Lines of Wood, Layers of Land
I am an architect (TU Delft, 2011) working across design, research and curation. My independent practice explores how architecture can grow from place through situated design, public engagement, and careful attention to material and context. I have over 12 years of experience in architecture and urban design in the Netherlands and abroad, and work across all phases of a project — from idea to realisation.
Recent highlights include the realisation of Time Tower, a nomination for the ARC25 Award Don’t move but renovate, and publications in On Public Space and Gebouwen door Vrouwen. My work has been exhibited at the Rotterdam Architecture Month, Dutch Design Week, Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival, and the London Festival of Architecture. It has been published in platforms such as New Generations, Divisare, werk, bauen + wohnen, Domus, and Hochparterre, and featured in books by nai010 publishers, Thymos Books, and the IABR.
With rotative studio (co-founder, Rotterdam and Zürich), I developed both projects and methods — including the on-site explorations that continue to inform my current practice. With the studio, I was nominated for the ARC20 Young Talent Award, the Swiss Arc Award (2023), and ArchDaily Building of the Year.
I also took part in the Next Step Program (2022), Driving Dutch Design (2024), and Exchange in Practice (Nieuwe Instituut / VAi, 2024).
Alongside my design work, I currently develop public programmes at architecture centre CAST (Tilburg) and curate societal dialogue for the ARO (National Spatial Design Agenda). My earlier roles include assistant curator of the 9th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam and project architect at ZUS (Rotterdam) and Blauwdruk Stedenbouw (Antwerp).
I believe in architecture as a medium for dialogue — across places, disciplines, and generations.
Along a bend in the Danube in Serbia lies a terrain of slopes, erosion paths, seasonal shifts — a place of deep material and topographic presence. Lines of Wood, Layers of Land begins with temporary, lightweight wooden structures that respond to the site’s contours, microclimates, and seasonal rhythms. These on-site explorations evolve into a longer-term, sustainable build: a small residence or studio that remains as both shelter and exemplar of place-sensitive architecture.
Inspired by local wooden techniques and vernacular building traditions, the project experiments with low-impact construction, locally sourced materials, and hands-on craftsmanship. Architecture becomes a landscape translator, mediating between memory, matter, and movement across time and terrain.
Historical research into archives — including the Bing & Harrington Balkan Archives — complements the physical exploration, adding narrative depth and revealing past spatial logics embedded in the region.
Working in collaboration with local wood artisans, researchers, and international guest practitioners, the project will host a series of workshops, site walks, and open dialogues programmed in situ — making the process legible, shared, and generative. The structure is at once dwelling, workshop, and vantage point into the layered land.
This proposal offers a model of regenerative building rooted in ecology, craftsmanship, and connection — and invites reflection on how architecture can stitch together histories, terrains, and people across Europe.