zoarchitecten is a lover of places. Places with meaning. Beautiful places, atmospheric places. But also abandoned places, leftover places, backsides. Carefully designed places and random places . Captivating places. Places within the city and inside buildings.
zoarchitecten likes to operate within the genius loci, the spirit of the place. Character, atmosphere and expression are thoroughly studied and mapped an form the basis for the architectural design. Understanding the genius loci and translating it into a precise intervention is one of zoarchitecten's key qualities. Transitions from the inside to outside, from public to private and collective spaces play an important role in our designs.
In our projects zoarchitecten search for a design solution that is both appropriate and surprising.zoarchitecten wants to make feel-good architecture, not show-off architecture. Architecture that touches the heart of the matter. Architecture that is stripped of the superfluous, non-dogmatic and pleasantly pragmatic, so its value will be maintained throughout the years.
zoarchitecten is the office of Joep Klabbers (1969). His open minded, enthusiastic and concerned approach transfers his love of simple architecture and details. The name of the office is like the design result: to the point, simple but not banal.