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MINILOFT, Updated Studio

Why | To give a studio an added value by turning it into a mini-loft with recycled furniture and materials
What | Conception, realization and site supervision
Where | City centre, Lille, France
With | COLOKi
Who | For Saskia Huizinga

Thanks to many universities and schools, Lille is one of the biggest students’ city in France. Therefore the city offers a lot of small basic studios. But recently several short trainings for professionals and graduated developed too. Those older students or starters have problems to find apartments that suit their needs. There is a growing demand in central, furnished and classy small apartments for short term stay. Continue reading

BOTTROP SHINES, Revitalised City-Centre

Why | To revitalise and make safe the centre of a shrinking city
What | Multi-analyse + strategies + masterplan + design
Where | Bottrop, Germany
With | COLOKi
Who | competition EUROPAN 10

Bottrop is a small city of the Ruhr area with a relative dynamic town centre. But there are lots of vacant and cheap bargain shops, a declining and aging population, and unsafe peripheral car traffic. What the centre needs is more green public spaces, a new attractive inner city living concept and activities for the youth.
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IN YOUR ELEMENT, Wellness Island

Why | To add value to a peninsula and its context / leisure lake Hanzeland
What | Multi-analyse, concept development, integration, visualisations
Where | Hanzeland, the Netherlands
With | COLOKi + Zooow!-Building formats

Hanzeland is a beloved but aging leisure water park without prestige. Marinas, camps, hotels, water sport facilities, just like any other lake in the region. But in the middle of the lake, there is a free peninsula. What a potential! Maybe something to give an impulse to the whole lake and surroundings? Arcadis, Property owner uit®waarde and property developer Loostad are convinced about the fact that a new place created around a sauna complex can develop. Continue reading

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