Studio Brighter Tomorrow is a time-sensitive studio that reshapes our environment through meaningful design that benefits people and planet now and in the future.
Hovering Heliotrope
Heliotropy is the natural phenomenon where flowers turn towards the sun.
The installation, designed for the atrium of the Dutch Ministry of Finance in The Hague, is composed of indoor solar panels that track the sun and change position accordingly, ensuring the maximum energy yield throughout the day. The ever changing composition of shapes and shadows reveal the beautiful potential of solar energy.
Field Work
Amidst the meadows of Walcheren (NL), an old holiday home will be extended with a spacious, bright volume with spectacular views.
The new living space takes after the existing house in it’s main proportions and shape,
yet shines a fresh light on the qualities of the existing ground.
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Tuiny House
Tuiny house is a 25m² house for a small family in an allotment (in Dutch ‘tuin’) in the city of Amsterdam.
Although it’s located in the urban heart of the Netherlands,
this small house provides a peaceful retreat in the lush greenery of the park.
Blue Heliotrope
By 2050 all governmental buildings in the Netherlands need to be circular and energy neutral.
The building of the Ministry of Finance in the Hague dates back from the seventies and is one of the best preserved brutalist buildings in the Netherlands. By learning from natural phenomena such as Heliotropy and by incorporating new solar technologies, the Ministry will, in a radical innovative yet respectful way, be turned into a powerhouse.
Upcycle Lab
Can we design the world of tomorrow with the waste of today?
By overcoming today’s barriers in the upcycling process of building materials in the Netherlands,
beautiful upcycled materials, that are permanently available, will become a must-have for future construction.
We are the Makers
As cities have grown more complex, city planning is facing new realities, of which fragmentation is one of the biggest challenges. Traditional ways of city planning do not suffice, as a deep understanding of the immense wealth of what is already there is needed in order to be able to recompose it as a whole. This urban strategy for the highly fragmented area of Mathenesse in Rotterdam uses unconventional approaches to create strategies that embrace the richness of the urban context.