Sotiria Kornaropoulou
Sotiria Kornaropoulou is a senior architect & partner at 51N4E, where she has been contributing to the firm’s wide range of projects since 2006. About her work at 51N4E, she says: “I got to grow along with the office and help structure our hunch that architectural practice is about shaping the outcome as much as it is about the process to get there. I believe in the capacity of spatial design to weave relations, and in the responsibility of the designer to bridge different agendas from the tangible experience to systemic concerns.”
Within 51N4E she gradually focused on modes of integrating architecture with landscape and on developing the engagement of the office in long-term, cross-disciplinary environmental thinking. She oversees projects regrouping under the thematic line of Performative Landscapes- seeking opportunities for urban ecologies in cultural and infrastructural landscapes (Skanderbeg Square Tirana, Super Terram, Ringpark Zuid Antwerp)- and the development of Root, a structural collaboration with Plant & Houtgoed with an experimental design-by-maintenance perspective.
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ZIN – Marie Belpaire
ZIN – a layered ecosystem in the middle of the city The ZIN project transforms the former WTC I and II towers in Brussels’ North District into a hybrid complex combining offices, residences, a hotel, retail spaces, and sports facilities. This large-scale repurposing project serves as a model for sustainable and circular urban development, with […]
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Adaptive reuse of a farmstead into a social and logistical hub for sustainable food In response to a call from the Brussels Region, a comprehensive proposal was developed and managed for the adaptive reuse of a former farmstead and adjacent residential building. The site is programmed as a mixed-use hub focusing on sustainable agriculture and […]
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In early 2018, the City of Vilvoorde acquired the former ASIAT military site, located in an industrial context along the Zenne River. The redevelopment of this 60,000 m² site was entrusted to Plant en Houtgoed in collaboration with 51N4E. In 2023, the DARSE site—a vacant plot on the opposite bank of the Zenne—was added to […]
Read MoreSkanderbeg square, Tirana
The reconfiguration of the central square of Tirana, the capital of Albania, deals with a public space laden with symbolism. Initially, the square was installed according to an Italian masterplan in the ‘20s, later it served as the core space for events during the communist regime, and arriving in Tirana we found a space that, […]
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