Vision
In 2015, when the book 'POLO Architects' was launched, the architectural firm Poponcini & Lootens ir. architecten decided to change its name to POLO Architects.
Today, the duo Mauro Poponcini & Patrick Lootens has evolved into an architectural firm with more than 100 employees working on assignments all over Belgium and abroad: a solid practice with plenty of knowledge, architectural expertise and experience. But also, and more importantly, a beautiful and divers group of colleagues of all ages with 29 years of experience and boldness, an incubator for emerging talent, where everyone can develop their potential and continue to grow. The offices in Antwerp and Brussels are proper workshops, stimulating sanctuaries of skillful play.
In terms of assignments, POLO Architects likes to explore its boundaries and spread its wings: the architects are increasingly and consciously focusing on urban development challenges, master planning and strategic reflection on spatial planning. Furthermore, the firm has made a conscious choice to take on more and more smaller assignments in the cultural and social fields. These designs demonstrate how smaller but carefully designed buildings can be an intellectual stimulus for the firm and a growth opportunity for the designers. The development of an interior design department illustrates this interdisciplinary approach.
POLO Architects is an amalgam: a creative bundle of contradictions with room for large projects (commercial, private, public) as well as (smaller) exceptions and a work ethic driven by powerful designs, creativity and reflection. This urban planning, architecture and interior design firm is familiar with a wide range of scales and programmes - location development, master planning, schools, university buildings, hospitals, cultural centres, industrial buildings, (head) office buildings, commercial properties, housing of all types and sizes, interior design projects and scenography, both new constructions and renovation projects: from cities to chairs, and everything in between. It explicitly demonstrates the ambition to commit and to fully embrace the experiment.
POLO Architects considers the diversity of assignments as something both familiar and challenging, a call for designers to push their boundaries time and again, to give it their best and to rise to the challenge using skill and experience.
POLO Architects is ready to prove itself: always, together, different. A stimulating perspective.
Team

Mauro POPONCINI
prof. ir. architectfounding partner
mp@polo-architects.be

Patrick LOOTENS
ir. architecturban planner
founding partner
pl@polo-architects.be

Patrick BILLIET
ir. architectmanaging director
pb@polo-architects.be

Jascha RONDOU
architectdirector
jr@polo-architects.be

Michiel VERHAVERBEKE
architect, msc.director
mv@polo-architects.be

Marc DORNY
HR & finance directormdo@polo-architects.be

Lieve DE SMET-VAN DAMME
architectbuilding technology consultant
ldsvd@polo-architects.be

Daisy VAN NUETEN
sr. management assistantdvn@polo-architects.be

Jef VAN LOOCK
architectproject architect, team coordinator
jvl@polo-architects.be

Bert OOMS
architectproject architect
bo@polo-architects.be

Jan CANT
architectproject architect, team coordinator
jc@polo-architects.be

Katrien VAN LOCO
architectproject architect, team coordinator
kvl@polo-architects.be

Sofie Lambert
architectbuilding technology coordinator
sl@polo-architects.be

Jorn PEETERS
ir. architectproject architect
jp@polo-architects.be

Thibaut GEVERS
architectproject architect, team coordinator
tg@polo-architects.be

Bea GEBOERS
interior designerbg@polo-architects.be

Mariline LAENEN
architectproject architect
ml@polo-architects.be

Ramon ALVAREZ ROA
ir. architect, msc.project architect
rar@polo-architects.be

Yü CHEN
ir. architectyc@polo-architects.be

Valérie RAETS
ir. architect, urban plannerhead of urbanism
vr@polo-architects.be

Eduardo GARCIA DIAZ
designereg@polo-architects.be

Martin VAN SCHAIK
ir. architectproject architect
mvs@polo-architects.be

An DE DYCKER
graphic designerPR & communication coordinator
add@polo-architects.be

Suresh DEBIDIN
designersd@polo-architects.be

Daan VAN DEN BERGHEN
architectproject architect
dvdb@polo-architects.be

Jens VERLEY
ir. architect, project architectjv@polo-architects.be

Francesca GENTILI
architectfg@polo-architects.be

Johannes ROEVENS
visualisation artistjro@polo-architects.be

Jill BASTIAENS
administrative assistantjba@polo-architects.be

Martin DENAYER
architectproject architect
md@polo-architects.be

Ana MORENO
architectproject architect
am@polo-architects.be

Pierre DUGARDYN
architectproject architect
pd@polo-architects.be

Michelle BOSCHMAN
architectmb@polo-architects.be

Mar MALVAR GOMEZ
architectmmg@polo-architects.be

Hendrik-Jan ROEST
architect, urban plannerproject architect
hjr@polo-architects.be

Caroline Huybrechts
ir. architectproject architect
ch@polo-architects.be

Sven DE TROCH
architectbuilding technology consultant
sdt@polo-architects.be

Wouter ANTONISSEN
architectproject architect
wa@polo-architects.be

Joana MELO
architectproject architect
jm@polo-architects.be

Vincent VAN EYKEN
ir. architectvv@polo-architects.be

Christophe VAN RAEMDONCK
architectcvr@polo-architects.be

David CATALÁ MIÑANA
architectdc@polo-architects.be

Astrid PERKISAS
architect, interior architectmanagement assistant
ap@polo-architects.be

Louise BRUNET
architectlbr@polo-architects.be

Patrick PERSOONS
architectproject architect
pp@polo-architects.be

Tom HUYCKE
interior designerth@polo-architects.be

Hassan HAMZAOUI
designerhh@polo-architects.be

Piter IVO
architectpi@polo-architects.be

Gehan DE KOKER
architectgd@polo-architects.be

Magda KIELT
ir. architectproject architect, team coordinator
mk@polo-architects.be

Lucas VANDENEEDE
architectlva@polo-architects.be

Aryani SARI RAHMANTI
urban plannerasr@polo-architects.be

Eva PIERSOUL
ir. architectproject architect, team coordinator
ep@polo-architects.be

Peter BAECK
architectproject architect, technology manager
pba@polo-architects.be

Ana RAFFUL
urban plannerar@polo-architects.be

Kimoura HAUQUIER
architectkh@polo-architects.be

Kim PECHEUR
architectproject architect
kp@polo-architects.be

Gaetan OP DE BEECK
IT supportgo@polo-architects.be

Lieselot Vercampt
interior designerteam coordinator
lvc@polo-architects.be

Ellis Christiaens
urban plannerec@polo-architects.be

Pedro Araujo
designerpa@polo-architects.be

Roberto Genna
architectrg@polo-architects.be

Cristian Marian Stoian
architectcs@polo-architects.be

Valérie Codesido López
ir. architectvc@polo-architects.be

Wim Crombez
architectproject architect, team coordinator
wcr@polo-architects.be

Floor Wetemans
marketing & communication coordinatorfw@polo-architects.be

Julie Chiappino
tender coordinatorjch@polo-architects.be

Laura Rombaut
architectBIM modeller
lr@polo-architects.be

Glenn Lyppens
urban plannergl@polo-architects.be

Pieter Vercampt
architectproject architect
pv@polo-architects.be

Mariska Scholiers
architectms@polo-architects.be

Philip Lefèbvre
architectple@polo-architects.be

Maialen Gonzalo
designermg@polo-architects.be

Jens Vermeiren
interior designerjvm@polo-architects.be

Mladen Stilinovic
urban plannermls@polo-architects.be

Damián Smetanka
designerds@polo-architects.be

Mario Vera Sáez
designermvsa@polo-architects.be

Arthur Ackermans
ir. architectaa@polo-architects.be

Xavier Dewulf
BIM modellerxd@polo-architects.be

Souhaila Isnari
administrative assistantsi@polo-architects.be

Macarena Ainsa Sánchez
designermas@polo-architects.be

Gaetana Poponcini
PR & communication assistantgpo@polo-architects.be

Nana Lambregs
contract coordinatornl@polo-architects.be

Ivo Janssen
designerij@polo-architects.be

Rudi Van Thienen
BIM managerrvt@polo-architects.be

Elsie De Vos
BIM developeredv@polo-architects.be

Lucie Roy
architectlro@polo-architects.be

Gabriele Rovati
designergr@polo-architects.be

Laura Alvarez Noval
designerlan@polo-architects.be

Pascaline Lannoo
ir.architectproject architect
pla@polo-architects.be

Gildo Incitti
designergl@polo-architects.be

Tiago Leitão
architecttl@polo-architects.be

Hanne Lejeune
interior designerhl@polo-architects.be

Alejandra Cruz Garcia
designeracr@polo-architects.be

Eleonora Zudich
designerez@polo-architects.be

Michail Katopodis
architectmka@polo-architects.be

Liesbeth Beernaert
architectlb@polo-architects.be

Felix Delafonteyne
architectfd@polo-architects.be

Alexandru Poliac
designerapo@polo-architects.be

Nick Van den Broeck
visualisation artistnvdb@polo-architects.be

Hadiseh Asgari
designerha@polo-architects.be

Alexander Vandenberghe
architectav@polo-architects.be

Andy Windey
BIM modelleraw@polo-architects.be

Martina Cesarini
designermce@polo-architects.be

Valentine Gruwez
ir. architectproject architect
vg@polo-architects.be

Maurann Lootens
architectmlo@polo-architects.be

Caroline Stevens
PR & communication assistantcst@polo-architects.be

Najiw Zemmouri
architectproject architect
nz@polo-architects.be

Lissa Vanmechelen
finance coordinatorlvm@polo-architects.be

Yoshi De Moor
BIM modellerydm@polo-architects.be

Mariya Frantseva
BIM modellermf@polo-architects.be

Seda Masaeva
designersma@polo-architects.be

Bram Iven
designerbi@polo-architects.be

Guido Bruzzi
designergb@polo-architects.be

Azul Klix
designerak@polo-architects.be

Alberto Bovo
designerab@polo-architects.be

Ana-Maria Lungu
designeraml@polo-architects.be

Nicolas Ronchetti
designernr@polo-architects.be

Alex Xueyan Feng
designeraf@polo-architects.be

Siel Van Gool
architectsvg@polo-architects.be

Louize Bogaerts
project architectlbo@polo-architects.be

Johan Berteloot
project architectjb@polo-architects.be

Cindy Durdin
BIM modellercd@polo-architects.be