What is Ardt?
Ardt means ground, roots, and earth. The place where ideas are planted and grow into research, artistic practices, and programs.
Ideas here are given life to inspire people, shift perspectives, and connect through storytelling, comunity building and design with the next generation of artists.
What?
Ardt Studio is a space where architecture, art, and storytelling meet. It tells stories from different perspectives and turns them into spatial experiences, artistic work, and public programs. The aim is simple: to create moments where people feel connected to a space, to a story, and to each other.
Why?
Having a community that supports you and shares your background is important. But without a curated space that serves this community and its needs, it cannot be nurtured or grow.
Often, the community builder, the artist, and the spatial designer are three separate parties that don’t fully align. But when these roles come from the same place, they can create meaningful results. Where the building, the program, and the artists are connected, feeding and inspiring each other.
How?
I see architecture as a social act. A space is not just a building; it is an extension of the city. A place where people can gather, meet, and sometimes pause. Ardt creates spaces that invite encounters between people, stories, and everyday life.
My work moves on three levels. Through spatial design, I create inclusive environments that invite people in. Through programs and events, I bring people together around curated themes. And on an individual level, I mentor artists in shaping and sharing their stories.
The studio becomes a ground for creation and exchange. People don’t just visit; they participate, leave traces, and recognise themselves in the stories of others. In this way, architecture, art, and community grow together.
Oudail el Omari
My name is Oudail el Omari. I am an architectural designer, actor, curator, and speaker. During my Bachelor in the Built Environment at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, I discovered theatre and the power of storytelling to connect people. As a self-taught theatre maker alongside my studies, I learned how art can make complex ideas accessible.
While finishing my Master’s at TU Delft and performing at festivals and theatres, I realised that architecture and storytelling naturally intersect. Installation art became a meeting point where space and narrative shape each other. This led me to curate programs, design the spaces that host the programs, and invite artists and audiences into shared stories.
My work often engages with social, political, and identity-related themes. Architecture inevitably engages with politics. With my Lebanese background and being born in Willemstad, Curaçao, identity naturally becomes part of my work, it’s what connects us.
I believe artists have a responsibility to reflect on society, to question it, and to speak about it and manifest a better future. We have the tools to reach people and touch peoples souls.
I believe in reflecting on the past, discussing the present, and connecting for the future.
Let’s have a coffee, go to theatre or a museum;
I would love to hear your take on architecture, art, and community. It starts with a mutual interest, coffee, art and a conversation resulting in a collaboration.