RE-ST is an architecture and research practice founded in 2010 by Dimitri Minten and Tim Vekemans, dedicated to seeking solutions for urgent and complex spatial issues. Based in the center of Antwerp, they use their projects and research processes to explore critical perspectives and visions regarding the built and open spaces at our disposal. This leads to the formulation of new challenges and design commissions.
RE-ST engages in both building-related and non-building activities; their work ranges from design, adaptive reuse, and building restoration—as well as conducting studies and masterplans, optimizing architectural programs, and multifunctional programming—to public space design.
Their research project "Wanderspace" (zwerfruimte) was awarded the BWMSTR label in 2018. In 2022, they received the PIONEER AWARD, and their studio was selected to participate in the IABR in Rotterdam in 2018, 2020, and 2024. In 2025, RE-ST received the Jo Crepain Low Impact Award and was nominated for the Geert Bekaert Prize for Architectural Criticism in the Netherlands.
