work field

VELD. develops architectural design proposals strengthened by an urban approach towards architecture. VELD. develops urban strategies understanding building processes, technical requirements and economic realities on an architectural scale level.

fieldwork

VELD. believes in a context specific approach to design. We want to deliver authentic projects, reinforcing the identity of, and responding to, context and environment. Our design proposals are driven by context specific qualities, constraints and needs, different for every field of intervention. Therefore fieldwork is our starting point to any project.

open space

VELD. designs urban strategies and architecture that aim to reinforce the quality of the open space within and between built structures, rather than focusing on the design of architectural forms or objects itself.

research by design

VELD. uses the design process to develop knowledge and to guide the different stakeholders towards consensus. We aim to translate the realities and needs of a specific site and our client into qualities and opportunities through design.

BRUNO VANHAESEBROUCK

WORK

uapS, AnneMie Depuydt & Erik Van Daele, Paris

Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, London

EDUCATION

Master Degree in Architecture (2007) Sint-Lucas, Gent & Ecole d’ Architecture de Paris - La Villette

Post-Master Degree in Urbanism (2009) Ecole d’ Architecture de Paris - Belleville

>> Before founding VELD, Bruno Vanhaesebrouck (Kortrijk, 1984) has been working for more than 10 years in the field of architecture and urbanism for international renowned offices as uapS in Paris, Alford Hall Monaghan Morris in London and Kengo Kuma and Associates in Tokyo.

As a project leading architect for uapS, Bruno has designed and delivered several mixed-use buildings in Rennes, Lille and Paris. He also coordinated different urban and infrastructure projects in Belgium, France and Switzerland.

For AHMM Bruno took a leading role in the design of different residential and (high rise) office projects in London and more in particular for the New Civic Centre for the Borough of Tower Hamlets in Whitechapel.

Bruno is currently an assistant professor in an urban design studio at the Faculty of Antwerp. He has previously led a design studio at the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre - Horta of Université Libre de Bruxelles. Additionally, he also co-organized yearly design workshops at the Master in Architecture students of Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville since 2015.

At VELD Bruno focuses on urban design, early design stages in general and the wider management of the studio.

VERONIQUE TAVERNIER

WORK

uapS, AnneMie Depuydt & Erik Van Daele, Paris

AAC Architecture, Brussels

Urban Platform, Brussels

EDUCATION

Master Degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering (2013) KU Leuven

>> Véronique Tavernier (Lier, 1990) has a degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering from the KU Leuven (2013) and has been working since as independent architect in Paris and Brussels.

At uapS (Paris) Véronique was part of the design team for Ile de Nantes and worked on several international competitions in Switzerland and France.

As a project leading architect she worked for AAC Architecture on the renovation and extension of several public buildings like the Kaaitheater in Brussels and “Les Petits Goujons”, a primary school in Anderlecht. Since 2016 Véronique coordinates for Urban Platform the mixed-use redevelopment of a former school campus in Tienen, including offices, a social restaurant, a day-care center and 30 housing units.

At VELD Véronique focuses on the architectural projects and more in particular on the project development from construction permit, through detail design towards completion.

BEN DIRICKX

WORK

uapS, AnneMie Depuydt & Erik Van Daele, Paris

Studio Egret West, London

bouwmeestermaîtrearchitecte, Brussels

EDUCATION

Master Degree in Architecture (2008) Sint-Lucas, Ghent

Master in Urbanism and Strategic Planning (2011), Department of Engineering, KULeuven, Leuven

>> Ben Dirickx (Genk, 1985) has worked for over 10 years in various contexts and environments in the fields of architecture and urbanism. His international experiences have enabled him to develop a transversal view on urban challenges across different scales and contexts.

In Paris he worked for uapS on the major urban transformation of Ile de Nantes, a 350 ha island in the Loire right in the heart of Nantes. At uapS he also worked on several masterplans in the Belgian context like Deinze, Ekeren, and Diepenbeek.

For Studio Egret West in London, Ben worked on major urban reconversion projects such as Vicarage Field, a shopping mall to be converted in a mixed use neighbourhood just next to London and Coldhams Lane, the design of an ecological neigbourhood in Cambridge.

Back in Brussels, Ben worked three years for team Brussels Bouwmeester using research by design as a tool to mediate between public and private partners and to define competition briefs.

At VELD, Ben takes a leading role in the urban design projects and reinforces the expertise in research by design.

VELD team

Bruno Vanhaesebrouck
Master in Urbanism
Ecole Nationale d'Architecture Paris-Belleville (FR)
Master in Architecture
Sint-Lucas Ghent (BE)

Véronique Tavernier
Master in Civil Engineering - Architecture
KU Leuven (BE)

Ben Dirickx
Master in Urbanism and Strategic Planning, Department of Engineering, KULeuven, Leuven
Master in Architecture Sint-Lucas, Ghent (BE)

Léa Noguès
Master in Architecture
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Versailles

Giulia Sassier
Master in Architecture
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes

Laura Rooth
Master in Architecture
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie ENSAN, Rouen

Céline Sauvage
Master in Architecture
Université Libre de Bruxelles La Cambre-Horta

Stefano Teker
Master in Architecture
Université Libre de Bruxelles La Cambre-Horta

Vina Hidajat
Master in Architecture
Sint-Lucas Brussels, KU Leuven

Ellen De Wolf
Master in Architecture & Engineering
KULeuven

Tristan Leduc
Master in Architecture
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Versailles

Louise De Cock
Master in Architecture
Université de Liège

Silvia Parra Pabon
Master in Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
KULeuven

SOME OF OUR Clients

Private :
AG Vespa, Atenor sa, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals sa, Immobilière IDEAL sa, Matexi, Revive, Hexagon

Cities and towns :
Antwerpen, Forest, Ganshoren, Gent, Genk, Kortrijk, Lommel, Poperinge , Tienen, Zele

Other public authorities :
CPAS de Bruxelles, Lille Métropole Habitat, Logements Molenbeekois (SLRB), Régie foncière de Bruxelles, SAU/MSI, URBAN