+research is a collective based in Brussels that focuses on architectural and urban issues by means of a research by design methodology . We seek out the human scale and experience to create an optimal habitat. We focus not on the draft as a final result, but facilitate, supervise and examine the complexity of the specific context in an exploratory phase in order to focus the principles for the development of a project. Our approach is research-oriented. We start with the analysis, which we from data, interviews and indicators various criteria tuning in consultation with the relevant partners. This forms the basis for the determination of the vision and strategy. Then follows the research by design to define the best scenarios that respond to the desired goal of the project. Through an open and inclusive process, the criteria in the analysis phase are translated into a spatial representation. In the continuation of our activities in building construction, urban planning and in the academic domain, we have joined our fields of expertise in order to respond to the adaptation of educational infrastructures to current requirements. The diversity of our backgrounds and origins provides us with a panoramic view on the multiple concerns of such a context (schools in Brussels), which enables us to address the diagnosis and proposals for improvement in an integrated manner.