Article source: Crepain Binst Architecture nv

We were commissioned to build Infrax West’s new offices after winning a competition in which Infrax’s high degree of ambition had to be expressed in a strong conceptual design that matched and enhanced its corporate identity. Our characteristic ecological and sustainable values were given expression in this project by using a metaphor for a forest in which a host of slender concrete trunks were topped with a broad green ‘crown’.

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• Architects: Crepain Binst Architecture nv
• Project: Offices Infrax West
• Location: Torhout, Belgium
• Project coach: Jan Geerts
• Collaborator: Evi van Schooneveld
• Interior architect: An Steylaerts
• Stability: VK Engineering
• Engineering: VK Engineering
• Infrastructure: VK Engineering
• Acoustic advice: Avitech Acoustics
• General contractor: Van Laere nv
• Contest design: December 2005
• Start design: April 2006
• Start execution: February 2008
• Temporary completion: May 2009
• Final completion: May 2010
• Site: 41 352 m2
• Total: 10 327 m²
• Office space m²: 6 142 m2
• Storage space m²: 4 185 m²
• Aantal m2 omgevingsaanleg: 26 510 m2
• Number of parking spaces: 210