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This project comprises the development of a long-abandoned plot at the head of Sleepstraat in the city centre of Ghent. Together with the client, we conceived a striking diamond-shaped residential building with a commercial ground floor that redefines the urban context.
As part of a competitive pitch, OYO was invited to design a large residential block for Wibier St Amandsberg (the assisted living complex for elderly people). We won the competition not by designing a building, but by designing ways to combat loneliness.
OYO designed this assistance housing development embracing a central courtyard garden with a community centre. Its unique shape and orientation allows for optimal daylight entry for each of the 33 flats.
Feasibility studies for implementation of 3 schools in the KTA Lindenlei and Casinoplein sites
In the realm of industry, we embark on a regenerative journey. OYO won the competition to design the Service Center for Elia in the port of Ostend, contributing to revolutionize together with one of Europe's largest electricity system operators.
The Skogfinsk Museum in Svullrya, Norway, is a celebration of the traditions and culture of the Skogfinner people, or Forest Finns, a minority local to the area. We wanted to create a contemporary structure both reflective of the traditions of this culture and respective of the natural environment surrounding the museum.
House DeDe was a project for a private client who had intentionally bought a piece of land with limited building potential. They wanted to protect the existing nature on the land and enable the family’s children to feel a bond with it. For this reason, creating a new family home on the property provided an interesting design challenge.
OYO were approached to collaborate on a PPS development in Dendermonde’s city centre. The project would provide residential, commercial and public spaces, but a central challenge involved designing a structure that wouldn’t contribute to the city’s ongoing battle with congestion on its main street… We had to ask ourselves, how could we create a new landmark space that was useful to residents, without further burdening the city’s infrastructure?
The majority of car purchases now happen online. We approached the competition to design this car showroom by asking the question: what would a physical showroom of the future look like? Could it do more than invite people to see and buy cars? What if it could become a hub for innovation, knowledge and spectacle?