🏆 💥 We are very pleased to announce that YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard), our social housing project in Kortrijk, Belgium, has been awarded the 2026 Casa de la Arquitectura Prize in Spain, an initiative of the Ministerio de la Vivienda y Agenda Urbana.
The project received the award in the category ES_ADAPTABILIDAD, recognizing projects that reflect on new ways of living and on typological proposals responding to future societal challenges.
Through an “urban acupuncture” approach, YIMBY aims to contribute to the regeneration of the neighbourhood. The project introduces housing models tailored to contemporary needs and evolving household structures, with special attention to those in society who require the greatest support: people living in loneliness, residents who are sufficiently autonomous yet still benefit from care and assistance, as well as elderly people and children. The “kangaroo homes” create opportunities for two households to share a plot, garden and winter hall, or for one family to live together with a semi-independent resident. At the scale of the neighbourhood, the project also contributes to urban renewal by restoring the relationship between the dwellings and the collective inner courtyard of the urban block.
✨ Our sincere thanks to
@casadelaarquitectura , the jury (Iñaqui Carnicero, Federico Soriano, Pippo Ciorra, Bet Capdeferro, Marta Vall-llossera Ferran, María Teresa Verdú Martínez, Sara Leon Velasco and Nieves González San Millán) for recognizing this project.
A special thank you as well to our clients
@swplus_kortrijkwevelgem and the
@stadkortrijk for their continuous support and belief in the project throughout the process, to the engineers
@mouton_structureel_ontwerp and
@boydens_engineering part of
@sweco_belgium for their valuable collaboration, and to
@artes_group for the construction of the project.
Congratulations as well to the winners in the other categories!
@viviendagob
Photos:
@stijn_bollaert
#premioslacasadelaarquitectura2026 #regeneracionurbana #urbanregeneration #urbanacupuncture #circulareconomy
