Amsterdam Oudekerk: The Oude Kerk has an impressive rainwater collection system on the roofs. We decide to redefine how water is captured and transform this into a water installation.

The plan is to open up the church and create two new entrances on the southside, which brings the interior of the church towards the outside and provides new functional areas, such as art chappel, the hydroponic system, rainwater curtain, herbal garden, spice cafe. The existing chapel of Oudekerk is expanded towards the square becoming an art space. On the other side next to the water and bridge, we made another extension where herbs are grown for the cafe.

The water from the roofscapes is collected into new pavillions and it manifests in the sublime encountering with water in the 'rain' curtain.

Der Aa-Kerk: In Groningen, we aim to give the church a more prominent place in the city and create a more functional space for different age groups that is self-sufficient and attractive to society.

We open up the church by creating new visual access and new entrances creating space for new functions. To complement the existing church programme we added a cafe garden, silence room, bat tower slash art gallery, office space and winter garden.

The pavilion is a microclimate system. Located on the north and south side of the church entrances have opposite climates. The coexistence of people, plants and animals is facilitated by a controlled climate that is maintained by the pavilion, and fluctuations in humidity and temperature are then regulated to provide different levels of comfort. This creates a secret garden that runs through the church and opens at its entrances.

Grote Kerk Naarden: New intervention in Naarden is aiming to expose ceiling artworks of the church but also to create an elevated and enlightened experience for different age groups within the neighbourhood including small children.

On the exterior, there is a freestanding pavilion, inspired by the church tower. This tower is a self-sufficient pavilion that generates energy from the integrated solar cells in its double-skin facade. Inside the tower, we create a new social space to discover and learn about sustainability.

The new tower generates energy to illuminate the interior of the church. Here you can see the connection between the free-standing tower and lifted passage on the inside of the church, from which you can observe paintings. The idea of this promenade was inspired by the current temporary platforms for the renovation of the church.

The free-standing tower is inspired by the city of Naarden as a fortress and monumentality of the church. Moving through the vertical garden new visual relationships are established with the church.

In the interior in order to bring people closer to the painted vaults viewing platform is created. It is elevated in the centre of the church and crowned with a chandelier that lightens up the artwork.