COWORKING SPACE / LIEGE GUILLEMINS

Interior & objects / Design & production / Client : Silversquare & Befimmo

“I wanted this project to offer my hometown a flexible, human-centered workspace that connects local roots with global influences.”

Rooted between the revitalized Guillemins train station district and the La Boverie museum, this project also marks a return to my origins. Liège, my native region, becomes a point of connection and exchange.

Inspired by the idea of movement, whether physical, professional, or internal, the layout unfolds across three floors and over 5,000 m² like a landscape in flux. I imagined autonomous and adaptable modules, almost urban bungalows, that shape the space without ever enclosing it. Everyone can settle in, envision themselves, and shape their own rhythm of work. The space is not static. It is alive, evolving, and deeply human.

The design plays with contrast. A deliberately raw and neutral grey base sets the tone and anchors warm, colorful, mobile objects. Lamps, rugs, tableware, trunks, and sculptures, selected or created throughout my travels, punctuate the space. Each piece tells the story of a gesture, an encounter, a memory. Local folklore appears in playful touches, especially in a contemporary sculpture of Tchantchès in ultra-gilded copper, standing in the middle of the hallway like a modern idol.

The space also opens to a sense of elsewhere. A play zone recalls urban furniture and reinterprets how we move through space. Each level introduces its own tempo, ambiance, and angle of perception.

This project took over three years of reflection, dialogue, and craftsmanship. It brings a vision of work as a living experience, combining function and emotion, precision and playfulness, local roots and global openness.