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DRIES CARMELIET PORTFOLIO SAPPELLENBOS 10, 3052 BLANDEN +32 496 66 21 26 INTRODUCTION COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS TYPE CONTRIBUTION This portfolio exhibits my recent work in urbanism, URBAN METABOLISM architecture and furniture design. It features both academic projects and my latest professional work. • 2018 Cartography for a doctoral dissertation personal Ranging from the extra large to the extra small scale, I • 2015 Research by design “Atelier Track Design” office-related* have selected 9 projects to show the variety of contexts, programs and clients I have worked with. URBAN DESIGN For each project I have listed the type (personal, academic • 2018 Masterplan for the redevelopment of Heverlee office-related* or office-related) and my contribution. The personal • 2017 Community organisation in the village Rotselaar personal projects where I indicated myself as “lead designer” 2016 Competition for a residential building in Duffel office-related* are projects I completed in my independent practice of architecture, but was assisted by other persons. 2015 Competition for a masterplan of the “Stiemerbeek” in Genk office-related* 2015 Organisation of the workshop “Dijlevallei” office-related* I produced all the images in this portfolio, unless • 2014 Master thesis “Cycling the Sihl, a recreational river valley for Zürich” academic otherwise stated underneath the image. 2013 Design studio “Port de Charleroi” academic ARCHITECTURE • 2017 Architectural design of the residential tower “Artois” office-related* • 2016 Design & construction coordination of a single family house personal • 2016 Design competition “Paul Bonduelle” personal 2014 Construction coordination of a residential care centre in Helchteren office-related* 2014 Redesignation of the warehouse “Van Soest” office-related* 2014 Architectural design of a residential care centre in Lubbeek office-related* 2014 Architectural design of a warehouse in Antwerp office-related* 2012 Design studio “Maggies center” academic • 2012 Design studio “Redisgnation of the flour mill Moulart” academic FURNITURE • 2018 Wooden table in afrormosia wood personal • 2018 Clothing rack in welded steel personal 2018 Bookcase out of welded steel and laminated wood personal • 2018 Coffee tables in welded steel and afrormosia wood personal • 2017 Lavabo in welded steel personal • 2016 Trio of a sofa, desk and bookcase in laminated wood personal • 2014 Lounge chair out of cast concrete and brown leather personal included in this portfolio * projects conducted as a part of the team of WIT architects (www.wit.eu) PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION URBAN METABOLISM Cartography for a doctoral dissertation Campine region, Belgium spring 2018 personal sole contributor 0 5 km N A Circular Economy is a regenerative The map shows the potential of the system in which degraded flows of (urban) landscape to be used in a materials & energy we now see as Circular Economy. This potential can waste, are reused as a resource. range from the general suitability of This project was focused on creating an area to extract thermal energy, to a map supporting the doctoral the specific location of a landfill that dissertation of Julie Marin concerning could be mined for raw materials. the potential for a circular economy in North-East Flanders. 3 PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION URBAN METABOLISM Research by design “Atelier Track Design” Genk, Belgium spring 2015 office-related co-designer Once over 14.000 people worked in the Ford Our proposal investigates the flows of raw automotive factory in Genk, producing over materials, water, people, electricity, heat, 1.300 cars each day. When the factory closed, hydrogen and garbage in order to create the former assembly building was abandoned alliances and generate a symbiosis among and the city was thrown into a recession. The different industries. Special attention is given to Flemish government commissioned this study to the process of transition to establish a Circular investigate how the site could be redeveloped as Economy. a pioneer in “Circular Economy”. phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 < Flow map of Ford Genk in the circular economy < Renders showing the phased redevelopment of the Ford site the railway the factory 0 100 m 1km N the waterfront 4 images produced by Joris Moonen < Sections showing the flows of energy and materials 0 10 m 100 m 5 PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION URBAN DESIGN Master thesis “Cycling the Sihl” Zürich, Switzerland spring 2014 academic sole contributor Zürich is a “Swiss” city in every sense of the word. My master thesis investigates how this forgotten From its structured urban morphology to its river could be revitalized and how its unique AVERAGE reliable public transport network, the city functions structure could link urban fragments along a new FLOW < like a carefully crafted time piece. Only the Sihl, a bicycle path. Assembling flows of water and people, fast-flowing, unpredictable mountain river, dares a valley for sports and recreation is conceived, to flow through the city untamed. while co-existing with the never fading flooding FLOOD risk. << < < Pictures showing the varying water Graph of the statistical occurrence of < Flooding map of Zürich due to a level of the Sihl water levels of the Sihl rise of the Sihl’s water level water level1 [m] PEAK FLOW 2,0 1,5 FLOOD 0,003% HIGH 1,0 0,4% AVERAGE 3% 0,5 LOW 23% MINIMUM 100% proposed bicycle paths 0 100 200 300 356 0 1 km 10 km N days [-] J F M A M J J A S O N D once in 10 years once in 100 years 6 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 0 1 2 3 < Map of the new bicycle path (red) along the river Sihl < Typical sections of the bicycle path Sometime the bicycle path shares the riverbed and is allowed to flood Other times the bicycle path hovers in safety on the banks of the river 7 < Image showing a strategic project along the bicycle path < Isometric view of the flow of the bicycle path along the Sihl << [NEXT PAGE ] Plans and sections of the strategic project 8 0 10 m N PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION URBAN DESIGN Masterplan for the redevelopment of Heverlee Heverlee, Belgium fall 2018 office-related co-designer 0 200 m N The new masterplan for Leuven’s southern suburb Heverlee has < Map showing the valley systems surrounding Heverlee a twofold purpose. Firstly, it aims for a rapid amelioration of two << Deep section showing the Dyle valley (left) public squares and secondly, it provides a long term vision to and Heverlee’s urban center (right) develop its urban center. Our proposal is based on a careful reading of the surrounding urban landscape. We recognize Heverlee as a small populated center, surrounded by two valleys. By taking advantage of a ridge in the landscape, we create a balcony that provides a viewpoint towards the Dyle valley. SECTION GROUND WATER TABLE DYLE < Delayering of the ridge between the Dyle < Zoom on the two strategic projects valley and the urban center image produced by Daan Derden image produced by Jaron Vanooteghem 11 PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION ACTIVISM Voluntary community organisation in Rotselaar Rotselaar, Belgium 2016 - 2017 personal lead designer When changes in the urban planning regulations in a small village The aim of our proposal was not to present a fixed solution, but led to an outcry of criticism from its inhabitants, a friend of mine to encourage a healthy conversation between town council and invited me to participate in the discussion by presenting a design its inhabitants. After several presentations and workshops, we for an alternative future development of the town. succeeded in lowering the tensions and influenced the policy towards a more sustainable development model. Pictures of several workshops and debates < [NEXT PAGE ] Birdseye view of showing a possible << development strategy for Rotselaar pictures taken by Pieter-Jan Debuyst 13 PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE Residential tower “Artois” Leuven, Belgium 2018 - today office-related co-designer On the former brewery site of Stella Artois, the The architecture of the tower reacts to these two city of Leuven has developed an ambitious new very different conditions by offering apartments masterplan. The tower “Artois” is the corner with a one-sided view and a generous loggia stone of this plan and sits on the banks of the next to the river and apartments with elongated river Dyle. There it bridges the new developments windows looking over the new developments. with the small-scale historic urban tissue of the neighboring residential area. 1607-ARTOIS voorontwerp WIT-architecten .14- .11 2018 N < Plan of the elevated flours < x Concepts schemes: facade (above) the x shafts (middle) and the serving spaces (bottom) < Cross section +16 en ,+14 ,+12 ,+10 +8 verdieping 5 m 0 1/100 N 14 Render of the residential tower “Artois” Renders showing the materiality of the different facades 15 PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DURATION TYPE OF PROJECT CONTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE Redesignation of the flour mill “Moulart” Brussels, Belgium spring 2012 academic co-designer A design competition tries to breathe new Our proposal adds a floating, sculptural life in the old flour milling factory “Moulart” volume between the two buildings, by creating a new congress center and some accommodating an auditorium. This volume office spaces. The existing buildings are quite acts as an eyecatcher, displaying the rebirth iconic and are highly valued by the