The studio

The Studio

We believe a building is an instrument for daylight. Every project begins with the sun path and the client's habits — then plan, section and material follow. Our work spans private houses, cultural rooms and the careful reuse of industrial fabric, always drawn from the same conviction: restraint is a form of generosity.

Founded2014, Antwerp
Team12 architects & designers
StudiosAntwerp / Copenhagen
Built & ongoing47 projects, 9 countries

Awards and press

Awards & Press
2025 Belgian Building Award — Shortlist, Vessel House VAi / Bouwmeester
2024 European Prize for Reuse — Winner, Kiln Works Fundació Mies van der Rohe
2024 "Twelve rooms, one sun" — Studio profile A+ Architecture in Belgium
2023 Daylight Award, Emerging Practice — Nomination Velux Foundations
2022 Stone Court — Featured project Architectural Review, No. 1497
2021 40 Under 40 Europe — L. Vandermeer, principal The Plan

Principals

Principals
Founding Principal

Lena Vandermeer

Architect, KU Leuven. Previously six years at Sergison Bates, London. Leads design and holds the studio's line on daylight, proportion and the long section.

Principal, Copenhagen

Jonas Østergaard

Architect MAA, Royal Danish Academy. Directs the Copenhagen studio and our reuse work — surveys, structural triage and the ethics of keeping what exists.

Principal, Interiors

Mara Conti

Interior architect, Politecnico di Milano. Runs interiors and the material library — every specification passes through her sample table before it reaches site.