UArchitects

Profile of UArchitects, headquartered in Netherlands. Six projects submitted by UArchitects have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

Principals

Misak Terzibasiyan
Emile van Vugt

Brief description

Vision

UArchitects are fascinated by the interplay of levels of scale and imagination: the scale of the city and the scale of the individual; imagination in the abstract and imagination in concrete form. We do not look for the interconnection in just one relentless, dogmatic theme; we prefer to investigate it in a range of different concepts.

The differences in the nature and scale of our instructions prompt us to develop new strategies. But our design philosophy remains recognisable throughout: intuitive and reflective, and always based on our fascination for people and places.

Socio-cultural context

UArchitects is a collective of designers, for which Misak Terzibasiyan (born on 22-09-64 in Helsinki, Finland) and Emile van Vugt (born on 04-03-74 in Hameln, Germany) are responsible.

UArchitects is involved in ongoing construction projects and tendering processes, while additional activities such as a guest lectureship at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and our work as a regular architect for the State Buildings Agency [Rijksgebouwendienst], South Region, allow us to improve our own work in a wider theoretical context.

We also attempt to make a social contribution to the position and responsibilities of the architect and town planner in a wider cultural context. In concrete terms, what this involves is the organisation of debates, workshops and exhibitions.

Published projects

: Split View House by UArchitects The family which wanted to build this house was motivated by the change in their living habits and wanted to express this in their new house. The two children...

: Maasberg Juvenile Detention by UArchitects Unit 6 of "JJI De Hunnerberg, De Maasberg" in Overloon is converted from an prison for adults into an autonomously functioning juvenile detention institution...

: Maasberg Juvenile Detention Living by UArchitects Unit 5 of "JJI De Hunnerberg, De Maasberg" in Overloon is converted from a prison for adults into an autonomously functioning juvenile detention institution...

: Ice Free by UArchitects The existing offices are combined with an salt storage and garages for snowploughs and gritting trucks. The arrangement of the plot is based on the typology of...

: Senior Care Housing by UArchitects At the location of the former shopping centre “de Brink” and where a care home (Marishof) and ten sheltered houses were situated. At this location has been...

: New Opportunity by UArchitects The front of the existing house, situated at the street, has been left intact in order to maintain its historical character. The private house was built up by...