Projects

Our work ranges from private houses and residential complexes to commercial buildings and urban masterplans. What connects them is an awareness of context, commitment to craftsmanship and a touch of surprise. Whether it’s about designing a chair or regenerating a district, we take an inquisitive approach to rethink convention.

Rawness and elegance forge a sense of wonder in the former workshop building, the centrepiece of Utrecht’s new Wisselspoor neighbourhood.

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Quality social housing in ‘Manhattan at the river IJ’: De Jakoba brings new energy to the Amsterdam Overhoeks development.

Initiated as the new workspace of Studioninedots and eight other creative firms, Karper K. is now a place for exchange and experimentation, on one of Amsterdam’s final urban fringes.

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Lieven de Key’s new Amsterdam headquarters prepares the housing corporation for the future with a transparent, social and flexible workplace.

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Wet Beast is an office environment where the added pavilions stimulate creativity and a sense of community.

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A lively destination and a pioneering project that excites Nieuw West; the huge, sculptural WeSpace integrates architecture, programme and people.

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By adapting a 1964 office complex into studio housing and creative workspaces, DC Van Hall breathes new life to the Amsterdam neighbourhood.

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Along the IJ river lies a new landmark for Amsterdam Buiksloterham, crafted with over 152 tonnes of construction waste.

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YCON’s vertical landscape forms a new, green eye-catcher from the surrounding streets and canals, and creates an environment suited to future-proof living in the city.

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Indoor and outdoor ‘urban rooms’ form a lively basis for the collective culture of this distinctive residential complex in Almere.

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This pavilion is half house, half garden, in one single home.

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A new mixed-use development opens up this disused rail yard in Utrecht to diverse public and collective functions.

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For the transformation of Pompenburg, we interweave the (new-)built environment with the built and social fabric of Rotterdam.

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An industrial area is transforming into a vibrantly mixed new district, where the character of raw and productive industry remains alive.

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A former bakery factory site in Breda transforms into a constellation of buildings and public spaces.

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Starting from the history of the Nibb-it factory site in Breda, we shaped a future-proof inner-city transformation with a powerful and green identity.

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A sheltered urban landscape, an oasis of calm in the midst of Utrecht’s hectic public transport hub.

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This school scores high on flexibility and sustainability – its social core features spectacular voids that flood the interior with daylight.

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With its thoughtful design, Blok N adds high quality social housing to the heritage-listed Jeruzalem neighbourhood.

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With its full glass street front and multipurpose WeSpace, Antoni is a new city showcase for technology, innovation and sustainability in Delft.

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The historic factory site in Arnhem will be transformed into a Living Lab designed to celebrate meaningful interaction.

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Facette’s sculptural WeSpace adds space for interaction and facilitates new ways of working, leisure and meeting for Bordeaux’s entrepreneurs.

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This ambitious masterplan envisions a circular mixed-use district, as a living lab, that breathes new life into the historic Campina site in Eindhoven.

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As the Cobercokwartier’s social and cultural hub, the old milk factory celebrates the site’s rich industrial heritage with a view to Arnhem’s creative future.

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The neighbourhood enjoys better waterfront views now we’ve slimmed down the silhouette and switched the landmark buildings around.

We combined and relocated all the outdoor space from 364 balconies to the rooftop to create one sunny super-terrace enjoyed collectively by 364 students.

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Soundproofing requirements gave rise to an innovative faceted skin that envelops the entire apartment building.

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Rebel’s bold open framework is an urban showcase for sustainability and diversity, merging living, working and leisure.

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With its unmistakable tilted silhouette and graphic framework, Black Swan functions as an urban activator marking Overamstel’s gradual transformation.

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Inextricably linked with its spectacular waterfront site, this black house is crafted to level up contrasts.

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Art academy boosts integral plan for a lively and creative urban district.

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Twisted proportions! We pushed the spatial limits of the site to sculpt the volume of this house according to light and views.

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With its iconic urban profile, Little Manhattan brings a young new buzz to help activate the Lelylaan Station area.

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The Maison de Mobilité in Brussels merges a showcase for mobility innovation with a curated public space.

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In this reuse project, we carved out a zigzagging atrium as the social heart of the office that brings staff and visitors together.

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Envisioned as a symbol of circularity in Buiksloterham, Yotel’s integrated design considers all scales of the project from the landscape to the finest details.

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Compact, intensively mixed-use and small-scale, the Cityplot urban planning strategy views to a future based on adaptability, participation and circularity.

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Our mascot, our smallest WeSpace. This handcrafted pavilion kickstarted conversations around a cosy campfire.

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This urban living lab, which began as an experiment firmly rooted in Buiksloterham’s circular ambitions, is now coming to life.

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ODE

A narrow passage that slices the front facade of these two Oosterdokseiland apartments blocks gives this project its identity.

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The interior of a 100-year-old grand park villa is dramatically transformed into an open living landscape that fuses heritage and contemporary living.

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Our first WeSpace features a lively vertical lobby with a sculptural staircase that brings people together both literally and figuratively.

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For this Parisian office, a façade system of angled blades was invented to block sunlight while retaining the spectacular views for the staff.

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The movement of water inspired us to design organically curved balconies that extend the deliberate double-width apartments.

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Vestibule

Client
Heijmans
Type
36 apartments, 12 townhouses
Location
Madridstraat, Leidsche Rijn Centre, Utrecht, NL
Design-Completion
2017-2020

Hof van Spartaan West

Client
BPD Ontwikkeling, IC Netherlands
Type
126 studio's, 11 houses, commercial space, parking; 12.049 m2
Location
Jan van Galenstraat, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2015-2021

Don Bosco

Client
Rockfield Real Estate
Type
420 apartments in five blocks on a commercial plinth, underground parking, public and collective green space
Location
Don Boscostraat, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2018 - 2020

Blok O Houthaven

Client
Stadgenoot, Synchroon
Type
Urban plan for 70.000 m2 housing
Location
Haparandaweg-Houthavenkade, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2011-2016

Suite9

Client
DUWO
Type
148 student apartments
Location
TU Campus, Delft, NL
Design-Completion
2011-2020

Student Housing Stuttgart

Client
Nord-Sud Hausbau - Campus One
Type
100 student flats, 400 m2 facilities
Location
Hauptstrasse - Seerosenstrasse, Stuttgart, DE
Design-Completion
2014 preliminary design

Bornego College

Client
Bornego College Heerenveen
Type
high school, auditorium, sports hall, stdy areas
Location
Dominee Kingweg, Heerenveen, NL
Design-Completion
2009-2012

Gershwin 13 & 15

Client
Goldstar BV (Beheer Brouwershof+ Maarsengroep)
Type
148 apartments, parking, leisure facilities
Location
Design-Completion
2014 invited competition, settled

Macro Lot AA Paris

Client
Nexity / SAEM
Type
180 apartments and 16.600 m2 facilities
Location
Boulogne Billancourt, Paris, FR
Design-Completion
2011 invited competition, settled

Uilenstede Campus

Client
DUWO
Type
724 student apartments, public space, parking
Location
VU Campus, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2009 - 2014

Elshof

Client
Woonzorggroep Samen, Wooncompagnie
Type
Housing complex for 28 Alzheimer patients
Location
Anna Paulowna, NL
Design-Completion
2014-2016

De Albatros

Client
De Key
Type
130 apartments and neighbourhood facilities
Location
Albatrospad, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
1999-2003

Laan van Spartaan (Westkavel)

Client
IC Netherlands bv | BPD Gebiedsontwikkeling
Type
361 studio’s, collective facilities, workspace, parking; 17.760 m2 BVO
Location
Jan van Galenstraat, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2016 - 2017

Block B15 Buiksloterham

Client
De Alliantie
Type
37 private apartments with shared facilities
Location
Distelweg - Tolhuiskanaal, Buiksloterham, Amsterdam
Design-Completion
2014-2019

Block B1 Buiksloterham

Client
De Alliantie
Type
47 social rental apartments with shared facilities
Location
Distelweg - Tolhuiskanaal, Buiksloterham, Amsterdam
Design-Completion
2014-2019

Leisure & Culture Center Rheinlehne

Client
Gerard Benone, Immobilien an der Rheinlehne
Type
Cultural centre and gallery, museum, apartments, guesthouse, restaurant, shops
Location
Rheinstrasse, Basel, CH
Design-Completion
2012 preliminary design

Tennis Park Milano

Client
Tennis Club Milano Albert Bonacossa
Type
Sports park, tennis club, swimming pool, fitness center, parking, 23.000 m2
Location
Design-Completion
2011 invited competition, undisclosed

Ertskade

Client
Kondor Wessels Vastgoed
Type
Apartments, neighbourhood facilities
Location
Erstkade, Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2014 2nd place invited competition

Business Center Basel

Client
Gerard Benone, Immobilien an der Rheinlehne
Type
Offices, housing, business, retail
Location
Rheinstrasse, Basel, CH
Design-Completion
2013 design development

Villa Groothof

Client
private
Type
villa of 476 m2
Location
near Barneveld, NL
Design-Completion
2012- on hold

Het 4e Gymnasium

Client
Stadsdeel Westerpark Amsterdam, Esprit-Scholengroep, Gemeente Amsterdam DMO
Type
Modular and relocatable school building of 4200 m2, auditorium, gym
Location
Houthaven Amsterdam, NL
Design-Completion
2008-2008 (demolished in 2016)

Dune

Client
The Investments Company, Pasputin BN
Type
31 apartments (150-230 m2), parking, public space
Location
Scheveningen Dorp, NL
Design-Completion
2016 competition entry

Cityplot Lammenschans

Client
Ymere, Proper-Stok, SLS
Type
Urban framework for 460 ha
Location
Lammenschanspark, Leiden, NL
Design-Completion
2011 invited competition

New Sugar

Client
Gemeente Groningen
Type
Urban development strategy
Location
Suikerfabriek area, Groningen, NL
Design-Completion
2017->
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