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Refuga Wintergarden Tower / Atelier Kempe Thill + Abscis Architecten + UAU Collectiv

Paula Pintos — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:00:00 +0000

Transformation of the Herkenrode Barracks. In 2015, the planning team consisting of Abscis architecten, the UAU collectif, LAND landschapsarchitecten, and Atelier Kempe Thill architects and planners, in cooperation with the local property developers Kolmont and Vestio, won a competition by invitation for the development of the Herkenrode barracks in Hasselt, the capital city of the province of Limburg in the east of Flanders. The design team proposed a substantial conversion and retroactive densification of the block in the city center that adheres to the historical model of the medieval city but also supplements it with new spatial, social, and ecological qualities. What was proposed was rededicating the former drill grounds for the infantry soldiers in the middle of the block as a calm, green oasis in the city center. To link the new park with the public urban space as optimally as possible, three new passageways were thus integrated into the existing block and oriented the block perimeter development more intensively toward the greened courtyard space. The existing refugium of the “Sisters of Herkenrode Abbey” from the Renaissance (1544) as well as several monumental barracks buildings from the late nineteenth century are therefore embedded quite carefully in the new park concept and have been converted in part into residential buildings. One section of the northern block perimeter development from the twentieth century was demolished due to building damage and replaced with contemporary residential buildings, under which there is a two-story underground garage for the necessary parking spaces. With its cubic volume and its light brick façades, the new architecture is oriented toward the surrounding development and opens up to the green interior of the block with its spacious balconies and inserted entrance halls. These buildings were designed by Abscis and the UAU collectif.

House V / UAU Collectiv

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:00:00 +0000

The sloping terrain gave rise to a concept with a volume effect that responds to it. The base volume of the building is fully conceived around a central patio. It was shifted across different levels to create interesting outside areas. At the street side, the home is designed seemingly closed in order to preserve maximum privacy. The living areas open from inside to the patio, which ensures a maximum openness and an agreeable living quality with a lot of daylight.

Bikini Berlin / UAU Collectiv

Paula Pintos — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 02:00:00 +0000

In the Summer 2008 UAU collectiv was approached by Design Hotels to aid in the creation of a proposal for an 80,000 sm site comprised of 4 existing buildings and the addition of a 5th unifying building that could run throughout the complex composed of retail, hotel, cinema, and office space. The project could not be a cut and paste of existing programmatic standards but instead had to integrate new concepts for retail, hotel and office space. This called for a heavily integrated team of experts for hotel (Design hotels), retail (Axel Weber and Partners), and architecture (UAU collectiv).

Nelissen Bricks / UAU Collectiv + Architectengroep PSK

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Nelissen Bricks comprises a stone factory with adjacent quarry in operation since 1921. The company transformed from a small-scale family business into a modern international player. The rapid growth and the ambition to come forward as the absolute pioneer in the brick industry asked for a high-performance building in which all products can be displayed professionally. The ambitious trajectory is translated in an accumulation of 3 volumes into a complicated and innovative construction.

CASA MKAC / UAU collectiv

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

With a particular predilection for the modernist style, Massimo Pignanelli found the perfect house for his young family in Hasselt. The single-family house right outside the city centre of Hasselt was built in the early sixties in a structure of concrete beams and columns filled with non-bearing wall elements. This constructive principle grants the house a sleek, sober and balanced look. The balanced architectural concept needed to be refreshed to contemporary standards, though. The characteristic construction was kept during the renovation which transformed both the existing property and the new spaces together into a consistent whole.

Skilpod #150 Zero Energy / Skilpod + UAU Collectiv

Sabrina Leiva — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:00:00 +0000

Skilpod, founded in 2013, is a fast growing prefab construction company located in Geel, Belgium, specialized in the production of 3D prefab houses in CLT(Cross Laminated Timber).