In an attempt to unpack Antwerp as intimate city, distill the principles of its public exteriors and interiors and shed light into how a government building can unlock its civic qualities, the Stadsloket 't Noord is proposed, a public building in timber.

In an attempt to unpack Antwerp as intimate city, distill the principles of its public exteriors and interiors and shed light into how a library can unlock its civic qualities, the Berchem Library is proposed, a public building in brick.