In line with the work of Linde Freya Tangelder, the new studio is a space where various collections come together. Collaborations with various galleries as well as self-initiated furniture from the studio destroyers/builders.

A need not only to identify each piece as an individual, but more as a whole, in which spatial aspects become part. From the moment Linde Freya discovered the house, built in 1967 by architect Jozef Lietaert, located in Asse - in the rural hilly landscape, the green zone around Brussels, she recognized a similarity with her personal practice in work: In the architectural context, the use of raw materials and the architectural language, which creates a simple intimacy. 

Originally built as a family home on a rural plot, the architects’ drawings clearly visualize it was only a small triangular piece of land, separated from the neighbor’s larger plot, that became the base for the architectural home. The lower fields in which it is surrounded, make the view quite exceptional. This sloping land, on which a number of twenty large trees, must have been a challenging assignment to the architect. Where the house is built only ground level from the front, at the back an extra minus-one level arose, nearly invisible from street view. For the new owners, it is mainly the simplicity in construction that has incredible potential. 

Here, Linde Freya Tangelder and her partner Jo Groven, landscape architect, establish a permanent place for their individual practices and the interaction between them; where landscape, architecture, interior and especially sculptural furniture pieces merge. The low volume built in reddish bricks, direct you to the inner spaces, where curved walls, small corners, and a refined materiality become crucial - elements that are fundamental in Linde’s work as well. 

The brick volume, which reminds you to a sculpture of Per Kirkeby, is of course crossing Linde Freya’s path in materiality; a brick-lover as she is, mainly known for the Brick’s Reflection Chair with a backend in red brick, is one of her designs released in 2018. All these details and the curiosity of what was underneath the white plastered ceilings and walls, led them to strip the house to its essence. 

The main space serves as an exhibition space, where the work of Linde Freya takes centre stage. A wood casted concrete ceiling became a crucial element for this studio space, interacting with the brushed aluminium and massive oak that are two dominant materials in the sculptural furniture.  On view are central pieces, ‘Dining Table & Mirror Screen’ from her latest solo show at Carwan Gallery, the newest lighting project for Cassina ‘Wax, Stone, Light’ –Murano glass amorphous blocks that form a column, ‘Fundaments Daybed’, made for her exhibition at Valerie Traan Gallery, and many of her self-initiated project like ‘Horn Variations’, ‘Wood’s Reflection Chair’, ‘Windows of Bo Bardi’.

In addition to this main studio space, the other rooms are being renovated to become an atelier for raw works, a lacquer room for delicate finishes, and a modelling room. All front areas in the house are used for her profession, the rear areas of the building serve as private areas. Further renovations will focus on a larger and more spacious atelier - to serve the future plans for the studio. The recent accomplished phase explains a commitment, and embraces the state of the unfinished, in which creation and development are central.