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City Hall Leuven

2019-...
Architecture, Cultural, Heritage, Public

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City Hall Leuven

FELT together with aNNo architecten won the invited competition for the renovation, restoration and reprogramming of the renown Gothic City Hall of Leuven. The winning design was praised for its mindful dealing with the historical context, the unambiguity of the new architectural gesture and the all encompassing approach towards the broader challenge of reprogramming heritage.

City Hall Leuven

Location: BE, Leuven
Client: City of Leuven
Surface: 7830 sqm
Status: Final design

In collaboration with aNNo architecten, 88888, Atelier Arne Deruyter

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Judith de Pau, Elisabeth Van Kerckhove , Michiel Hutsebaut
Consultants: BAS, Ingenium, Scala, Endeavour

Images: MakeMe, FELT

Art Center, Asse

2020-
Architecture, Cultural, Education, Public

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Art Center, Asse

FELT together with OSK-AR architecten won the competition for the new arts center in Asse.

Art Center, Asse

Location: BE, Asse
Client: City of Asse
Surface: 4773 sqm
Status: Tender

In collaboration with OSK-AR architecten

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Lucas van Remoortel, Ewout De Bleser, Sarai Olabarrieta
Consultants: Fraye & Parners, AA&O, Bureau De Fonseca, 2B-SAFE
Images: MakeMe, FELT

Design Museum Ghent

2019, invited competition
Architecture, Cultural, Public

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Design Museum Ghent

FELT teamed up with Monadnock (Nl) and aNNo architecten to take on the challenge to design a new wing for the Design Museum in the historical city center of Ghent. The proposed idiosyncratic volume received praise for its landmark ambitions and the ingenuity it showed in handling the program.

Design Museum Ghent

Location: BE, Ghent
Client: City of Ghent
Status: Competition

In collaboration with aNNo architecten, Monadnock

FELT Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten
Consultants: Eric Geens, Boydens, UTIL
Images: FELT, Monadnock, Ponnie

Beach Pavilion, Nieuwpoort

2018
Architecture, Cultural, Hospitality, Urbanism, Public

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Beach Pavilion, Nieuwpoort

Together with White Arkitekter (SE) FELT finished first in the WinVorm competition for the new beach pavilion in Nieuwpoort (BE). The proposal was praised for its capacity to invigorating the public realm and the subtlety demonstrated by tuning in with the littoral landscape.

Beach Pavilion, Nieuwpoort

Location: BE, Nieuwpoort
Client: Nieuwpoort
Surface: 2030 sqm
Status: Competition

With: White Arkitekter

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Michiel Hutsebaut
Consultants: Eric Geens, BAS
Images: FELT

Entrance Pavilion, Gaasbeek

2016
Architecture, Cultural, Public

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Entrance Pavilion, Gaasbeek

For the new entrance pavilion for the estate of Gaasbeek we designed a small tower. It acts as a first architectural encounter in the sequence of ‘folies’ scattered throughout the parks and gardens surrounding the Castle. Standing along the road, it allows for easy recognition as a starting point for a visit to the domain.
The layout of the quirky building is highly rational: on ground level a large public hall is embedded in the greenery, stacked on top are the auxiliary functions. Its sober brick facade features large arched openings, providing impressive views on the surrounding landscape. The top floor is conceived as a public roof terrace, where visitors can scan the area - much like watchmen at the gate.

Entrance Pavilion, Gaasbeek

Location: BE, Gaasbeek
Client: Flemish government
Surface: 500 sqm
Result: Competition

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Adrian Verhoijsen, Samuele Xompero
Consultants: UTIL, HP engineers, Atelier Arne Deruyter, Daidalos
Images: Eva Le Roi & FELT

Rose garden, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

2021
Architecture, Urbanism, Public, Cultural

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Rose garden, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

FELT together with Maat ontwerpers were invited for the competition for the new masterplan for a public rose garden in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.

Rose garden, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

Location: BE, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Client: Agentschap natuur en bos
Surface: 138971 sqm
Status: Competition

In collaboration with: Maat ontwerpers

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Michiel Hutsebaut, Ewout De Bleser, Sarai Olabarrieta
Consultant: Erik Dhont Landscape Architects
Images: FELT

Provinciaal Hof, Brugge

2018-2024
Architecture, Cultural, Hospitality, Heritage, Public

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Provinciaal Hof, Brugge

FELT won the WinVorm competition for the design of a new visitor center and event spaces within the Provinciaal Hof, a 19th century neo-gothic palace on Bruges' central market square. We proposed to rethink the ground-floor level as an extension of the public space and suggested the creation of kind of plaza in the middle of this neo-gothic decorum.
The aim was to improve the accessibility and offer more flexibility in the usage. To do so the non-authentic generic tiling is interchanged for a new terrazzo flooring, characterised by an oversized checkered pattern that extends all te way to the back, and thereby somehow settles with the original articulation of separate rooms in the creation of a larger 'forum'.

This forum is conceived as a 'plug-and-play' event space offering state of the art technical solutions integrated within the renewed floor. The raster of 2,5m*2,5m brass lines set out by the flooring pattern spans a field of nodes throughout the space. These nodes not only provide multiple network acces points, the also serve as docking points for a specific set of equipments, specifically designed for the forum to serve a diverse future programming.
This forum is adjoined by serving functions organised in the side wings. In the south wing a new elevator, subtly integrated within the original structure of the building, creates a new logistic connection. Highly improving the operations of personal and catering staff in the organisation of events within the authentic interiors on the higher floors. In the north wing a new stairway connects the forum with the new lavatories and cloakroom.

Provinciaal Hof, Brugge

Location: BE, Brugge
Client: Provincie West-Vlaanderen
Surface: 3800 sqm
Status: Built

In collaboration with Architect Van Severen

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Michiel Hutsebaut
Consultants: aNNo architecten, Boydens engineering
Images: Stijn Bollaert