Article source: ABSCIS Architecten

Within the landscape surrounding the city of Mons, lies intermittent craggy piles of millstone which emerge through the panorama of a surrounding flat typography. This so called ‘terrils’ find their origins in the former mining industries and are commonly perceived as striking elements dotted within a flat panorama.  Besides the landscape having been shaped through a number of linear infrastructures such as railways, highways and channelled waterways; the E19 and the service areas cut through the landscape to become geometric ribbons that visually demarcate the landscape.

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• Architects: ABSCIS Architecten
• Project: Service Station
• Location: Saint Ghislain A7/E19 , Belgium
• Project: Tank Facilities, A Resting Place For All Road Users With Picnic Facilities, Children’s Playroom, General Sanitation, Shower Facilities For Truck Drivers, Shop And Restaurant, Additional Resto Stop Hensies
• Client: Delek Belgium nv
• Design team: Vereniging van Studiebureaus ‘ABSCIS – A+I – PROVOOST – BSOLUTIONS’
• Study: 2009-2010
• Phase: 2010-2012
• Bruto area.: 2504 m2
• Cost: € 13.283 464 excluding VAT and fees

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