Arne Vande Capelle
Arne Vande Capelle (°1994) obtained an MSc in Engineering: Architecture (Urban Design and Architecture) from Ghent University in 2017.
In 2018, Arne joined Rotor, a Brussels-based design and research collective focusing on the material organization of the built environment, with an emphasis on material flows and the reuse of building components. Between 2019 and 2024, he worked as a project manager, contributing to design, consulting, research, and exhibition projects. He was circular consultant for the Multi-project, designer for Extra City and Horst, and researcher within Rotor’s Interreg FCRBE project. He also coordinated opalis.eu, the online directory of reuse dealers in the Benelux and France, and contributed to exhibitions for the Bruges Triennial, the Lisbon Triennial, and Rotor’s solo exhibition ‘Entangled Matter’ at Bozar in Brussels. Related to the latter, he was co-guest editor of A+310 ‘Material Flows’. From 2020 to 2022, he was co-tutor in Diploma Unit 18 and Experimental Unit 9 at the AA School of Architecture in London.
From 2022 to 2023, Arne led a research project on salvage architect Marcel Raymaekers, supported by Rotor (with a Flemish subsidy) and Ghent University. He is co-author of ‘Ad Hoc Baroque: Marcel Raymaekers’ Salvage Architecture in Postwar Belgium’ and co-curator of the exhibition ‘Unfolding the Archives #6 – Marcel Raymaekers, Pioneer in Circular Architecture’ at the Flemish Architecture Institute in Antwerp.
In 2022, Arne started part-time as a scientific collaborator in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Ghent University. Since 2024, he is a full-time doctoral researcher. Building on his professional experience, his PhD focuses on the reuse of building materials in Belgium after 1945, from the perspective of reuse dealers. As a member of the RECOMPOSE research group, he considers circularity within the interplay of material, economic, and socio-technical factors.
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