PORTFOLIO Ste f an ie Gr uy a e r t
CURRICULUM VITAE
Stefanie Gruyaert
Adress: Beekwegel 5 8800 Roeselare (BE) E-mail: gruyaert.ste@gmail.com Phone: 0497/22.49.56 Birth date: Birth place:
26th of august 1992 Roeselare, Belgium
Drivers liscence :
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PERSONALITY
LANGUAGES
Creativity
Dutch:
Responsibility
English: Fluently spoken, understood and written
Punctuality Flexibility
Native language
French:
Basic notions
German:
Basic notions
Teamwork Communication
SKILLS Autocad 2D
Google Sketchup
Autocad 3D
Office Powerpoint
Adobe Indesign
Office words
Adobe Photoshop
Office Excel
Adobe Illustrator
Model making
EDUCATION 2004 - 2010 Economy - Modern Languages (ASO) Barnum, Roeselare 2010 - 2013
Bachelor Architecture Luca school of Arts, Ghent (KU leuven)
2013 - 2015
International Master in Architecture Faculty Architecture, Ghent (KU leuven)
GRADUATED CUM LAUDE
FOREIGN EXPERIENCE 2014 Erasmus - Labratory of Immediate Architectural intervention Umeå school of Architecture - Sweden
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 - 2010
Summer job - Butcher
Summer 2012 Summer Job - Architecture office BvBa Vaneeckhout (groepv.be) Iepersestraat 290, B-8800 Roeselare 2011 - 2015
Summer job - nursing home
Oct. - Dec. Research architect - Drs. Architect & Msc. Conservation Gisèle Gantois, Research Department of Architecture, KU Leuven. 16 -18 Octobre Exhibition Master thesis project “The cuesta of the rupel region. New challenges for its cultural heritage.”
NEAR FUTURE Nov. 2015 Online publication Master thesis project “The cuesta of the rupel region. New challenges for its cultural heritage.” http://issuu.com/rupel/docs/cuesta_volume_1 Jan. 2016
Dutch publication Master thesis project in association with Harry van Royen ( Project association Heritage Rupel)
TABLE OF CONTENT
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Go into detail!
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Scape / Mixed media experiment
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Bicycle culture Ume책 / Mapping
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The architecture or details cities are made of
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Exhibition Master thesis Boom, Noeveren
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Silent Room!
2015 The Cuesta of the Rupel Region New challenges for its cultural heritage
Go into detail! ‘Arteconomy’ is a renovation project of 51N4E where a 19th century farmhouse is framed by a thin steel wall that captures the existing view and patterns of light. The house has to be rebuilt after it imaginary burned down. By analysing this project thoroughly, a new design concept appeared in which the steel wall is the base for a new design adjusted to the current needs of the residents. Docent: Lieven Dejeaghere
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Within the existence of the steel wall, a new residence found its place. Engaging in between spaciousness, the new dwelling interacts with the steel wall by touch and perforation. Outdoor spaces with different characters and how they interact with indoors are in this design equally important as the indoor space.
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Scape / Mixed Media experiment How can we create spacial fields?
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Wind is one of the actors to create common spacial fields. Autumn leaves forming a track on the street, sand on the seashore demarcating certain areas, ... Each object, person, phenomenon leaves its own TRACE scape Docent: Tiemen Schotsaert Groupwork: Pieter Huyzentruyt & Thomas Geldof
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Using sifted sea sand as a medium to test traces caused by wind and this by following a very precise protocol to avoid discrepancies.
PROTOCOL : All models are made in the same format and the quantity of sand is one cup. To garantuee efficienty during try-out we developed a funnel to spread the powerful wind.
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Silent Room Umeå’s Architecture school is designed as a big open space, where sound finds it’s way everywhere. There are many activities going on at the same time, so you are often overwhelmed by the noise that is produced. The silent room should provide a place of quietness and intimacy in this chaotic space. Resting on the existing structure of steel beems, the flooting room will not interfere with any of the exiting floor-areas. Docent: Alberto Altès Groupwork Liai 8 students
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Ceiling The roof is composed by forty two perforated wooden boxes filled with saw dust in order to insulate acoustically the inner space. Each piece is obtained by plywood boards of 8 mm thickness and 240 cm lenght and they are supported by the beneath structural beams. The distance between them is aproximately two centimeters and this allows a really soft light to come in and enlight the enviroment.
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Umeå Bicycle culture The bicycle is the number one way of transport in the city of Umeå. It is used for the daily transport despite of the not so appropriated wheater. It has become a big part of the urban landscape, but how did it occur? How does the bicycle-culture transform the city and can this culture be seen as an incentive for local social interactions in the city? Docent: Alberto Altès
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The bicycle culture is very present in Umea, but no one realises how much it influences the city. As an outstander it became clear to me during the first weeks of my stay. A further specific research and a series of 13 mappings showed the different influences on the city.
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ECONOMICAL LIFECYCLUS
URBAN MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF UMEÅ BICYCLE CULTURE
DISCOURSE / EVENT
In addition to the formal market their is also the more or less unofficial side to the story. Where can we situate does things in the lifecyclus of the bike and how do we get in contact with does more or less hidden sides of the bicycle market. What’’s their story?
Every day bicycles are brought to the recycling center and bicycle parts are thrown away. However, most of the bike parts are still in perfect condition to restore other broken bicycles. Can there be a job opportunity is this? Every year in September there is a great shortage of bicycles by the large influx of new students while there are many bicycles abandoned just before summer holidays These bikes could be restored with the hurled bike parts and resold, thus some nifty students may be able to earn a little extra money.
PRODUCED BICYCLE (PIECES) WITHIN SWEDEN AND OUTSIDE SWEDEN.
I’M BUYING A NEW BIKE FROM
I’M SELLING MY BIKE TO
CM CYKEL & FRITID SECOND HAND SPORT
FIRST OWNER
REPAIR TIME !
CYKEL & MOPEDHANDLAREN
Who does it ?
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TEAM SPORTIA
CYKELBUTIKEN
PREPARE IT TO SELL
CYKEL & SKIDSERVICE I UMEÅ
lEFT OVER BIKE PIECES
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RECYCLING PARK or at some bicycle shops
THE ORIGINAL SHOP STUDENTS CYKEL & SKIDSERVICE I UMEÅ UMEÅ CYKELSPORT SECOND HAND SPORT CYKELBUTIKEN
DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER PERSON THROUG THE INTERNET (BLOCK ET , FACEBOOK, ...)
BELLA BELLA HANS HERMANSON ERIK PALM FLOR PINEIRO PREPARE IT TO SELL
SECOND OWNER
OFFICIAL BIKE MARKET NOT OFFICIAL BIKE MARKET COLLABORATION WITH
Muhammad Arif Khan Stipendiegränd 4 A 907 35 Umeå
SECUNDARY JOB ACTIVITY BASED ON TRUST
BELLA BELLA repairs bikes in his spare time and his aim is “to encourage/facilitate people to ride bikes which helps to protect the environment, improve personal health, and have fun with friends and family. “
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Costumers CONTACT him through the facebookgroup called Umeå students secondhand bikes market. Besides that he is also frequently present at some free repairworkshops organised in Ålidhem.
REPAIR TIME
In most cases he asks you to bring your bicycle to Stipendiegränd 4 A , lock it in the common bicycle storage and drop the key in his mailbox.
The common basement is used as a place to repair the bikes and also to storage his materials in his own small private storage in the basement.
BUYING MATERIALS Normally the bicycles are repaired very quick but some of them take a longer time or are sold to Bella Bella so he can repair them later. He stores them in the common appartment S TO RAG E with permission of Balticgruppen.
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PAYMENT TIME To make the bill, bella bella only mentions the actual cost of the new purchased equipment. The customer decides how much he pays for the service itself. This system is based on trust, so he hopes that they choose a fair price
He would like to isolate the room and rent it as his own bicycle repair space but he doesn’t get permission for that from Balticgruppen.
Architecture as Acupunctural Strategy Oren Lieberman / Alberto Altés / Josep Garriga
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Cykelturen! Skarume? As my final project to finalise the research I organised a bicycle tour on a Sunday afternoon, in which new social contacts are created and where the bicycle and the city can be experienced in a different way. Of course it is not only about the bicycle ride on the day itself, but it is also about testing or bending the rules of public space and creating long-lasting effects in the city
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URBAN MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF UMEÅ BICYCLE CULTURE
HOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE CITY? TRANSVERSALS / MICROPOLITICS
The main ways of transportation through the city is by bus, car, bike and foot. How do they interact in the city of Umea and how do they influence the city? Mapping the facts of each way of movement but also the rather unknow conflicts between them.
FACTS AND FIGURES The BICYCLE is the NUMBER ONE way of TRANSPORTATION in Umeå despite of the not so ideal weather circumstances. The city has a network of 238 KM OF BICYCLE and WALKING PATHS connecting all the parts of the city and the maintenance of this COSTS about 9,5
A new development in the city centre and around the university and hospital are direction indicaters for bikes. This is a design within the new policy from the municipality around bicycles.
This bicycle - pedestrian tunnel was built in 2012 and creates an easier connection between the city centre and the central station of Umeå for the pedestrians and cyclists.
million SEK.
There are two barometers present in the city centre situated next to the bicycle pumps that counts the amount of cyclists each day. The one in the city centre shows us that there were 390.000 cyclist passing by at that place last year.
37 % of the inhabitants of Umeå uses the BICYCLE TO go to WORK EVERY DAY and approximately 2/3 of all cycle trips under 5 km are journeys to school, work or recreation. Roughly 30%
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OF ALL ADULTS in Sweden have NO DRI-
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HOW DO THE RESIDENTS OF UMEÅ MOVE THOUGH THE CITY WITH THE BIKE 70 % WITH THE CAR 16 % WITH THE BUS 6 %
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The air pumps are very popular in Umeå and they are meant for bicycles, wheelchairs and buggies. Although people mainly use them for the bicycle. What’s the amount of air inside and what else can we do with this besides pumping up tires?
SEASONAL BICYCLE USE DURING WINTER
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SEASONAL BICYCLE USE DURING SUMMER
DAILY 70 % SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 19 % FEW TIMES A MONTH 6 % RARELY 5 %
One of the most known, but also one of the most hated bicycle bridges in Umeå because of its steepness and lenght. In the beginning most of the people took the electric escalators in the Östra station to reach the other side, but since that’s forbidden a lot of the people walk till to the other side.
A bridge crossing the river reserved for cyclists and pedestrians.
CONFLICTS BETWEEN ROAD USERS Another bicycle - pedestrian tunnel that connect the bridge towards the other side of the river with the city centre. This tunnel has a completely other atmosphere than the one close to the central station. This one is rather unpleasant because of the material use and darkness. RELATION BETWEEN THE BUS AND THE CYCLIST - The biggest annoyance the cyclist has is that the bus rarely gives priority to cyclists when they cross roads, but in most situations it is the cyclist that has to stop.
POSITION OF THE BIKE COMPARED WITH THE REST OF THE TRAFFIC 1. Here there is a very strong seperation presence, where the bicycle is placed centrally and clearly shielded from the rest of the road users. Also on the bicycle path itself, there is a clear division between the two directions.
RELATION BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE CYCLIST - In this situation it’s mainly the car that has some problems with the cyclist. It is a frequent thing in Umeå that the cyclists cross the roads without looking since they know that the cars normally stop. Still this causes a lot of annoyance by the drivers.
2. The place of the bycicle in the street is not defined, there is nothing that indicates a bicycle path. Does this mean that the whole street can be used by the bicycle and that the bicycle becomes equal to the car and the bus in the streetscape?
RELATION BETWEEN THE CYCLIST AND WALKER - Many of the bicycle paths in Umeå don’t have a clear division between the two directions or a particular part for walkers and cyclist. This sometimes causes some problems because people don’t stay on the right side of the path.
3. This street is mostly used by bicycles mainly because it is in the extension of the bicycle bridge. Although the bicycle isn’t clearly seperated as in most of the parts of Umeå. They used road markings instead.
To understand the cycling culture we must not only look at the cyclist, but certainly also to the transversal connection’between different road users. This interaction/connection is strongly affected by the infrastructure present in Umea, but also by the social character of the inhabitants of Umeå. Major conflicts are avoided in most places by the way cyclists are strictly separated from motorists, but also because road users are quite tolerant towards each other and they don’t express their annoyance, but rather patiently give away their priority on the road.
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4. The bicycle path is completely seperated from the main road through a small green space. There are also a few crossings provided for cyclists , clearly indicated by an increase heigt and several road markings.
Each one of them works and there aren’t any big problems between the several road users except from the one were there is no seperation made at all. Especially cyclist don’t know how to act in this situation since they are used to seperation.
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The architecture or details cities are made of Bricks as a filter of diversity A twinned welcoming architecture that stimulates the visitors of Ghent to discover more... While entering Ghent through the flyover, we catch a glimpse of a contemporary ‘tower’. It acts as a ‘gateway’ to the city; meanwhile, it enforces the notice of the visitor. Approaching from various accesses, the Urbis complex reveals diversity and curiosity. Not merely determined by program and typology, but aslo by materiality. Docent: Patrick Moyersoen
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The project provides mainly residential units, bounded by vertical gardens, combined with offices, workshop spaces and public functions that accommodate the social life. The main public building, A flexible ‘shelter’,gives the citizens, the opportunity to reclaim the area. This ‘shelter’ has also an impact on the existing Woodrow Wilson ‘square’ that is strengthened through parallelism with the new context and implements defined boundaries. The other surroundings are likewise enhanced by intermediates spaces to approach the area and to enter a building or an area in pleasant and many different ways.
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The Cuesta of the Rupel Region New challenges for its cultural heritage The Rupel Region, a beautiful scenery which is overloaded with heritage as a result of the predominant brick industry. The assembly of both tangible - intangible, cultural and natural heritage. is the local identity that tells the real story of the Rupel region.
Hellegat and Noeveren, two hamlets that have been largely determined by the brickyards, are nowadays in need of upgrading and redevelopment. Among many other areas in the region they are in need of a vision that creates a future for it’s surroundings and inhabitants, but more important an approach that strengthens the local qualities. docent: Gisèle Gantois
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MOMENTARY IMPRESSIONS OF THE RUPEL REGION
ANTWERP HEMIKSEM
The Cuesta of the Rupel Region is one of the most valuable remaining clay Cuestas in Flanders, situated in the province of Antwerp along the river Rupel. The Region is about 4500 hectares and consists of five municipalities,
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Today’s landscape is largely formed by several generations of brick manufacturing industry and clay extraction. Additional to the traces in today landscape, there are relicts scattered over the whole region. Generally, you experience the region as an elongated landscape with concentrated residential area’s where decay and decline often takes the upper hand. Despite this negative atmosphere, you often find remarkable, unexpected, beautiful spots hidden in the landscape.
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HELLEGAT - NOEVEREN
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RESEARCH QUESTION
The local informal meshwork that already exists, is currently undervalued, although it has a precious cultural significance1. How can we rethink this fragile tissue as an impulse to reinforce the connections for the entire population, between both locals and newcomers? 1. Cultural significance as a historical and social value for past, present and future genera-
tions that is embodied in the place itself, its fabric, use and meanings. ( The Burra Charter, 2013)
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Model industrial area Hellegat and Noeveren (scale 1/2000)
Model residential area Hellegat and Noeveren (scale 1/2000)
FRAGMENTATION
Model green area Hellegat and Noeveren (scale 1/2000)
The whole Rupel region has a fragmented landschape with frequent elevation changes at first sight. However, research shows clear zoning which is based on the landscape and its height differences. The zoning of industry, residential and green areas has largely been determined by the former brick industry.
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RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGIES
house private space
garden and outbuilding private space
local traffic community space
natural reserve public space
‘Walenhoek’ - Standard form of housing in the area which is built along the dike. The former clay pit is transformed into a natural reserve so these residents have a beautiful green area as a backyard. There is a remarkable transition zone present between the house and the clay pit. Although they do not use the in-between space in a proper way. Many gardens are crowded with junk nowadays and mainly used as storage instead of using it as a fully fledged outdoor space with a possible extensions towards the natural reserve.
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house private space
extension housing or second house private space
garden private space
local traffic community space
green public space
inner street community space
‘Averechse roat’ (2) - It is remarkable that most of these houses are only accessible through the inner street. They have literally no front door. The houses are accessible through small corridors called ‘sloepkes’. This way they reach the inner street, parallel to the main street, which is only three meters wide. The corridor is a way of infiltrating the private space. A transition from private to public through in-between spaces.
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TANGIBLE MESHWORK LOCAL DISPLACEMENT
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The ‘sloepkes are abundant in the townscape, but often they are inconspicuous and hardly visible for strangers. They are originally created to provide a direct connection between the house and work. But nowadays most are privatised and you get the feeling you should not enter. The alleys in the area are comparable to the ‘sloepkes’ but they are slightly wider. They were not used as a direct connection from the house to the work, but axes that connects parallel streets with each other.
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The tunnels are nowadays almost all inaccessible. They served to transport clay to the factory. Tunnels are sealed nowadays because of decay, but they are also appropriated by their immediate neighbors. The community streets are the largest scale of line within the meshwork, but it is something very typical to the area. Since the laborers were built in groups close to the pits, small streets appeared.
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In the case of Hellegat, there is no notion of a real center. No place where everyone can meet, a space where both local residents and newcomers feel like it is their space. A space where collectivity can begin.
When introducing a new center’s , the location should be chosen carefully. We can assume that the area around the church is the most ideal place to position a central square since it has always been like that through history. Nevertheless, I chose to depart from the existing meshwork. By mapping the open space, suitable for this central position, I came to the conclusion that there are several spots that are closely interwoven within the existing meshwork and have a strategic position within Hellegat. Each one of them has a different character which make it possible to develop all three of them as an interesting collective space. Each possible ‘square’ has a building or relict as an anchor point which partly determined the character and function of the space.
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A collective square on the edge between the new residential areas, the former laborars and the Rupel creates an opportunity to join both locals, newcomers and passers on different levels. This social connection is also present in the program of the architectural proposal. The building contains small retail and a local restaurant on top.
The square is an extension of the dike. This way people can actually enjoy the view on the Rupel from the square instead of just passing by on the bicycle path. They are also invited to go inland and experience Hellegat. Through the square there is a connection between the historical center of Hellegat and the new developments, more specific with a recently constructed playground.
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COLLECTIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT
A local youth movement has now its premises in a building of the community accompanied by a large outdoor space. Originally it was a school, but nowadays it is poorly used in the weekends and the contact with the closest neighborhood has been neglected.
By opening the bottom floor of the building, it becomes more transparent and inviting for other local residents. This way the site can be used during all days of the week and for several functions, such as temporary exhibition, local market, theater and all sorts of other neighborhood festivities.
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RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGY REGENERATING MESHWORK
To re-generate the existing meshwork I introduce a housing typology which can be used in many area’s of the Rupel region. A new way of living based on community space in order to maintain the existing meshwork and re-activating it in the future. A transitory space and intermediate zone appears where ‘inside’ communicates with ‘outside’ and ‘public with ‘private through densification inspired on the existing adaptations of housing within the area.
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Current situation where most of the ‘sloepkes’ are closed through privatisation and the local meshwork is cut off.
The introduction of a denser new way of living expands the community space through the re-activation of the ‘sloepkes.
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Exhibition Master Thesis Boom, Noeveren Within the master dissertation we focused on cultural heritage in the rupel region and explored the limits between ‘natural’ and ‘cultural’ as well as the close relationship between heritage and landscape. With the shift of heritage from object to relationship, it becomes a medium, on and by which social projects are created.
By walking and by consistently going back, eight students developed their vision. An interesting interaction between the industrial history and the current social developments came out. At the request of local residents and the province of Antwerp an exibition took place to explain the projects.
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New challenges for its cultural heritage.
Exhibition master thesis projects
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Machine hall peeters-van mechelen. Noeveren 261. Boom. ANTWERP. 16-18/10/2015 friday : 19-21h : opening saturday-sunday: 14-18h
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Gisèle Gantois
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Floor Clinckemalie / matthijs sioen / stefanie gruyaert / lisa lu may lynn doll / felix schiettecatte / sam verschoren / riccardo burratti
The cuesta of the rupel region.
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