Biography
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The team views architecture as a tool for making visions into reality.
Crepain Binst Architecture includes 65 engineers, architects, interior designers and urban planners who all work as a single team. They describe their organisation as something like Piet Mondrian's BOOGIE WOOGIE, in which vertical and horizontal lines have the same importance.
Jo Crepain was born in Bruges in 1950
1973 - Architecture degree from Henry van de Velde Institute in Antwerp
1975/81 - SILO co-founder and co-partner in collaboration with E. Hoecks, J. Mooens, S. Stals and G. Van looveren
1975/83 - Teaches Architectural Design at the Ghent Academy
1977 - Continues studying urban planning at the same institute
1982 - Teaching diploma
1982/84 - Teaches Theory of architectural design at the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam
1982 - Lectures at the Academy of Architecture in Maastricht
1984/85 - Coordinator of "WISH", an ideas competition commissioned by the Flemish social housing ministry
1985 - Lectures at the Unité pédagogique d'architecture in Nantes
1985/88 - Teaches Architectural Design at Henry van de Velde Institute in Antwerp
1986 - Founds Crepain Architect nv
2006 - Founds Crepain Binst Architecture nv
Works
1. Urban projects
2005 - Urban development for the Heijaar estate, Heijaar, Breda
2004 - Urban development with 157 homes, Apeldoorn
2003 - 143 apartments surrounded by greenery, Hoorn
2003 - Urban development including 137 homes and a fire station, Vleuten
2002 - 70 homes in five blocks, Almere
2002 - Urban development with 360 homes, Landgraaf
2002 - Master plan for offices (150 000m²) and apartments (90 000m²), Tilburg
2002 - Park and residential zone with 450 homes, Wondelgem
2001 - New South. First urban expansion of Antwerp since 1920. 1000 homes, 150,000m² of office space and a multi-purpose centre acting as a bridge between Old and New South
2001 - Master plan for 300 homes, 1200 apartments, 20,000m² of office space, Temse
2000 - Urban development for 850 homes, Utrecht
2000 - Urban development with 520 homes, Beverwijk
2000 - Urban plan for Amersfoort, divided into two areas: one with 4-storey homes and one with tower blocks over 10 floors high
1999 - Urban development plan including businesses, homes and a psychiatry department, Amsterdam
1998 - 1150 homes and a hospital, Geleen
2. Offices
2006 - Construction of apartments, shops, restaurants, offices (5800m²), Antwerp
2005 - New construction and renovation of offices and warehouses (13,000m²), Torhout
2004 - New construction of offices and parking area, Lovanio
2003 - Renovation and expansion of an office building, Niko - St-Niklaas
2002 - New offices (800m²) with swimming pool, Sint-Lievens Houtem
2002 - New offices (1500m²), garage (1000m²) for a shipping company, Hamme
2002 - Complex including 7000m² of office space, 100 residential units and 4500m² of commercial space, Amsterdam
2000 - New headquarters in Luxemburg
2000 - Office building with luxury penthouse (1150m²), Zaventem
2000 - Renovation of office space in the Pacheco Building (24,500m²), Brussels
1999 - New headquarters (35,000m²): offices, training facilities, parking lot, etc., Haasrode
1999 - Restoration of a 1960 building, Brussels
1998 - Renson headquarters (4000m²), Waregem
1998 - Ultrak headquarters with showroom, reception and offices (1500m²), Wommelgem
1998 - Renovation of the Telenorma Building, Brussel
1998 - Office building for development of computer software (600m²), Hoegaarden
1997 - Renovation and expansion of Villa Hoogerheide, Hilversum
1997 - Conversion of an 1840 farm building into a showroom, meeting rooms and office space, Bissegem
1997 - Conversion of a 1920 building into an office building, Brussels
1996 - Renovation and conversion of an old wine cellar into an advertising agency, Brussels
1996 - Post office, Rijkevorsel
1994 - Postal office, Lochristie
1990 - Conversion of a former mill into an office space, Ghent
3. Housing developments
2005 - Construction of 26 homes and 94 apartments, Leerdam
2004 - Construction of 11 townhouses and 7 units arranged around a courtyard, Brasschaat
2003 - Construction of 187 homes along the noise barrier on the A58, Goirle
2002 - Construction of 31 homes and 15 seniors' homes, Vleuten
2002 - Construction of 15 homes in a park and 52 apartments with underground parking, Woerden
2001 - Construction of 70 homes around a garden, Almere
2001 - Extension of plans on the site of a former garage with 20 homes, 33 apartments and a 64 car parking lot, Amersfoort
2000 - 90 apartments in 6 blocks, Papendrecht
1999 - 30 homes surrounded by greenery, Geleen
1998 - Three series of townhouses and three apartment buildings with underground parking, Geleen
1996 - Construction of 100 homes, Apeldoorn
1995 - Construction of 100 homes on an island in central Nieuwland, Amersfoort
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