At Vulpo, we love working on digital products that have a real impact. Brik Study Spaces is a great example of this: a platform that helps students in Brussels quickly and easily find and reserve a suitable study space during exam periods.
The platform puts an end to the search for a free spot in crowded libraries or noisy cafés. Students enter their preferences, such as location, date and time, and immediately receive an overview of available study spaces. Clear information about facilities, opening hours and capacity is available for each location, so students know exactly where they are going. This removes an important stress factor and allows them to focus fully on their studies.
In addition to further expanding the platform, we also carried out a partial redesign. The design was delivered, after which Vulpo was responsible for the technical translation into an accessible and responsive web environment.
In this project, we primarily utilised the following services:
Software development: the platform was built in Laravel, with a highly modular architecture. This approach has allowed the system to be gradually expanded with new functionalities over the past few years and remains future-proof for further growth.
Infrastructure & hosting: the entire environment runs on Kubernetes, allowing the platform to efficiently handle fluctuating loads. Outside of exam periods, infrastructure usage remains limited, while during peak times it can be automatically scaled up to smoothly serve thousands of students. This allows costs to be kept down.
Thanks to this combination of thoughtful software development and scalable infrastructure, Brik Study Spaces has grown into a reliable and flexible platform that evolves with the needs of students and the organisation behind it.
We are proud of this long-term collaboration with Brik and of a platform that helps students find a comfortable and suitable place to study without stress.
