The rooftop terrace of the IRA in Lille is being redesigned to accommodate a large group of people, while preserving and even enhancing its green character. A new gallery and staircase will be added, creating a connection to the upper rooms and a covered seating area on the terrace.

The proposal for the playground of the ‘Armand Swartenbroeckx’ school is based on a limited number of interventions, allowing a large obstacle-free area, but at the same time radically changing the daily use of the playground. Three landscape entities animate the playground: a planted island surrounded by a large circular bench, an extended canopy equipped with play infrastructure, and the ‘Alice in wonderland’ hedge. This proposal forms the base, which will evolve during an intensive participation process with the children and adults from the school.

The former brickworks site (18.57 ha) in Steendorp has been abandoned since it ceased operations in 2010. Based on the guidelines from the brownfield agreement, the masterplan was elaborated, exploring potential future scenarios for the site. These scenarios envisage a landscape restoration in combination with afforestation and soft tourism-recreational functions.

The project of the public spaces within the ‘Jacquet’ district in Koekelberg (Brussels) provides an opportunity to rethink the landscape and urban sequences in a part of the city that currently suffers from a lack of continuity and legibility. The challenge is to open up the district by making it part of a larger-scale system of parks and public spaces, crossing the existing infrastructures. The project proposes three structuring axes: 'le mail jacquet', 'la promenade des étangs', and 'les venelles de koekelberg'. The detailed design of the public spaces contributes to a general framework of four ambitions: renaturing, equipping, managing rainwater, and slowing down traffic.

The project for the Jacques-Franck Square creates a new dynamic by  increasing the number of activities (playgrounds, sports infrastructure, green areas) along the Chaussée de Forest, allowing the current dominance of the sports field to be diluted. A comb-shaped figure, alternating 'squares' and 'gardens', is proposed. Instead of being a fixed plan, this proposal serves as a framework for participatory actions, making it possible to further define the equipments together with the local inhabitants. This method makes it possible to create a variety of spaces with different atmospheres and equipments, while guaranteeing a common identity.

A sequence of small gardens on three levels is created within the limits of a private plot. A semi-intensive green roof was created on the second level, while an intensive green roof flourishes on the first level. Finally, a narrow stretch on the ground-floor is divided into distinct garden areas by two terraces: a densely planted part is created at the main terrace, while the backside of the plot is coupled to lower and more open vegetation.

Within a shaded patio a stepped garden is created, connecting two floor levels. The steps are planted with a variety of shrubs, perennials, ferns, and ornamental grasses. A couple of seating spots are integrated in between the green areas.

This project transforms the city theatre’s garden in Deinze, strengthening the green infrastructure and the potential for biodiversity on site. An important aspect of the greening strategy is the proposal for an adapted maintenance plan, delineating areas with high and low frequency of maintenance. Intensively maintained stretches form an informal path system along which several seating spots are created, as well as scenes for sculptures from the adjacent Mudel museum. These discrete interventions have enhanced the biodiversity as well as the aesthetic quality of the garden within a limited time and budget.

Design for two collective rooftop gardens within the development project ‘Citydox’ in Anderlecht, located along the Brussels canal. Designed as dense green environments with varying topography, the proposal for the gardens ensures a right amount of substrate in the right places. The topography directs and controls the vistas, while creating several intimate places within the garden. Each garden has a collective terrace, allowing small events to be organised by its residents.

The project for Riga’s new ‘building technology school’ was combined with a new design for the adjacent public park. Today the park is little used or appreciated by the city residents. The design integrates the school building within a lush park area, extending the green space over the entire plot. The school belongs to the park, but the park also belongs to the school. Both entities exchange programs and reinforce each other. Some programmatic entities direclty relate to the school building, such as the exhibition deck and the terrace near the cafeteria. Others result from the public character of the park, such as the outdoor sports field and the natural rainwater basin.

The two outdoor spaces of the renovated cinema ‘Movy club’ relate like brother and sister: similar yet different. The one is a densely planted garden, a source of fresh air and biodiversity. The other, a patio, is designed with the same ingredients but following different proportions. There, a continuous gravel surface provides an open and flexible space, while some circular cut-outs make room for greenery. Given the enclosed nature of these two spaces, a mixed vegetation palette for shaded areas was elaborated, consisting of trees, shrubs, perennials, and climbing plants.

Masterplan and its realisation for a former distillery site (6 hectares) located in the Polish village Zarnowiec. The old distillery factory and the surrounding outdoor areas will be used for art related events and agritourism. The masterplan embodies four main ambitions. A first one is to valorise the site’s industrial character, together with the presence of spontaneous nature. Secondly, the aim is to frame and enhance the views across the valley, towards the Zarnowiec lake. A third is to curate an art-related promenade across the site. A final ambition involves giving a new life to ‘objets trouvés’. Various materials and structures still bear witness to the site’s industrial past. These are given a new function and are re-used within the redevelopment of the site.