Proud to share that the Architectural Recovery Team (ART), part of the BK-Launch community for three years now, has been featured in TU Delft's Pioneering Tech.
Founded by TU Delft students Leyla van der Waarde and Meriç Kessaf after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, ART develops modular housing units that give disaster survivors immediate shelter and a foundation to rebuild their lives on. Their first unit has been standing since early 2025, and a family now lives there.
ART operates as a foundation, entirely volunteer-run. It is a powerful reminder that entrepreneurship is not only about building a company for profit. It is about identifying a real problem and having the persistence to solve it, and BK-Launch exists for founders like ART just as much as for any commercial venture.
We are incredibly proud of what ART has achieved. Read their full story here!
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