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Sumit Singhal
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.

Contemporary Barn in Ghent, Belgium by P L O E G architecten

 
February 26th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: P L O E G architecten

The rural area, surrounded by old farms and castles, convinced us to conceive a building  according the typology of the old fram barn of this area. So we worked with a roof pitch of 45° and bays of five meters.

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

  • Architects: P L O E G architecten
  • Project: Contemporary Barn
  • Location: Ghent, Belgium
  • Photography: Amaury Henderick
  • Landscape architect: Niels Everaerd
  • Main contractor: Gebroeders Snoeck
  • Area: 160.0 sqm
  • Project Year: 2013
  • Software used: Vectorworks

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

In consultation with the landscape architect, we orientated the building, with respect for the old farm configurations, cross scheduled at the farmhouse.

In order not to create caricature imitation architecture, the building is conceived as a modern industrial building. The barn is constructed from a steel frame, the facade is finished with solid precast concrete panels and the roof is made of self-supporting steel roofing sheet. These materials had as an additional benefit to be very inexpensive.

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

The entrances to the building are happening through wooden sliding gates slipping behind the facade. By using wooden gates, the barn gets a warm touch.

For Natural lighting has been chosen to work with centralized light planes. The large central skylight gives an overload of light to the central space, while the polycarbonate north façade creates a constant pleasant lighting for the outdoor kitchen with a direct view of the surroundings.

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © Amaury Henderick

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

Image Courtesy © P L O E G architecten

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Categories: Barn, Vectorworks




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