Architecture, but slightly different.
Architect Niek Hilgen creates user-friendly, pleasant architecture with plenty of daylight. The rooms breathe tranquility. They are often just that little bit different. In the designs it is 'nice to be'. You experience security and you feel free.
They are also super efficient in use. The layouts are well thought out and relatively easy to adjust.
Design choices are made well-considered. Solutions are creative, the elaboration is careful. In this way we aim for a future-proof design.
Inventive, well thought out.
Looking further, being inventive and creative. Create well-thought-out designs and get the most out of them. That's the 'fun' of our profession. And if you don't know, you find out. Working with passion on refined architectural and construction solutions, that is the goal.
Refinement and subtlety
Refinement is in the little things. Layouts, compositions, material and color combinations. But also something as simple as daylight or technology. More is needed to achieve real refinement. The trick is to find an optimal balance in all the individual factors and to forge them into a successful, perhaps ultimate solution. Beauty and sensitivity lie in well-balanced designs that are timeless.
A refined and strong signature.
The designs seek refinement, elegance, modesty, softness and light. Words that emotionally match designs that make you feel at home. Strong, refined solutions with their own refined 'signature'.
Quirky and accurate.
Architecture challenges, is focused on use, and adds views to the environment. It strengthens the quality of the urban site. But it doesn't overwhelm and is basically subtle and intimate.
Lifting the whole thing to a higher level, that's what it's all about. Ingenious designs that get to the heart of the matter with minimal resources. With the right choices, you can accurately achieve your shared goal.
Environmental awareness
By creating buildings that last a long time (functionally and structurally) you can make a big difference in terms of sustainability. It is important to pay attention to reuse at an early stage. Using available resources (materials, raw materials, water and energy) sparingly and carefully during realization, exploitation and dismantling is step two. The point is to keep the ecological footprint as small as possible during all phases. Working with sustainable and renewable sources and elements fits in with this.