Raapstraat 4
2000 Antwerpen
Van Belle & Medina is an internationally recognized architectural firm that continues to consolidate its reputation by winning numerous prestigious competitions. Our work covers the entire spectrum from residential projects, institutional buildings, infrastructures to urban master plans and landscape projects. Award-winning projects such as the Senior Health and Care Centre "Innovative Living in the Future" in Sint Truiden, the headquarters of the VDAB in Kortrijk, the Psychiatric Campus - Master Plan and Architecture - UPC Sint Kamillus in Leuven and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Granada have strengthened the firm's competence in the development of a wide variety of projects of different sizes and scopes, among others.
Housing projects in Antwerp and Brussels, the Droogdokken Park Antwerp, the cultural project complex La BIomista Park in Genk in collaboration with the artist Koen Vanmechelen, among other private and public commissions, are currently on the drawing board and are currently being executed....
The firm was founded in 2004 after winning the international EUROPAN 7 award, and since then the firm has been frequently invited to participate in public and private competitions, which have usually led to successful results and highly realized projects.
Kurt Van Belle and Patricia Medina have maintained a balance between their professional activity and their academic commitment after graduating. They teach at several of the most prestigious universities in Europe, such as TU Delft, AvB Maastricht, E.T.S.A. Granada and EsArq - UIC Barcelona, and are regularly invited to give lectures and exhibitions.
Van Belle & Medina's work has been featured in numerous international architecture and urban planning publications, such as "a+u" (Japan) and "Arquitectura Viva" (Spain).
Van Belle & Medina's architecture stems from the idea that each project is an expressive tool to reflect contemporary life. Creativity and innovation are at the heart of our design process, which responds to the global and local needs of a society that is undergoing a continuous process of transformation.
