAVA Architecten, has won the competition for the development of the southern area between the Wakkerzeelsebaan and the Baron Descampslaan in Wijgmaal (Leuven). The design of this regenerative neighbourhood will have a positive impact that extends beyond the boundaries of the project area.
Proeftuinstraat City Depot Gent (Ghent, Belgium)
MAKER architecten, icw GAFPA architectuur, has won the competition for the Proeftuinstraat City Depot Gent, which will provide a centralisation of the city's logistic activities.
Masterplan of the Campus Veterinary Medicine in Merelbeke (Ghent, Belgium)
MAKER architecten, in collaboration with OMGEVING, has started working on the masterplan of the Campus Veterjnary Medicine in Merelbeke (Ghent, Belgium) which we have recently won for UGent. The campus unifies veterinary clinics, research facilities and educational spaces.
Renovation of the former Red Student housing designed by WVDM for the VUB
WIP. Renovation of the building envelope of former Willy Van Der Meeren's student housing in the Campus of VUB Brussels. Prefab panels and new windows are being installed.
Worksite at Tuighuisstraat (Kortrijk, Belgium)
WIP. Works are in full progress. This residential project in Kortrijk is based on the reuse of the materials with which its pre-existing buildings from 1924 were made, in particular their bricks and roof tiles.
WVDM Living Lab. Research project on post-war student housing
WIP. Research project on post-war student housing of Willy Van Der Meeren for the VUB (Free University of Brussels). The works are in full progress, the concrete has been restored and the prefabricated panels are being installed.
Azur social housing in Brussels, Belgium
MAKER architecten, together with Gutiérrez-delaFuente, have won the First Prize in the Azur Competition for the construction of 26 social housing units and landscape on Rue de l’Azur in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels. This commission for Comensia will be carried out together with a multidisciplinary team including Mouton, Cenergie and Groep Dirk de Groof.
Basel Pavillon 2022
Presentation of our proposal for the Basel Pavillon 2022. Missing Link Hub explored the possibilities of creating interaction between social and logistical life during the Architekturwoche Basel 2022.
Willy Van Der Meeren, circular renovation of modernist student housing in Brussels
After one year of intensive investigation and technical development we are pleased to be selected to build and put in practice our circular renovation strategies for the VUB in Brussels, a project designed by Willy Van Der Meeren in 1927. This project is part of the Retrofit Living Labs Brussels funded by Innoviris, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Brussels-Capital Region.
With a lot of support of VUB architectural engineering, VUB infrastructure and Innoviris. And a great multidisciplinary team that is a pleasure to work with: MAKER architecten, ORIGIN, Beneens, VK Engineering, VITO and JuuNoo.
With a lot of support of VUB architectural engineering, VUB infrastructure and Innoviris. And a great multidisciplinary team that is a pleasure to work with: MAKER architecten, ORIGIN, Beneens, VK Engineering, VITO and JuuNoo.
Team MAKER-CENERGIE-BAS Selected!
We are very happy to announce that the team of MAKER-CENERGIE-BAS has been selected to support public authorities in Brussels towards circular building projects!
Commissioned by Leefmilieu Brussel / Bruxelles Environnement the team will analyse, coordinate, follow up and report on projects during the next two years, with special attention to maximum preservation of the existing, circular (re)programming, spatial and technical reversibility and reuse of building products and materials.
Commissioned by Leefmilieu Brussel / Bruxelles Environnement the team will analyse, coordinate, follow up and report on projects during the next two years, with special attention to maximum preservation of the existing, circular (re)programming, spatial and technical reversibility and reuse of building products and materials.
Landmarks in West Flanders
BuroLandschap and MAKER have been selected to investigate by design potential future landmarks in the Western Flemish Region (West-Vlaanderen), situated within the cycling and walking network of the region. The main ambition is to create landmarks within a local context and with a supra local attraction. The project is commissioned by Westtoer and the Province of West Flanders.
Pre-selected Basel Pavillon 2022
Our proposal, submitted during the Open Call for concepts for the first reused component-pavilion in Basel, has been selected for the second phase of the competition. Basel Pavillon 2022 is organised in the frame of Architekturwoche Basel.
ZNA Middelheim site
Together with VectorHaus, MAKER is carrying out the conversion of the medical archives of the ZNA Middelheim site, in Antwerp, into flexible offices that allow multiple scenarios regarding programme and requirement changes. A very interesting opportunity to develop a global circular strategy for the entire hospital institution through adaptable, reversible and low-tech system solutions.
The former archives are part of a building development designed between 1945 and 1959 by the Belgian modernist architect Renaat Braem, in collaboration with Alfons Francken and Karel Van Riel. The Medical Surgery Institute Middelheim is one of the first major post-war public infrastructure projects of the City of Antwerp.
The former archives are part of a building development designed between 1945 and 1959 by the Belgian modernist architect Renaat Braem, in collaboration with Alfons Francken and Karel Van Riel. The Medical Surgery Institute Middelheim is one of the first major post-war public infrastructure projects of the City of Antwerp.
Willy Van Der Meeren, circular renovation of modernist student housing in Brussels
For the past year the team of MAKER, Origin, VK Engineering, Beneens, JuuNoo and VITO has been involved in the research and implementation of circular renovation strategies on post-war architecture in Brussels. The subject of our work is the VUB University Campus student housing designed in 1973 by the modernist architect Willy Van Der Meeren. Through this project, one of the first of its kind, he experimented with prefabricated modular systems imported from Switzerland (the Variel System) to create a student village in which it´s inhabitants could find domesticity and smaller scale spaces in an experimental urban gesture. The project is supervised by VUB Architectural Engineering an VUB Infrastructure Directorate
First Prize Competition Masterplan Diepenbeek
MAKER has been selected together with Omgeving to develop the entrance area of the University Campus in Diepenbeek, Belgium. Our proposal is conceived as a multi-layered infrastructure, based on the lifespan layers of circular building, though on the scale of a master plan.
Building Materials Village on the front cover of Flanders Architectural Yearbook Nº14!
Bouwmaterialendorp, in the Port of Brussels, has been featured in the front cover of the fourteenth edition of the Flanders Architectural Yearbook, edited by the Vlaams Architectuur Instituut.
Masterplan for logistics center and design of the City Depot at the Lübecksite
We have the opportunity to work on a circular future for logistics in the Ghent urban tissue. Together with Omgeving, Orientes, Mouton, HP Engineers and Dirk De Groof, MAKER will develop a new vision for the Lübeck site in Ghent:
The Lübeck site will play an important role in the transformation of the eastern part of the Afrikalaan into an urban logistical district.
The Lübeck site will play an important role in the transformation of the eastern part of the Afrikalaan into an urban logistical district.
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