NU architectuuratelier is the work platform for intense architecture and design research, led by Armand Eeckels and Halewijn Lievens. Based in Ghent, Belgium and founded in 2004, NU has the ambition to question and develop spatial, material and landscape tasks in strong interaction with the clients. NU aims to contribute in a qualitative way to our social, spatial and mental environment. With a large variety of realized and valued projects, the intense approach to architecture has resulted in a series of special projects. NU strives for tactile, essential architecture by combining large and small scale projects, thus upgrading functional expectations to inspiration.