Polo Architects Information

Founded in 1991 in Antwerp, POLO Architects is a multidisciplinary team of over 85 creative professionals and includes architects, interior designers, urban planners and architectural specialists. With over 20 years of experience in designing and building, POLO Architects has acquired a wide portfolio with projects of various types and complexity. The POLO Architects’ projects range from individual and collective housing to interior design, educational buildings, offices and urban planning; from new buildings as well as renovation, to private and public buildings. The strategy behind this large diversity is probably one of the main characteristics of the company: gaining knowledge in one field helps to understand others. The architect as conceptual designer, assisted by specialists. Whereas programs vary, the design method remains the same, independent from scale. Starting from a thorough analysis of the surroundings, the social context and the programme, a concept is developed, which takes into account the user’s aims, the built and non-built environment, the costs and the constructive requirements. Most buildings designed by POLO Architects have a different morphology. They are designed for a specific programme in a specific place, both elements which differ in every project. As a result the architecture follows a logic whereby construction, form and programme go hand in hand, with respect for the environment.