CircoFloor wins a Henry van de Velde Award
By Staenis |
Henry van de Velde Awards 27 · Business Innovation
Good news for Staenis and Artori: CircoFloor is a Business Innovation winner at the Henry van de Velde Awards 27. The award recognises an idea born from practical flooring experience that grew into a dry, height-adjustable floor structure.
Vote for CircoFloorUntil 18 December 2026 · on the official awards website
For us, this is a chance to share the design work, testing and collaboration behind a floor. You can also help us win the public award.
Recognition for Business Innovation
The Henry van de Velde Awards celebrate Belgian design and the value it creates. CircoFloor is one of this edition’s Business Innovation winners. The medal colour will be announced at the ceremony on 26 January 2027 at Flagey in Brussels.
The jury highlights the lightweight, modular structure and the possibilities for combining insulating materials with later disassembly. That recognition of the design as a whole makes this award special to us.
It started with wooden boards and cups
The first prototype looked very different from today’s CircoFloor. Wooden boards and cups fitted together in opposing directions made a structural principle tangible. In 2023, Tom Verstaen of Staenis took this homemade, internally tested prototype to Artori.
That was the start of turning a working idea into a product that could be manufactured and installed. Staenis contributed flooring expertise, the initial concept, practical trials and load tests. Artori refined the shape and developed the engineering and production with the mould maker and injection moulder. Prototypes, calculations and new trial parts helped refine the design step by step.
What goes beneath your floor?
CircoFloor forms a dry, adjustable structure beneath your floor. Combine it with suitable infill, boards and a floor covering to create a floor build-up without wet screed, for both DIY renovators and professionals.
At the right height
The structure is adjustable. Include the boards and floor covering when calculating the total floor height.
A dry build-up
No wet screed layer to dry. Any adhesives and finishes retain their own application and curing times.
Thinking ahead
Designed with later disassembly in mind. The chosen layers and fixings determine what can be removed and reused.
Performance depends on the complete floor build-up. Consider the structure, infill, boards and finish together, and follow the installation guide for your application.
Give CircoFloor your vote
Alongside the jury award, CircoFloor is in the running for the public award. Would you like to support the collaboration between Staenis and Artori? Vote until 18 December 2026 on the official Henry van de Velde Awards website.
- Open the project page and click ‘stem’ (vote).
- Enter your first name, last name and email address.
- Confirm your vote using the email you receive. Your vote only counts after confirmation.
You can cast one vote. No confirmation email? Check your spam folder too. Newsletter subscription is optional.
Thank you to Artori for the collaboration, to Flanders District of Creativity for organising the awards, and to everyone helping CircoFloor move forward.
Official project credits: Artori — design studio; Staenis — client.
