LINKING BRIGHT SPACES TO BRIGHTER PEOPLE
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OUR STORY IN SHORT
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE…
LINKING BRIGHT SPACES TO BRIGHTER PEOPLE. After many years of experience in architecture and urban design, we return to the essence: daring to think without limits, direct engagement, creation and innovation.
We link people, ideas and spaces. We break open the known structures, thought patterns and methods to create an open platform for spatial design and research.
Link Lab is an architectural office. The broad experience of its founders in architecture, urban design and project supervision guarantee unique projects centered on personalization, respect and quality.
Link Lab is a creative network. A participatory platform for knowledge sharing and strategic collaboration. It is an open and growing network. Its members underwrite a common charter that outlines how we look at space, architecture and our projects: open, collaborative and curious.
TEAM
WHO WE ARE
TOM VANDORPE - Architect
After his architecture studies at Sint Lucas Ghent, Tom spent two years as a researcher in the Maerlant center of Sint-Lucas Ghent, under the guidance of professor Raoul Bauer. In 2000 he combined this with seminaries in the architectural theory course at the university of Leuven (K.U.Leuven). From 2001 he interned with architect Jo Crepain in Antwerp. Together with architect Paul Vantieghem he founded LEON architecten in 2003. From 2005 he combined his own practice with freelance work for BURO II architectural office, where he joined the management team in 2009. In 2011 he was one of the founding partners of B2Ai (BURO II & ARCHI+I cvba), that brought together the offices BURO II (Roeselare, Ghent, Brussels) and ARCHI+I (Brussels). He was a member of the management team and responsible for design. As partner, he was also responsible for a diverse portfolio of projects and clients.
In 2018 he founded Link Lab architecture in Kortrijk with Rita Agneessens.
TOM VANDORPE
RITA AGNEESSENS - Architect-urban planner
Rita Agneessens studied architecture at Sint Lucas Burssels (WENK), followed by town and spatial planning and design at the UGent and K.U.Leuven. She completed her internship at Ring Partners in Antwerp and BURO II in Roeselare. In 2003 she took a master class in Real Estate Management at UAMS (Antwerp). Within BURO II and later B2Ai, she built a broad experience in urban design and spatial planning, development projects, the care sector and PPP and DBFM(O) projects. Masterplanning, feasibility studies and project direction and coordination are among her specializations. From 2009 on she was a member of the management team, and from 2010 CEO of BURO II. In 2011 she was one of the founding partners of B2Ai (BURO II & ARCHI+I cvba), that brought together the offices BURO II (Roeselare, Ghent, Brussels) and ARCHI+I (Brussels). As CEO, she led the management team. As partner, she was also responsible for a diverse portfolio of projects and clients. From March 2018 she has been advisor to the alderman for urban planning in the city of Kortrijk.
Together with Tom Vandorpe, she is a founding partner of Link Lab architecture.