Article source: ALT architectuur

The decision by the city of Ghent to establish its department of culture in an old warehouse on the river Leie was intended as a bold statement. By situating it at this particular site, a new axis is created, that runs perpendicular to the main commercial axis in the city centre.

Image Courtesy © Thierry Lagrange

• Architects: ALT architectuur
• Project: Pakhuis Clemmen
• Location: Veldstraat 82A, 9000 Gent, Belgium
• Photography: Thierry Lagrange
• Year: 2009-2012
• Cooperation construction: studiebureauriessauwbvba
• Cooperation technics: de klerck engineering
• Contractor: Monument Vandekerckhovenv
• Cost: 2.521.630,28€

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