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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium by ATELIER KEMPE THILLJuly 6th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ATELIER KEMPE THILL The team Atelier Kempe Thill (Rotterdam) and aNNo architects (Ghent) has recently won the international competition for the renovation and expansion of the Maritime Academy in Antwerp. The project is located in the north of the historic centre of Antwerp, at the prominent bend of the river Schelde. The proposed plan of approximately 15.000m2 in total consists out of three main parts.  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL
 Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL The first part is the existing monumental school building from the 1930s designed by the architects Van Kriekinge. Here several subsequent extensions will be demolished and the important Flemish modernistic masterpiece will be fully restored to its former glory. The heat insulation will be adapted to contemporary standards. The second part is the extension of the school with a multifunctional educational building that contains several marine simulators, the library, labs and classrooms.  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL Both buildings will be connected by a subterranean more public education platform that contains three auditoriums, a restaurant, informal study areas and large workshops for test setups. The facilities will not only be used by the school but by the Antwerp shipping industry as well. On the roof of the educational platform a new public plaza will be constructed.  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL  Image Courtesy © ATELIER KEMPE THILL
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