CTL - Ura

About

URA is located in Brussels and is characterized by a broad spectrum of projects, varied both in scale and function. 'UR'-the name of the first city- supports a way of working. URA searches for universal, basic typologies and transforms them into a contemporary and precise identity in a specific context. The universal lies within the very specific. URA is led by two partners, Yves Malysse and Kiki Verbeeck.

YVES MALYSSE (°1973) [email protected]

graduated from the Sint-Lucas Institute of Architecture in Ghent. He has worked with MVRDV in Rotterdam and Jo Crepain in Antwerp, and with stage designer Bart Clement. He was a visiting professor at TU Delft and at the Academy for Architecture in Rotterdam. Since 2012 he has been a professor at LUCA School of Arts, Faculty of Architecture, in Brussels and Ghent..

KIKI VERBEECK (°1974) [email protected]

Graduated from the Sint-Lucas Institute of Architecture in Ghent and specialized in Architectural Theory at KU Leuven. She has worked in Paris with uapS and Labfac, in Rotterdam with OMA, and in Brussels for Baines and Advisers. She was guest professor at LUCA School of Arts, Faculty of Architecture Ghent and at KU Leuven, Department of Architecture.

COLLABORATORS

Benny Geerinckx (°1975) [email protected]
Michiel van der Loos (°1986) [email protected]
Carmen Vandermolen (°1992) [email protected]
Tuomas Peippo (°1995) [email protected]
Louis Lories (°1995) [email protected]
François Vande Perre (°1994) [email protected]
Paul Tschritter (°1996) [email protected]
Warre Delaplace (°2000) [email protected]
Sem De Boer (°1999 ) [email protected]
Tim De Munck (°1996 ) [email protected]
Maurits Bosman Bahamón (°1995 ) [email protected]
Eva Vossaert (°1996 ) [email protected]

FORMER COLLABORATORS

Vincent Vergote / Eva Vermeulen / Soetkin Devolder / Bram Van Sever / Ruben Otter / Jonathan Vanhove / Lisa De Keuleneire / Egon Pollers / Milène Senden / Pauline Truyens / Heleen Eskens / Mathieu Jeukens / Sindri Sigurðsson / Jasper Aerts / Eva Lo / Ruth Van de steene / Ana Horvat / Tim Belaen / Maarten Lambrechts / Charlotte Biesbrouck / Felice Van Tieghem / Marius Vaneeckhoutte / Pauline Durand / Florence Mareen / Lisa Van Com / Jonathan Robert Maj / Isaura Doumen / Jeroen Kessels / Diane Engels / Anton Parys / Harold Vermeiren / Wim Dirickx / Alexander Smedts / Adeline de Vrij / Kaat Volckaert / Pieter Burssens / Tom Broes / Garin Boghossian / Jan de Moffarts / Elena Dragu / Dora Freier / Sila Giriftinoglu / Carlota Marchena Lopez / Frederic Karam / Laura Navarro / Pablo Olmeda Puertas / Angel Pérez Rojas / Olivier Roegiest / Sara Rondou / Giulia Scirocchi / Lorenzo Stroobant / Toon Vanobbergen / Gaspard Van Parys / Francis Vanden Baviere / Mira de Middeleer / Sofie Lieben / Sofie Liesenborghs / Andrea Neri / Alessandro Luraschi

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Social housing
CV tuinwijk Lokeren
Lokeren (B), 2005-2014
2.100 m²

This project provides a renewed link between two closed residential areas. In a densely built-up area of the town centre of Lokeren, with small working-class houses along narrow streets, a new housing project is being implemented that will revitalise the area through a number of actions. A new residential block is placed two metres behind the current building line, providing breathing space and light in the narrow street. A spacious subway provides access to the inner area, which acts as a centre and gives access to the dwellings. The dwellings are divided into two large halves. One large volume on Zelestraat consists of a mix of ground-level dwellings with gardens and duplexes with spacious private terraces. On the other side, a private residential area is created by linking a number of dwellings for the elderly to flats for young families above them. This configuration is adaptable in time.

In collaboration with Subeco and EDV
Photos by Filip Dujardin