Project Architect, Atelier Kanal Architects
In 2008 Arabella became an architect and during 10 years she worked in The Netherlands, on several projects with different scales and challenges.
Thereafter in 2018 she started as one of the project architects for the project Kanal, Brussels. With this international team she is working on the transformation of the ’30 Citroën Garage in a public, cultural building complex for Brussels.
In the last 6 years her focus was the renovation and reuse of the existing structure and shell of the old garage, starting from the different qualities the building already has to offer, but also implementing the changes needed to serve the new, future program of the building. Different scenario’s were studied with a multi-disciplinary team and today the contractors are translating it into a built reality.
She still believes that an optimistic imagination can move something in the process of (re)building spaces, appreciating change while learning from the past. Something she also enjoys to share with the students of the master Architecture Academy Maastricht.
