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Dierendonckblancke Architects

Profile of Dierendonckblancke Architects, headquartered in Belgium. Two projects submitted by Dierendonckblancke Architects have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Alexander Dierendonck and Isabelle Blancke – © Dierendonckblancke Architects

Principals

Alexander Dierendonck
Isabelle Blancke

Brief description

The office of dierendonckblancke architects founded by Alexander Dierendonck and Isabelle Blancke, has been located in Ghent, Belgium since June 1999. After graduating from the Sint-Lucas Institute for Higher Learning, they both worked at various architecture firms in Paris, France.

The firm’s approach to design could be described as ‘no nonsense’. The starting point for the design is always the program of requirements, with its various parameters and all its restrictions. There is no preset attitude, so that there can never be said in advance that we are going to tackle it like this or like that. No mannerism, no desire to create anything that does not stem from the preconditions of design. This leads to a design method in which the building is first marked out schematically and organizationally and where, by constant feedback, its materialization and the constructional aspects are then developed. We see a building as a machine, where function prevails over everything else. This is the only way that an architect can adequately respond to the changing parameters of society. The poetry of architecture is only created after the regeneration of the obvious pre-existing conditions into a building that can be built durably and used logically.

Published projects

: Spikkerelle by Dierendonckblancke Architects The project is situated in a small village. The site is on the border of a protected natural reserve on one side and near the village centre and community...

: Residence De Boei by Dierendonckblancke Architects Residence De Boei is a residential project located in Middelkerke, on the Belgian coast. Urban planning limits the height of the building and imposes an...

Key projects

2010 - 12K House, Ghent, Belgium
2007 - Welnis Residence and Office of Tourism, Koksijde, Belgium
2007 - Spikkerelle Community Centre, Avelgem, Belgium
2006 - Open-air Swimming Pool on the beach of Oostduinkerke, Belgium (competition)
2005 - Residence De Boei, Middelkerke, Belgium
2005 - NMS House, Koksijde, Belgium