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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2015-2016
2013-2015
2010-2013
Work Experience
2013 (August)
2014 (August)
2009-2015 (Summer Months)
Techical skills:
Autocad
Rhino
Grasshopper
Word, Excell
Photoshop
Indesign
Illustrator
RhinoCam
Diamonds
Languages:
Dutch
English
French
Master in advanced design and digital architecture
(Barcelona, Elisava)
M.Sc in engineering: architectural design and construction tech-
niques (Ghent University)
B.Sc in architectural engineering
(Ghent University)
Intern at B-architecten: designing
(Antwerp Belgium)
Intern at Van Laure Nv: progress monitoring at construction site
(Antwerp Belgium)
Summer Job at Betelec Nv: solving malfunctions commissioned by
Proximus
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Moderate
Basic
Basic
Basic
Native or bilingual proficiency
Professional working proficiency
Limited working proficiency
Basic proficiency
Personalia
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Nationality:
Belgian phone
Spanish phone
E-mail:
LinkedIn:
Toon Van Mieghem
Belgian
+324 76 70 06 40
+34 645 35 15 40
toonvanmieghem@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/toon-van-mieghem-491669b7

The site is situated in the industrial part in the
north of Ghent. The site itself is very steep to-
wards the waterside and relative big for a lim-
ited program. The assignment was to create a
diving school with two swimming pools (one
for diving and one for swimming) and sever-
al class rooms. Since the students had to stay
overnight, there was also need for dormitories.
The limited program on the big area led to a
densification of all elements in order to keep as
much open space as possible. By locating the
school on the steep part, I created a building
with two different facades. One façade vanished
completely in the environment, strengthened by
a small inclination in the roof. The other façade
opens to the waterside and generated a façade
with transparent and translucent parts. Dormi-
tories where located in one wing of the building
with a clear separation by the big entrance and
circulation hall. The contact with the waterside
is enforced by big stairs, which give the possibil-
ity to enjoy lectures or lunch at the waterside.
Year: 2010-2011 (1ste year)
Institute: Ghent University
Diving School

The site is located in the ‘Brugse Poort’, an upcom-
ing neighborhood in Ghent. It is situated on the
beginningofasmallparkandnexttoanewhealth
center. The assignment was to design a small li-
brary for the neighborhood and a room to orga-
nize meetings/exhibitions for local organizations.
The small plot made the choice for a tower obvi-
ous; also by making a tower, the access to park
is more specified. The corner plot gave access to
three views: the park, the square and the street.
If we build higher than the surrounding we can
also view the water and the center of Ghent.
The tower will frame the best view on each
floor. On the first floor we have the view to the
park, then to the square and center and higher
to the water. By choosing which side was open,
the closed sides is used as circulation and
storage for the books. Moreover, the alterna-
tion of the circulation also made a distinction
between the library and the meeting room.
Year:2010-2011 (First Year)
Institute:Ghent University
District Library

Situated on one of the biggest squares
(Saint-Peter square) in the center of Ghent,
the assignment was to build an archi-
tecture faculty on the adjacent square.
I opted for a tower that goes in dialogue with
the Saint Peter church at the opposing side. The
square is also situated on the highest place of
the city, so by making a tower we can create a
view over the whole city and further. The foot-
print is chosen so that every level has a differ-
ent function: library, masters, bachelors, etc.
The alternation of the circulation and big cor-
ridors was done on purpose. The corridors are
not really seen as a corridor but function as ex-
hibition spaces. When we combine this with the
alternating stairs, you make the students and
visitors see the work. This is to strengthen the
cross-pollination of ideas among the people.
Year: 2011-2012 (2nd year)
Architecture School

The parking is situated next to the
most important road to enter Ghent.
A parking always needs a high degree of func-
tionality and has to be designed in function of
the cars. The entry and exit of the parking are
located underneath the building in between
two roundabouts. This will prevent a big traf-
fic jam because the cars will disperse very fast.
The parking is always in inclination, and creates
a continuous driveway without difficult turn-
ing points. The top has an easy turning point so
every car can easily browse for a space and the
drivers don’t need a master’s degree in parking.
Year:2012-2013 (3rd year)
Park & Ride
Legend:
Red: main circulation axis
Yellow: traffic influx
Orange: traffic outflux

The original site was an amalgam of different
functions: multiple gardens, a kindergarten, a
playground of an elementary school, a church
and a non-defined space. The purpose was to cre-
ate a new location for Art Basics Children (ABC),
keeping in mind that the playground and the ac-
cessibility for the neighbors had to stay the same.
We cleaned the complete site and only kept the
church and his bell tower. The church could
function as a small scale cultural center and the-
ater room for ABC. The big open space inside
the church, we filled with scaffoldings and we
created a tribune, bar and a two sided stage.
The stage had a double function and could be
used both for indoor activities and outdoor con-
certs or plays. The hill functions as a natural
tribune and serves as a separation between
the playground and the public open space.
Year: 2013-2014 (4th year)
Collaborators: Tim Willem
ABC Goretti : Church

The second construction is the building for
ABC and has a convenient design. It consists of
a simple concrete structure with transparent
cladding. In this big shed, we used scaffoldings
to organize the space. The scaffoldings give a
high degree of flexibility to ABC, who wanted
to recreate their spaces to the current needs.
The scaffoldings were filled with a catalog of
solutions based on the need for transparency.
Year:2013-2014 (4th year)
Collaborators: Tim Willem
ABC Goretti: shed

The area encircles the north of Brussels. This is
a very divergent area, where we have industry,
habitation and office places. It is in leftover spaces
where we find a big challenge, the brownfields.
These grounds are left unused for 20-30 years.
You can see three different maps who mapped the
brownfieldsoverseveraltime,startingwiththecur-
rent brownfields, over 20 years and over 40 years.
The solution can be found in bioremediation,
more exactly phyto-remediation. Phyto-reme-
diation is a technique to clean the soil or water
with plants and/or trees. Every plant has a differ-
ent merit so every brownfield will look different.
The timing is about 20-30 years, which equals the
time the fields are left unused. The scheme gives
a first hinge of how the implementation of phy-
to-remediation could be done in different areas.
Year: 2014-2015 (5th year)
Phyto-Dynamics: urban
Legend:
Purple: Current fields
Red: +20 year fields
Orange: +40 year fields

The phyto technique will be shown on one of the
brownfields. In combination with the technique, I
proposetheuseoftwoeasybuilttowers.Onewill
be a phyto tower, which will contain an info point,
laboratory and space for maintenance tools. The
other one will be an activity tower. This tower
will be adapted to the needs of the neighbor-
hood; in this case some ateliers for young people.
Both towers move from brownfield to brownfield
to create a temporary activity. The end state
and use of the towers is never fixed, but depen-
dent on the specific needs of the neighborhood.
Phyto Dynamics: Case study

This assignment consisted of two steps. First we
had to do a revision of one of the designs for the
competition of the new port house in Antwerp.
Secondly we had to elaborate a complete strat-
egy for techniques, structure and detailing. We
started from the design of XDGA-architects and
did some adjustments. To push our structural
analysis as far as possible, we choose to work
with two small circulation sleeves that hold
up the big cantilever. Everything is organized
around a void, to create both light and view.
Collaborators: Helena De Wolf - Sarah Holbrouck
Teresa Vacca - Tim Willem
Revision Porthouse

The structure was the most challenging, as it
consists of two main Y-arms connected with a
secondary net of beams. The technical instal-
lations started from the use of the dock water
to cool the building. Together with the starting
point to prevent crossing of ventilation ducts.
We created an easy system which provides
the required comfort everywhere in the build-
ing and generates flexibility. We focused on
two details, one where the structure is outside
and one where he is inside. These two details
determine the outcome of our two facades.
Collaborators: Helena De Wolf - Sarah Holbrouck
Teresa Vacca - Tim Willem
Revision Porthouse: Technical

W.E.F.T was a one-year project divided in several
parts that focused on a different aspect. The main
purpose was to achieve a generative design
starting from a form finding process. This genera-
tive design will then be applied on one site as an
example and using specific environmental param-
eters. All this was a combination of fabrication,
responsiveness and digitalization (Grasshop-
per).
The first part was the form finding process where
we started to investigate the properties of weav-
ing combined with applying a resin afterwards.
This composite had interesting structural prop-
erties and specific shapes. The advantage of
form finding is that the material will be used ef-
ficiently. With a minimum of material, you create
the strongest possible shape. We tested density/
porosity, strength and flexibility of the created
surfaces.
After knowing the properties of the model, we
started measuring the differences so we were
able to digitalize them. The digitalization was a
very important part. Once the models were digi-
talized, it was possible to create every kind of
shape within the system properties.
Year:2015-2016
Institute: Elisava
Collaborators: Isabelle Weydert
W.E.F.T: Form Finding

The creation of a generative system has the ad-
vantage that it is growing by itself. In order to
control and guide this growing, we used environ-
mental parameters to create a system that com-
municates with the surrounding.
The specific shape of our system interacts well
with the wind exterior and interior. We use the
wind to ventilate, or we redistribute the wind.
Especially in warm countries some wind is wel-
come. The other parameter is controlling the po-
rosity of our system, which will depend on the
space and the need for view.
In Barcelona (Valcarca) we have two major winds:
NNW- (fresh) and SSW (dry and hot) wind. By
combining the two winds with the view on the
plots, we created zones with wind-view values.
These values will be used to place the rooms on
the site depending on their need for ventilation
and view.
Year:2015-2016
Institute: Elisava
W.E.F.T: Responsiveness

The responsiveness and the wind and view analy-
sis is used to create the configuration. Our sys-
tem can self-organize depending on the analysis.
This self-organization is done with grasshopper
and can be applied in every part of the world.
The program is a variety of spaces to create a new
micro-centrality in Valcarca, such as small library,
market, stage…. We use all the possible param-
eters we defined in the form finding part to cre-
ate an interesting system with several changes
depending on site, program, people, wind and
view.
Year:2015-2016
Institute: Elisava
W.E.F.T: Configuration

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