Metadecor

10/06/2026

Vote for Stadsschouwburg Kortrijk

With this project, Metadecor is competing in the Construsoft BIM Awards 2026.

Most people will simply see a façade.
We see complex geometries, BIM coordination, tolerances, custom details and a LOT of engineering!

Think projects like this deserve a stage too?

Voting link in bio/comments.

09/06/2026

Some projects are worth revisiting.

Four years after completion, we revisited Hart van de Waalsprong in Nijmegen to capture the project once again and to see how the architecture has settled into the city.

For this parking structure, Metadecor realised a façade of rolled aluminium perforated panels combined with vertical fins, creating depth, rhythm and constantly shifting shadow lines throughout the day.

What appears as one calm architectural volume from a distance reveals an extraordinary level of detailing up close: curvature, perforation, repetition and precision engineering working together as one system.

A project that still feels fresh, refined and remarkably relevant years after completion.

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Photo(s): Oliver Schuh, www.palladium.de

04/06/2026

Building your own headquarters with your own cranes. That’s Hoeflon.

Congratulations to Hoeflon on the official opening of the new headquarters and on celebrating 20 years of innovation!

For this project, Metadecor realised the perforated façade of the striking entrance volume using MD Designperforation.

The façade changes throughout the day through light, depth and transparency: while the installation phase perfectly reflected the identity of the company itself: the panels were lifted into place using Hoeflon’s own compact cranes.

A great example of engineering, identity and ex*****on coming together in one project.

Wishing the entire Hoeflon team lots of success in this impressive new working environment!

*Photos taken during the final phase of construction, shortly before the official opening.

28/05/2026

“Daar zit voor mij de meeste voldoening: gebouwen echt een smoel geven.”

Martin Elslo werkt al ruim tien jaar bij Metadecor. In die tijd groeide hij door naar ontwerpleider, hoofd engineering en voorzitter van het strategisch team.

In een nieuw interview vertelt hij over complexe gevelprojecten, samenwerken met verschillende disciplines en de ontwikkeling van gevels die steeds slimmer reageren op licht, comfort en omgeving.

Van semi-transparante gevels tot bewegende concepten zoals SOMBRA: techniek en esthetiek moeten volgens hem altijd samenkomen.

Benieuwd naar zijn visie op gevels en samenwerking?

Lees het volledige interview via onze website: https://www.metadecor.nl/gesprek-met-martin/

04/05/2026

The timber façade at P+R Ede-Wageningen is taking shape.

Prefabricated panels bring speed on site but only with the right detailing.
Especially where design meets ex*****on.

A project where rhythm, scale and buildability come together.

In collaboration with and designed by

01/05/2026

On days like this, you really notice how much light defines a building.
What a façade does doesn’t stop at the outside.

Sunlight doesn’t just shape the appearance of a façade, it directly influences the experience inside. Patterns, shadows and transparency shift throughout the day.

That interplay between light and material is what makes a façade more than just an outer skin.

At the same time, that same façade has to withstand the other side of the spectrum: heavy rain, wind and increasingly extreme conditions.

It requires careful choices in material, detailing and fixing and, above all, early alignment in the design process.

22/04/2026

Can you turn architectural ambition into something that actually gets built?

At Metadecor, design doesn’t stop at the drawing board.
You take it all the way: from concept to construction.

Lead. Design. Realise.

Kampen (NL) | Hybrid

Link in the comments

16/04/2026

30/03/2026

Great façades don’t happen at the end of the process.

The real impact?
That happens in the translation.
from idea to something that can actually be built.

Not by taking over the design,
but by strengthening it.

Sometimes with less material.
More freedom.
A better result.

Let’s start that conversation earlier.

Link Dutch blog:
https://www.metadecor.nl/samen-schetsen-samen-bouwen/

Link English blog:
https://www.metadecor.eu/shaping-ideas-together-building-them-together/

(image: Jaap Heemskerk | text: Caroline Kruit)

24/07/2025

OUT OF OFFICE From July 28 to August 18, Metadecor will be closed for ‘BouwVak’ (collective construction vacation – that’s a thing in The Netherlands). That does not mean that we won’t think about projects or façades… During our holidays, we continue to look around at (historically) old façades and pounder on new ideas that we can incorporate in future projects. Call it occupational deformation… you probably recognize the urge.

Of course we will use the summer vacation to recharge. Our main purpose: to collect enough (solar) energy to help you again starting week 34. Hope to see or speak to you then. But first, have a nice summer! ☀️😎