----------------Nikolaas Vande Keere [partner]
1971----------Born in Bruges BE
1994----------Diploma of Civil Engineer-Architect, University of Gent BE
1996-2000---Collaboration in different projects with Regis Verplaetse
1997-1999---Collaborator in different projects of the office Stéphane Beel Architecten, Bruges BE
----------------Renovation Central Museum Utrecht NL, completion 1999
2000-2004---Collaborator in different projects of the office VMX Architects, Amsterdam NL
----------------34 apartments Sarphatistraat, Amsterdam NL, completion 2002
----------------Project leader Renovation and extension Centre for Psychosomatic Eikenboom, Zeist NL,
----------------completion 2003
----------------80+60 houses for elderly, Hoogvliet NL, execution 2005-2006
2002----------Visiting critic for a thesis project, Academy of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tilburg NL
2007-2009---Guest teacher MSc1, TU Delft, Department of Architecture, Interiors, Buildings and Cities
----------------(Prof.Tony Fretton)

----------------Regis Verplaetse [partner]
1970----------Born in Ghent BE
1994----------Diploma of Civil Engineer-Architect, University of Gent BE
1996-2000---Collaboration in different projects with Nikolaas Vande Keere
1996-2005---Collaborator in different projects of the office Stéphane Beel Architecten, Bruges/Gent BE
----------------Museum Roger Raveel te Machelen-aan-de-Leie, completion 2000
----------------Project leader Renovation boutique l’Héroïne, Bruges BE, completion 2000
----------------Project leader Restyling Museum Antwerp, amongst others renovation Museum Smidt
----------------van Gelder in Antwerp, tender 2002
----------------Project leader Luxury apartments, ’s-Graveland NL, definitive/final design 2003
2007-2008---Advice on the restoration and re-use of the protected modernist studio-house and garden
----------------of the glass artist Michel Martens (1921-2006), Bruges BE, in collaboration with dr. Böröcz

----------------Ana Pontinha
1979----------Born in Lisbon PT
2002-2003---Architect-trainee in Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten, Amsterdam NL
2003----------Diploma of Architect, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL)
2004-2005---Architect-trainee in Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Amsterdam NL
2005----------Collaborator of UR architects, Amsterdam/Antwerp NL/BE
2006-2008---Collaborator of Van Sambeek Van Veen Architecten, Amsterdam NL
2008----------Collaborator of UR architects, Amsterdam/Antwerp NL/BE

----------------Tom Boogaerts
1983----------Born in Leuven BE
2006-2007---Collaboration in different projects with Hans Eelens and Peter Vande Maele
----------------Belgian Energy & Environment Awards 2007, nomination Young People Award
----------------Participation in the competition Prix Wilmotte 2007
2008----------Diploma of Architect/Master in Sint-Lucas, Department Architecture, Brussels BE
----------------Architect-trainee in UR architects, Amsterdam/Antwerp NL/BE
2009----------Collaboration in different projects with Hans Eelens and Peter Vande Maele


----------------Publications

1998----------Businesscentrum ‘De Hallen’’ in Facetten #3
----------------Administratief Centrum Sint-Katelijne-Waver’, in A+, nr 154, p 62–63
2000----------Koen Van Synghel, ‘De ondraaglijke lichtheid van een radicaal functionalisme’, in Meer ruimte
----------------voor de Warande, Turnhout
2001----------Europan 6 Laureaat voor Lelystad’, in A+, nr 173, p 58–61
----------------Dominique Pieters, ‘Europan steeds ongrijpbaarder’, in de Architect, July-August, p 10
----------------First prize. UR 712 Utopia Revisited’, in In between cities. Europan 6, Europan Nederland,
----------------Rotterdam, p 28–30
----------------'Jury Assessment’, in In between cities. Europan 6, Europan The Netherlands, Rotterdam,
----------------p 31
----------------Marina de Vries, ‘This Building Happens to Have a Road on the Roof’, in In between cities.
----------------Europan 6, Europan The Netherlands, Rotterdam, p 32–35
----------------‘Lelystad Nederland. Winner: Utopia Revisited’, in In between cities. Europan 6 – European
----------------results, Europan Europe, Paris, p 145–146
2003----------Ton Verstegen, ‘A Shake-up?’, in Designing the European City. 15 years Europan in the
----------------Netherlands, Arnold Reijndorp and others, Rotterdam, p 50–51
----------------‘Utopia Revisited’, in ROAM. Reader on the Aesthetics of Mobility, editor Anthony Hoete,
----------------London-New York, p 130–135
2007----------‘Lay-out 01 Lelystad: Modelstad?’, The Netherlands Architecture Fund , Rotterdam,
----------------December 2007
2008----------‘Stimuleer typologische creativiteit bij perceelsmatig verdichten’ in Behoud door Ontwikkeling,
----------------editor De Smet Vermeulen architecten, Ostend, p 71 (project Hof van Belofte used as good
----------------practice case)
----------------UR architects, ‘Interplay/ tussenspel’, in Verder Beckett en de 21e eeuw, editors Matthijs
----------------Engelberts and Onno Kosters, Amsterdam University Press, October 2008, p 62-67
2009----------‘Douaneposten moeten nieuw leven krijgen’, interview with Joris Scheers (team Flemish
----------------Government Architect ) regarding design research on Border Posts, deredactie.be, 28 July
----------------'Vlaams Bouwmeester vraagt aandacht voor herbestemming grensovergangen’,
----------------De Standaard (and others), 29 July
----------------‘Landelijke woning met schuur in Moerzeke’, woning LS in bis-beursgids, attachment in De
----------------Standaard (and others), 2 October, p 11
----------------‘The dwelling and the asylum’, in The Collection, editor Liesbeth Melis, Foundation Art and
----------------Public Space SKOR, publication December 2009
----------------Design Research ‘Lelystad: Modelstad?’ in ‘Lelystad lonkt naar de Randstad’, magazine 
----------------Blauwe Kamer - Landschapsarchitectuur en stedenbouw, December 2009
----------------‘UR architects ontwerpt extraverte sporthal voor het Kiel’, article in magazine A+ 222 and in
----------------the websites VlaamseArchitectuur.be, deArchitect.nl and ArchDaily.com


----------------Exhibitions

1998----------Kortrijk 1990-2000, Projecten voor een stad, Groeningeabdij, Kortrijk BE, 25 January–
----------------29 March
2001----------Europan 6. De resultaten in Nederland, Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek, Rotterdam NL,
----------------29 June–29 August
----------------Exposition des résultats Européens Europan 6, Palais des Congrès, Luik BE
2002----------Exposição Europan 6 Entrecidades, Ala Autónoma do ISCTE, Lisbon, 13 May–3 July
2003----------International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam 2003. MOb-LAb, Las Palmas and Pakhuis
----------------Meesteren, Rotterdam NL, 7 May–7 July
2008----------Maak Ons Land, werkplaats voor ruimtelijke inrichting. Thema november: Mobiliteit. NAi,
----------------Rotterdam NL, 11 October–2008 3 May 2009
2009----------Winning selection BIS-fair architectural renovation competition 2008, 9-17 October 2009
2010----------10 x Europan, NAi, Rotterdam, January 2010


----------------Lectures and workshops

2001----------Forum-discussion about Utopia Revisited, City Hall Lelystad NL,16 October
----------------Closing forum of Europan 6, Palais des Congrès, Luik BE, 2–4 December
2002----------Lecture ‘Utopia Revisited’, part of Conference Cycle, ISCTE, Architecture Department,
----------------Lisbon PT, 26 June
----------------Lecture ‘Utopia Revisited’, in forum-discussion over Europan 6, SRS, Order of Architects,
----------------Lisbon PT, 27 June
----------------Presentation ‘Utopia Revisited’, High Institute of Architecture La Cambre, Brussel, February
2004----------Presentation ‘Mensa Secunda – spatial concept’, Conservatory, Amsterdam NL, February
----------------After-talk ‘Mensa Secunda’, Tobacco Factory, Bristol UK, June
2005----------Presentation ‘Voix égales – actions defining the theatrical space’, Conservatory,
----------------Amsterdam NL, March
2006----------Presentation ‘Lelystad: Modelstad?’, Foundation ALS, town-library Lelystad NL, 15 February
----------------Lecture ‘The theatrical space in the interdisciplinary performance’, Centre for research &
----------------development of Electronic Music STEIM, Amsterdam NL, 4 April
----------------Presentation ‘Lelystad: Modelstad?’, The Netherlands Architecture Fund, Utrecht NL,
----------------31 August
2007----------Participation in conference ‘Beyond Clinical Buildings’ (as co-referent), TU Delft, Department
----------------of Architecture, Interiors, Buildings and Cities, 22 March
----------------Lecture ‘Samuel Beckett and the performance Reset’, TU Delft, Department of Architecture,
----------------Interiors, Buildings and Cities,11 May
2008----------Participation in conference 'Conservation by development', presentation of the project
----------------Hof van Belofte as case in the workshop ‘Transformation of urban heritage’, Ostend BE,
----------------24 October
2009----------Lecture ‘Words become Sounds - Samuel Beckett’, TU Delft, Department of Architecture,
----------------Interiors, Buildings and Cities, 10 March
2010----------Lecture 'De Psychiatrische Instelling Ontmanteld', Amersfoort NL, Twynstra Gudde
----------------Advisors and Managers,15 January


----------------Architecture

1997----------Business Centre De Hallen, Kortrijk BE, invited competition, 1st prize, in collaboration
----------------with Lieven Dejaeghere
1998----------Administrative Centre, Sint-Katelijne-Waver BE, open competition, 3rd prize
1999----------De Warande, Turnhout BE, competition in two phases for extension of a cultural centre,
----------------2nd prize
2001----------Utopia Revisited, Lelystad NL, Europan 6 competition, 1st prize, in collaboration with
----------------Christopher Burton and Eddy Joaquim
----------------House KS Oostkamp BE, completion 2004, renovation of a private house
2003----------On Foreign Grounds, Grigny FR, Europan 7 competition
----------------School De Dender, Geraardsbergen BE, invited competition Open Call for extension
----------------of a school
2004----------Houses X and L, Lelystad NL, preliminary design 2004
----------------Renovation House RV Antwerp BE, execution in different phases (last in 2007)
2005----------House VVK, Bruges BE, completion 2009, renovation and extension of a private house
----------------Redevelopment Officierenpark, Brasschaat BE, invited competition Open Call for the
---------------- redevelopment of a former residential neighbourhood
2006----------House LS, Moerzeke BE, completion 2008 (Winning selection BIS-fair architectural
----------------renovation competition 2008), renovation of a private house
----------------Linha do Vouga, Aveiro-Viseu PT, report 2006, reconversion of a former railway line
2007----------Currais, Alcoutim PT, preliminary design, conversion of a ruin into a private house
----------------Hof van Belofte, Ostend BE, execution 2010, conversion of a 19th-Century tavern into
----------------an office space and two duplex apartments
----------------Nature Reserve Hoge Bergen-Ekstergoor, Beerse BE, invited competition Open Call
----------------for the masterplan of a visitor’s centre, service buildings and biotopes garden, 1st prize
2008----------House PCB, Sintra PT, preliminary design for a new private house
----------------Childcare centre, Merksem BE, invited competition Open Call for child day care centre
2009----------De Blokskens, Zandhoven BE, invited competition Open Call for renovation and new
----------------building of social housing
----------------Selection for the architects' pool for large scale projects in Antwerp BE
----------------Antwerp BE, invited competition for neighbourhood sports hall and sport rental depot,
----------------1st prize


----------------Design Research

2001----------Follow-up study UR712 (feasibility Europan project)
----------------Advice stability, installations en acoustic Advisor's Office ABT Velp NL
2004----------Lelystad: Modelstad?, Lelystad NL, report 2005, design research about the new town
----------------Lelystad, with the support of The Netherlands Architecture Fund, EFL-foundation,
----------------municipality Lelystad, province of Flevoland
2008----------The psychiatric asylum dismantled, various locations NL, report 2009, design research
----------------about the future role of mental asylums in NL, with the support of The Netherlands
---------------- Architecture Fund, Fonds Psychische Gezondheid / Netherlands Mental Health Fund),
----------------EFL-foundation, Centrum Zorg en Bouw / Netherlands Board for Healthcare Institutions),
----------------Twynstra Gudde Advisors and Managers
2009----------Border posts, various locations BE, report 2009, design research about the future of
----------------the Flemish border control points, in collaboration with Import-Export Architecture,
----------------Löhmann’s Architecture and Oswald Devisch (PHL)


----------------Scenography

2004----------Mensa Secunda, Amsterdam NL, spatial concept and scenography for an interdisciplinary
----------------performance, in collaboration with Visisonor Media Productions, concept Spin Media, stage
----------------direction Miguel Silva, music Roderik de Man, recorder and live electronics Jorge Isaac,
----------------choreography MorphoDidius, video Marcel Wierckx, tours and presentations in NL in 2004,
----------------performance Bristol June 2004
2005----------Voix égales, Amsterdam NL, research towards integral music performance,Visisonor Media
----------------Productions, in collaboration with met Jorge Isaac, Miguel Silva, Roderik de Man, actor
----------------Bart Kiene, Centre for research & development of Electronic Music STEIM, Amsterdam,
----------------presentation/workshops in 2005 (amongst others in Conservatory of Amsterdam and
----------------De Hague).
2006----------Reset, Lisbon PT, Brussels BE, première Temps d’Images 2006, artistic direction, spatial
----------------concept and scenography for an interdisciplinary performance on three texts by Samuel
----------------Beckett, in collaboration with composer Vasco Mendonça, co-production music-theatre
----------------Transparant and Duplacena, stage direction Caroline Petrick, music Vasco Mendonça,
----------------video Sandro Aguilar
2007----------Panopticon, Amsterdam NL, première 2007, spatial concept and scenography for an
----------------interdisciplinary performance, in collaboration with Visisonor Media Productions, music
----------------Roderik de Man, recorder and live electronics Jorge Isaac, choreography Bodies Anonymous,
----------------video Arnoud Noordegraaf
2009----------Layout and design biennial Interieur 2010, Kortrijk BE, selection shortlist