01. Situation model of the new introverted expansion of the urban fabric in Antwerp.

02. The morphological plan of Antwerp shows the introverted expansions within both the 16th and 19th century city walls.

03. The projects within the building blocks have a wide range in scale and function. From houses to apartment buildings and from churches to a military hospital.

04. A selection of introverted expansions in the urban fabric of Antwerp.

05. The Handelsbeurs: the schemes over time clearly show the morphological transformation of the block in relation to its new inner public function.

06. The richly decorated interior of the Handelsbeurs lies as a hidden treasure within the building block.

07. The proposed infill of the building in the Diamant district defines a sequence of public spaces, each with their own character.

08. The ground floor houses a variety of public functions for the close neighborhood.

09. From the first floor and above the plan houses apartments, offices and hotel rooms.

10. One of the squares is defined by a hotel with a double high multifunctional plinth and hotel rooms above. The changing rhythm in the façade clearly expresses the stacking of the functions behind.

11. The sequence of public spaces are linked by a number of passages.

12. The passages are no anonymous corridors, but open interior spaces with addresses around

13. The central and biggest square is surrounded by a continuous residential block.

14. The buildings around this square have a public plinth for small shops and three stories of housing on top.

15. Special attention was payed to the definition of the entrances of the houses and public functions and the familiarity between them.

16. The facade model shows the public plinth -with an alternating rhythm of public and residential entrances- and apartments on the upper floors.