OUR MISSION
Our mission is to make a positive and meaningful contribution to the built environment. We improve neighbourhoods, districts, and cities, through smart densification. We involve people in shaping their surroundings. We reuse, build upon and work with what already exists.
We work on the cusp of urbanism and architecture, and we understand the delicate balance between the public interest and the economy. We address urgent topics in our field through a podcast, symposiums and publications.
Engaging People
People should be involved in shaping their surroundings. Engagement ensures a diversity of ideas and perspectives. By placing design at the heart of the conversation, we create plans for the city together. We’ve developed a proven successful working method for participatory design: the MORE Method. We create collaborative neighbourhood plans with local stakeholders, municipalities and market players.
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Buikslotermeerplein Amsterdam, NL
Dynamic Density
Urban densification improves neighbourhoods, districts, and cities. We make cities more dynamic and resilient, using the opportunities of underused spaces and buildings. We add homes and amenities to existing neighbourhoods, always keeping the human scale in mind. We couple more housing with extra green and use public transport systems to make dense cities more sustainable. Following the insights from our high-rise podcast, making taller buildings is not the goal, it rather is a means to an end.
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Tower in a Factory Rotterdam, NL
Intelligent Re-use
The most sustainable form of building is the reuse of existing buildings. The existing building stock offers immense opportunities for re-use and creating neighbourhoods with identity and patina. All our projects begin with the principle: how can we build upon and work with what already exists? And how can we shape our designs to be adaptable, to transform and reuse them over time?
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Concordia Noord-Scharwoude, NL
Living together
The home is the base where life unfolds. We believe in housing as a healthy, accessible, and affordable place to live, not as an object of speculation. Shaping the residential environment is important at every scale. Residential buildings should be places that foster connection and social interaction. We design neighbourhoods with a focus on human scale and proportion.
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ZOHO Rotterdam, NL
Urban Culture
We believe that culture is an essential part of the city. A city is where people encounter others with different perspectives. Public spaces and buildings play a crucial role in bridging these differences, and in fostering connection. Moreover, architecture itself is a means of culture. Through our buildings, we aim to contribute to cities and their public realm.
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Ginko Gallery Jiaxing, CN