Machelen: workshop and office spaces in Belgium by WE-S architects

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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.

Machelen: workshop and office spaces in Belgium by WE-S architects

February 26th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: WE-S architects

The municipality of Machelen needs new workshop and office spaces, replacing different buildings spread over the outskirts of the city. The building should include dressing rooms, a cafetaria and an outpost for the Red Cross. The construction of the building finalizes the administrative reorganization of the municipality, merging and professionalizing all municipal departments. The compact building sets itself at the center of the site. This allows for a circulation loop that connects both the building and the surrounding car park in the most efficient way. The plinth is topped with a sloping roof, thereby optimizing the view on the site from the offices on the first floor. Two terraces on the first floor create a double height in the warehouses below, optimizing the handling of bigger goods. As the building gets a predominantly industrial function, it is conceived as a steel skeleton structure with load-bearing panels lining both facade and sloping roof, resulting in a sculptural ensemble of steel panels, creating a different coloring and shading according to the time of day.

Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

Architects: WE-S architects
Project: Machelen: workshop and office spaces
Location: Felix Timmermanslaan, 1830 Machelen, Belgium
Photography: Johnny Umans
Lead Architects: WE-S architects
Clients: Haviland Intercommunale igsv
User: Municipality of Machelen
Gross Built Area: 1.570m2
Completion Year: 2019

Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

Image Courtesy © WE-S architects

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © Johnny Umans

: Image Courtesy © WE-S architects

: Image Courtesy © WE-S architects

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Tags: Belgium, Machelen

Categories: Office Building, Office space, Offices, Workshop

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