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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. Contemporary Abbey For The Production Of Mustard, Pickles, Pickled Vegetables And Vinegar in Oudenaarde, Belgium by DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTUREFebruary 5th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE A production site for mustard, pickles and imposed vegetables according to an innovative, contemporary abbey principle. It does not stand in line but is an island in the industrial development and thus pulls the underlying nature reserve inwards. Due to the low budget, the ‘fat’ has been cut away, leading to a condensed concept. The ‘arena’ extends around and is the minimum paving (turning radius) for loading and unloading. The production was commemorated together with the client from horizontal to vertical, with the mustard tower where the silos with mustard seed are located. The central gate reveals itself as a gaping hole in the massive façade that consists of a rhythmic set of concrete panels. The building must comply with the standards of food safety whereby the hygienic and non-hygienic zone must be strictly separated. The central helix staircase cleverly resolves this and shows the functioning and DNA of the building.  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE
 Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE Inherent Qualities Of The Project Design as a craft. The mustard tower symbolizes the culmination of two years of design research and the new vertical production. The architectural language is surprisingly simple, sacral and reminiscent: a thought of a phenomenon from the past. The façades literally translate the inside of the building. The front only accommodates storage that is UV sensitive, the back is completely cutout to the underlying nature in favor of the workspace where it is produced. Not a typical closed food-safe box, but an open space with the central helix that induces mutual encounters. Camp’s is a modern abbey: a place where, supported by architecture, you experience the magic of the production process. From the arena you enter another world, where the strict but wondrous surrealism of Ledoux and Boullée is never far away.  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE Implementation And Environmental Approach In Nature And Community Functions Public Arena IMPLEMENTATION ANThe size of the arena is determined by the turning circle of the largest truck (and fire department). So minimal effort with maximum results. The circle is perfectly round and is bordered with a closure that will also serve as a stand. This will filter the relationship with the surrounding landscape, but we will also have the same principle here: a minimum closure that is necessary to safely close the site.  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE The central gate is the only entrance to the site and protects the view from the street. One entrance, one control point, one fence on the edge of the circle defining the protected zone. Outside this perimeter, nature comes knocking at the door: wild shrubs, hedges and trees from the nearby nature reserve are extended to the site, which minimizes the occupancy of the building.  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK The arena will be publicly opened up in the form of a polyvalent event square for the community. Right from the opening, the building could count on an important public interest from the wider environment.  Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans  Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans Collective Mask For The Community At the back of the building a collective vegetable garden will be provided that will serve the community. All kinds of vegetables will be grown here. Experiences on brining and storing vegetables are shared in the building in the form of workshops and courses on a regular basis.  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE The Production Of Pickles, Mustard And Vegetables In view of the production of all pickles, mustard and imposed vegetables by a maximum of three people, an acoustic connection between both levels is very important. One must be able to hear when a machine is tightening or when a colleague needs help. The central vide provides this connection between the two. Not only acoustically, but also spatially, this was an important part.  Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans  Image Courtesy © FREDERIK VERCRUYSSE The large silos end up in the mustard heart on the first floor, where the first preparations are made in making the mustard. Next to the mustard heart is the vegetable square, where imposed greetings are repeatedly removed by repeated rinsing and then pour downwards and either ‘naked’ in the jars or mixed with the picklesauce. At the top of the building, as the summum, you can find the mustard tower on the second floor with both large silos. When you step inside this silo room they flank the central entrance door like watchmen. They force you into the narrowing between their two silo bodies to allow you to enter a room with one central eye on the nature reserve. The other side of the tower contains all technical components (CV, Ventilation, …) so that no technical devices can further disfigure the roof.  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DHOOGE & MEGANCK ARCHITECTURE
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