about

Landscape architects are storytellers.

My passion for research, architecture and history deeply influences my designs, inspiring me to create spaces that resonate with their cultural context. I enjoy working on the edges of landscapes, that lie at the crossroads of natural design, human use and social connections. My approach embraces a layered perspective of time, space, and place, while maintaining a critical and generative outlook.

Open to new garden designs, collaborations, or anything else that pops up in your mind and want to share.

INSPIRATION

INSPIRING: Les Chemineaux, J.-A. Muenier, ca. 1897 © Musée d’Orsay

INSPIRING: Hoe we vergeten zijn hoe de natuur er vroeger uitzag, Marc Argeloo, 2022 © Marc Argeloo

STUDIES

2023 Urbanism and spatial planning, UA, Antwerp

2020-2023 Landscape and garden architecture, KASK, Ghent

2015-2020 Visual and architectural education, PIKOH, Hasselt

INTERNSHIP

2023 Overlant I BE, Leuven

Valley park I BE, Genk

Market square I BE, Tessenderlo

Havenstraat I NL, Hilversum

AWARDS

Blikveld award for graduation project Antitankgracht

PRESS

Stef Vanbilsen (HOGENT) wint de Blikveld studentenaward 2023 | Blikveld

Stef Vanbilsen: “Landschapsarchitecten zijn verhalenvertellers” | Exterio

Stef Vanbilsen en de antitankgracht | by KASK en Conservatorium | Onrust | Medium