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1956: Raymond ‘Mondse’ Wollaert was a well-known and beloved citizen of Merelbeke. With his wife Germaine Willems, Raymond owned a butchery and a café. In the fifties he built the film theatre adjacent to it. This cinema was there upon transformed into the famous banquet hall. The name REGI was actually composed from the first names of the Wollaert family: R (Raymond), E(Etienne, son-in-law) and GI for Germaine and Gisèle (daughter). The cinema was opened in February with a big dance party. The next day, the chairs were speedily put in place for the first film Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron in the leading roles.

2017: Studio Regie is a production and post-production studio, searching for a location for film productions. The interaction and relationship between the current activities of the production studio and the history of the cinema were a unique perspective to work with.

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• Architects: delmulle delmulle architecten bvba
• Project: STUDIO REGIE
• Location: Merelbeke, Belgium
• Photography: Cafeine 
  
• Clients: Studio Regie
• Lead Architects: Seger Delmulle, Frank Delmulle, Mathieu De Cock, Joachim Provoost
• Design Team: Seger Delmulle, Frank Delmulle
• Engineering: Util Struktuurstudies
• Gross Built Area: 801m2
• Completion Year: 2015

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