Morpho-Logic was honourable mentioned at Artery competition: Mitten am Rand, Das Neckarknie. Morpho-Logic is a co-operation between Wolbert van Dijk, Stefan La Grand and David Dooghe.

The goal of this competition was to reach a conceptual structure for the Neckar area between Altbach and Wernau. In this area there is mix of industrial sites, some green areas and infrastructure mainly in the valley, villages mainly on the hills and agriculture above the villages. The accessibility and use of the river is under pressure by the domination of the industrial sites and infrastructure in the valley.

Morpho-Logic created a new structure for the further development of the area by first examining what structured the area. Two main layers were found: One is the landscape and agriculture, the other the industry, infrastructure and housing.

What will happen in this area if nobody interferes? What do we want to happen? What should be brought to a halt? What should be the rules to do so?

The project team decided the logic of the strong morphology of the area should be the underlaying organizing rule. By introducing a new intermediary layer, a strong connection between the different layers was made by adding functions at specific sites.

With the project House FDU'sel, David Dooghe graduated as an interior designer at the Academy of Fine Arts at Eeklo, Belgium.

At the academy David did several projects such as the performance and exhibition: Loft For Rent, the design of chair Tria, Shelter: the design for the 3 bunkers and the design for the House FDU’sel.

House FDU’sel combines the different scales of landscape, architecture and interior in an integrant design. The jury liked this integration of the surrounding nature in the architecture and interior design. Although there are strict regulations on the maximum surface that can be built, the house is spatial, by the efficient use of the space and the use of height and light.

David’s studio mentor was Wouter Cornillie.

David Dooghe chose to study interior design parallel to his study architecture to get more in touch with the scale of the human body.

Shelter, the design for 3 bunkers based on the allegory of the cave, exhibitioned in the cultural centre of Oostkamp, Belgium.

For two months David Dooghe worked as an architect on the excavation site Sagalassos (Turkey), run by the Catholic University of Leuven.

David Dooghe measured the parts of the ancient city that got dug up and drew pieces of total city plan.

The project New Alliances is a flexible master plan for the future developments in the west of Lommel and a design for a business hotel with a health resort.

The jury was charmed by the flexibility of the master plan and the possible landscape development it brings. Not only the master plan, but also the building interweaves nature and business, this by bringing the landscape in the icon building and combining the landscape with the program of the health resort. The jury further liked the fact that the hotel creates the image of a small dense vertical city, by the specific positioning of the hotel program around the central hall. By choosing for this density and by lifting the program to higher levels, optimal views on the surrounding landscape were created.

David’s mentor was Livia de Bethune, his studio mentor Erik Van Daele.