Article source: BOB361 Architects

Considering the urban anchoring of the site, the angles of this building block are the regulating elements. The VDAB-project anchors itself with the existing context on the corner of the Noordlaan-Drie Koningenstraat, which is in direct relation with various public functions (post, ministry of finances), located near the main road. It is an intuitive meeting point located on a wide footpath. The second angle is the location for a possible extension and is at present, included in the project’s garden.

Image Courtesy © Nullens André and Frederik Vercruysse

• Architects: BOB361 Architects
• Project: VDAB Office Building
• Location: Sint Niklaas, Belgium
• Photography: Nullens André, Frederik Vercruysse
• Floor area: surface offices – 3.838 m², surface parking space – 922 m²
• Total cost: 5.500.000 euro
• Construction period: 2001 – 2006
• Procurement: competition
• Awards: selected for the World Architecture Festival 2009
• Client: Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding
• Collaborators: jan opdekamp (projectarchitect), eveline vyncke, maarten deconinck, gunther slagmeulder, nathan ooms, bram aerts, maureen heyns
• Structural engineer: Bureau voor Architectuur en Stabiliteit Dirk Jaspaert
• Technical engineer: Bureau Bouwtechniek
• Building physics: Daidalos Peutz bouwfysisch ingenieursbureau
• Landscape architect: Aldrik Heirman
• Security: Bureau Bouwtechniek
• Contractor: CEI – Demeyer nv/sa, Afdeling Infra en gebouwen, Gent, Chauffage Bral nv, Lot 3 HVAC – Sanitair – Riolering, Electric Engineering Comp, Lot 4 Elektriciteit

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