Article source: Collectief Noord Architecten

We are constructing two animal-related buildings on the boundary between the industrial site Maatheide and the nature reserve the Lommelse Sahara: an animal shelter and a pet crematorium. The buildings lack an attractive public reputation, hence their relocation to the industrial site, which in turn, is not accustomed to house public buildings. As an architecture assignment, the programmes too are fairly unfamiliar and thus require research into new, meaningful typologies.

Both buildings are planned along the new road connecting the industrial site to the nature reserve behind it. Both the shelter and the crematorium were provided with an enclosed private outdoor space, evoking the image of two stamps in an unscathed landscape, while the actual parcel limits are consciously left unformalised.

Image Courtesy © Geert Van Hertum

• Architects: Collectief Noord Architecten
• Project: Animal Shelter and Pet Crematorium Lommel
• Location: Lommel, Belgium
• Photography: Olmo Peeters / Geert Van Hertum
• Software used: Vectorworks, SketchUp
  
• Animal shelter:
  
  • Client: city council Lommel in cooperation with provincial government Limburg
  • Budget: 950.000 euro
  • Surface: 1.000 m2
  • Date: 2008 -2017
• Pet Crematorium:
  
  • Client: Kuaga bvba
  • Surface: 310 m2
  • Date: 2013 – 2015

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