ArchShowcase Posts Tagged ‘Belgium’The Botanic Center Bloom in Brussels, Belgium by Vincent Callebaut ArchitecturesThursday, September 22nd, 2016Article source: Vincent Callebaut Architectures INTRODUCING METAMORPHOSIS & ENERGY SOLIDARITY Metamorphosis means the transformation of the caterpillar into a butterfly. Metamorphosis doesn’t mean eradicating the past, but rather integrating the best of the past into our future. Metamorphosis means privileging writing a story over another.  Image Courtesy © Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Villa CD -Tableland in Oostduinkerke, Belgium by OOA | Office O architectsWednesday, September 21st, 2016Article source: OOA | Office O architects The house is situated in a residential allotment with “bungalow” houses from the early sixties, surrounded by dunes, not far from the Belgian seaside. To bring the house into accordance with the surrounding houses and the enviroment and to answer to the building regulations, the design of the house was inspired by the bungalow typology. At first glance it looks like a single storey house.  Image Courtesy © Tim Van de Velde
Renovation Of 150 Housing Units – Le Foyer Bruxellois in Brussels, Belgium by Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERSSunday, September 18th, 2016Article source: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS The 6 buildings in the Minimes neighbourhood were designed in 1954 by architects and urban planners from the Alpha group. The architectural composition of these social housing units is elegant and the buildings were erected with great care. Still, time has left its mark. The thermal insulation needs improving, and it is also important to equip all units with decent sanitary facilities. Special care has been taken to respect the great simplicity and harmony of the existing buildings.  Image Courtesy © Bernard BOCCARA
Bibliotheek Zoersel in Belgium by OMEGEVING ArchitectureThursday, September 15th, 2016Article source: OMEGEVING Architecture The rehabilitation of the site ‘Pleintje’ in Zoersel, where the new library was built, made part of a broader public competition with the aim of revitalizing the entire central area of the town. Standing as a symbol of the town’s ambitions for the entire development, the first step was to construct the public library, located at the town’s square.  Image Courtesy © Yannick Milpas
Wintergarden Housing in Antwerp Nieuw-Zuid, Belgium by Atelier Kempe ThillThursday, September 8th, 2016Article source: Atelier Kempe Thill In the next decade the new city quarter “Antwerp Nieuw-Zuid” will be realized along the river Schelde in the Southwest of Antwerp as a high-quality extension of the historic city centre. Recently as one of the first realizations a eco-housing project by Atelier Kempe Thill has been finished. The housing project contains 32 flexible wintergarden apartments and commercial spaces on the ground floor built on a collective parking garage.  Image Courtesy © Ulrich Schwarz
Reconversion in Ghent, Belgium by Axel DevroeThursday, August 4th, 2016Article source: Axel Devroe About the site: It all started when three friends bought an abandoned industrial lot that was in a terrible condition, but had an exceptional potential for transformation. Situated in the middle of a city-block in the dense, historic center of Ghent, the L-shaped lot is surrounded by back gardens and townhouses. The existing buildings were divided into three houses. Between each new dwelling small patches were scooped out of the buildings, making room for enclosed private gardens with a distinctive urban feel.  Image Courtesy © Axel Devroe
Library & Academy for Performing Arts Pupillensite in Aalst, Belgium by KAAN ArchitectenFriday, July 15th, 2016Article source: KAAN Architecten The new complex for the municipal library and the Academy for Performing Arts in the heart of the Flemish city of Aalst will have a lively, urban character. It may sound contradictory, but precisely because the plan of the design by KAAN Architecten is functional, the result is a certain spatial freedom that enriches the experience of the building. The complex, situated on the corner of Oude Graanmarkt and Esplanadestraat, will be completed in 2018 – a century on from the end of World War I.  Image Courtesy © EdiT, KAAN Architecten
School of Arts KDG in Antwerp, Belgium by Atelier Kempe ThillTuesday, June 28th, 2016Article source: Atelier Kempe Thill Atelier Kempe Thill has recently won the European competition for the transformation and extension of the new arts campus of the Karel de Grote Hogeschool in Antwerp. The new university building in the Van Schoonbekestraat will provide space for 600 students and staff for three academic masters courses in visual arts (graphic design, jewelery design – goldsmith, and art ) and a professional bachelor education in photography. The opening of the new building is scheduled for September 2018 . The existing sister school of the 50s will be transformed according to the needs of the new arts campus and partially demolished. On the east side of the complex a new flexible studio house is realized. In this building there is space for large studios, modern workshops and an exhibition hall of the college.  Image Courtesy © Atelier Kempe Thill
Barco one Campus in Kennedypark Kortrijk, Belgium by Jaspers-Eyers ArchitectsTuesday, June 14th, 2016Article source: Jaspers-Eyers Architects Technology giant Barco officially moves into its new Kortrijk campus. The new headquarters, ‘The Circle’, is the crowning jewel. The circular, transparent icon takes centre stage on the campus, with the goal of connecting the Barco employees and visitors with each other. Jean‐Michel Jaspers, CEO at Jaspers‐Eyers: “The building just is really dynamic, and gives Barco the appearance it deserves.”  Image Courtesy © Cordeel
A stable turned into an office in West Flanders, Belgium by Studio Farris ArchitectsSaturday, June 11th, 2016Article source: Image MEDIA AGENCY Studio Farris Architects transformed a small barn, part of a farm complex with several buildings, into an office space with meeting room, library, office desks and a resting/reading area. The owner wanted to have a small office detached from his house so he would be able to work from home at times. The stable was no more in use so he decided to use it as his home-office.  Image Courtesy © Koen Van Damm
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