WE-S architecten

WE-S architecten

Edmond Blockstraat 9, 9050 Gent, Belgium

https://www.we-s.be/

WE-S architects is an architectural office, based in Ghent, that focuses on design, architecture and urban planning. A flexible and multidisciplinary team, lead by Edward Weysen and Thomas Dierickx,  guarantees targeted interventions on any scale

PROJECTS

TL House Renovation: from simple bungalow to residence

TL House Renovation: from simple bungalow to residence

An old single-story bungalow, poorly insulated and with 1/4 of its volume, is occupied by an underutilized internal garage. The new owners' family of TL House desires optimized energy performance and renovated spaces.
Ten Boomgaard. Seven new starter homes around a collective garden

Ten Boomgaard. Seven new starter homes around a collective garden

Ten Boomgaard is a project for the new construction of seven houses for young people, couples, and singles, inspired in its layout by the Beguinages, traditional architectural complexes that ensured protection and privacy to the life that took place within
Heerweg Residential Buildings. Twenty-eight housing units in two dynamic volumes

Heerweg Residential Buildings. Twenty-eight housing units in two dynamic volumes

The Heerweg project in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, involves the creation of 28 housing units, distributed in two compact volumes located on opposite sides of the plot. The building model present in the local settlement fabric, which flanks the road, continues in the new construction characterized by "semi-open" houses with front and rear gardens
Geometric interplay of two volumes for the Drogen

Geometric interplay of two volumes for the Drogen

The building consists of a furniture shop with a lunch bar on the street side and an office building at the rear of the site. Both are visualized on the basis of two geometric figures that have been partly juxtaposed. The result is a geometric interplay of 2 different volumes that distinguish both the shop and the office. The silhouette of the front volume is inspired by the 45° rule of urban planning conditions and is therefore crowned by a pitched roof
Hachiko: renovation of a warehouse for a dog therapy center

Hachiko: renovation of a warehouse for a dog therapy center

WE-S architecten realizes Hachiko, a dog therapy center inside an existing warehouse of about 1200 square meters, leaving the existing volumes practically intact, except for the glass entrance hall