Av. de la Toison d'Or 72, Gulden-Vlieslaan, 1060 Brussels
Alive is a Brussels-based socio-spatial design agency that empowers local actors to reclaim and shape their city. Through an empathetic and collaborative approach, we work to make public spaces in vulnerable neighborhoods of Brussels more inclusive and livable.
Our practice ranges from large-scale urban strategies to small-scale spatial interventions. In every project, we follow a consistent methodology: we analyze existing social and spatial dynamics, actively engage the local community, and co-create their everyday environment.
Founded in 2010, our team brings together architects, social designers, and spatial designers who address the challenges of urban transformation through an interdisciplinary approach.
Architect / Social Designer
Petra
Pferdmenges
Dr. Petra Pferdmenges founded the spatial agency Alive Architecture after practicing for five years in internationally recognized offices. She is passionate about innovative social urban transformations, focusing upon projects situated in Brussels. Petra teaches / taught in multiple universities in Europe, Asia and Australia.
Spatial Designer
JULIE
REVEILLON
Julie Réveillon, urban designer and illustrator for 5 years, she loves to design tools and workshops to facilitate the bond between the city and its dwellers. Playfulness, environmental sustainability, collective action and appropriation are the core values of every project she takes part of.
Industrial Designer
NAYA
CHRISTOV
Naya Christov studied Industrial Design at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels. In her projects, she aims to place the human at the center, fostering an exchange between the object and the user. Her creative approach is inspired by diverse and transversal practices, with a particular focus on aesthetic, functional, and environmental sustainability.
Over the years, we have been helped by many great people.
We are grateful for each and every one of you who has helped us grow and continue our work:
Juliette Marchand, social designer
Paùlo Pery, spatial designer
Julie Réveillon, spatial designer
Michael Schuster, artist
Ghazel Aziz, architecture student
Emilie Thabard, architecture student, trainee
Camille Pigeolet, architect, administration
Gaëlle Bojko, architecture student, trainee
Hugo Leprince, student of architecture, responsible projet Jardin des Curiosités
Simon Auperpin, architect, project leader Urban renovation contract Weststation
Boris Papeians, architect, communication & graphic design
Louis Desmartin, architect, project leader Beekkant-West, Brussels
Matteo Paracchini, architect & researcher, communication & graphic design
Arianna Fabrizi De Bianchi, architect, project Step by Step, Brussels