HOSPIWOOD challenges the traditional hospital model known as "Monospace" (care machine) to provide more humanistic and patient-centric healthcare to improve their experience during their stay in hospital and optimize their recovery time, while attracting and retaining the best healthcare professionals from Belgium and Europe in the City of La Louvi...
Project name
HOSPIWOOD 21, The 21st Century Biophilic Hospital Campus
Architecture firm
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Location
La Louvière, Belgium
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Vincent Callebaut
Design team
Vincent Callebaut, Kao Sum, Aurore Delcourt, Guillaume Brunet, Nathalie Martinez
Visualization
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Typology
Healthcare › Hospital
The natural red-terracotta brick façade, casement windows and arching ornate corbels are the historical canvas for this project of conservation, the Hotel August –a member of THE AFICIONADOS–, a design sanctum in the Flemish city of Antwerp, Belgium.
Written by
The Aficionados
Photography
Robert Rieger
Crafting My Dream Home in Brussels. When Krzysztof and Rui, like many of my valued clients, took the exciting step of buying a new apartment in Brussels, I saw an opportunity to turn a blank canvas into a cozy sanctuary.
Project name
Duplex apartment Lesbroussart
Architecture firm
Ohra Studio
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Photography
Zlata Rybchenko
Principal architect
Zlata Rybchenko
Design team
Zlata Rybchenko, Kateryna Shumikhina, Anatoliy Deruguin
Interior design
Ohra Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Duplex Penthouse Apartment
The client and Studio Kloek jointly chose a light red/pink clay paver as the material. Since we only use this material to dress everything, it should not be too invasive a color. The clinker gives a warm and playful character to the terrace.
Architecture firm
Studio Kloek
Location
Leuven (Belgium)
Photography
Hannelore Veelaert
Principal architect
Pieter Cloeckaert
Structural engineer
Studieburo Bisson
Landscape
De Tree Musketiers
Construction
Prefab Concrete
Material
Concrete (Portiek) And Pavers For The Terracce
Typology
Residential › House, Creating daylight by window making + terracce
The extension for this house located at the countryside of Aalter (Flanders) was conceived as a pavilion, connected as an appendix to the existing house. The very dark and closed rooms of the existing house are reduced to secondary functions such as storage rooms, TV corner and home office.
Architecture firm
BASIL architecture
Principal architect
Robin Van Beveren, Lorenzo Deceuninck
Built area
Extension: 150 m², existing house (160 m²)
Completion year
April 2022
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The old apartment was destroyed by a fire, fortunately without any casualties but leaving behind a bare structure. A tabula rasa design approach was required, allowing a new spatial concept to be integrated. Organic shapes and fluent lines are connecting the lower and upper level in an interesting manner. The curved steel railings make reference to...
Project name
Penthouse Knokke
Architecture firm
Architects Claerhout - Van Biervliet
Photography
Thomas De Bruyne, Cafeine
Principal architect
Xaveer Claerhout, Barbara Van Biervliet
Interior design
Architects Claerhout - Van Biervliet
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Apure & Classicon
Typology
Residential › Apartment, Contemporary dynamic interior design
Designing a healing and restorative facility like a Maggie centre is an honour for any architect. Many architects have designed Maggie centres before such as Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and many more, it was inevitable to do research on what was designed before. Seeing this project as a snapshot in the long list of initiatives to support truly...
Architecture firm
Ark-shelter, ARCHEKTA
Location
Kalvekeetdijk 260, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Principal architect
Viktor Mikovčák, Martin Mikovčák, Michiel De Backer
Design team
Radovan Hnidka, Ondrej Vavro, Milan Ščury, Monika Balalová, Barbora Šimašková
Collaborators
Neuro-scientist consultant: Menno Cramer
Built area
Built-up Area 251 m² Gross Floor Area 337 m² Usable Floor Area 290 m²
Material
Internal lining – Iw Trend spruce bio panel + bleaching technology. External facade cladding – thermo wood. Horizontal surfaces + furniture – lacquered oak + beige finish. Roof – Fatrafol, high quality PVC. Skeleton – cross-laminated timber frame structure patented on Ark-shelter company
Client
AZ Zeno Campus, Knokke-Heist
This villa is a beautiful example of a functional design. The simple lines and unadorned surfaces give it a clean, modern look that is perfect for the luxury neighborhood it is located in. The north facade of the villa faces the street, and the backyard gets full sun all year. The villa is well-suited for entertaining, with a large living room and...
Project name
Villa Myrtille
Architecture firm
Ohra Studio
Location
Ukkel, Brussel, Belgium
Photography
Alexandre Van Battel
Principal architect
Zlata Rybchenko
Collaborators
Eric Straner Architecte (Execution architect)
Construction
Eric Straner Architecte
Supervision
Eric Staner Architecte
Typology
Residential › Villa, The project is composed of a building of 4 apartments and a villa that are all located in the same complex in a luxury neighbourhood in Brussels
