Article source: ROOM & ROOM Architecture and Urbanism

The meeting centre offers accommodation to various community activities. The complex of buildings consists of successive constructions, ranging from a 19th century school building and an old town hall to an industrial construction from the 1990s. The dilapidated storage building makes place for enlargement of the meeting hall. That way the back yard  becomes an outdoor space for the party room. The gabled roof is replaced by a single slope roof, making the room and space higher, and bringing a better acoustic sound in the hall. The high windows bring  light and give views on the nearby church. A central entrance in the armpit of the building complex offers the building an address. The entrance hall connects the different functions and spaces. The use of different types of bricks betray the successive renovations in the past. The new added walls in contemporary bricks build in the recent renovation strengthens the patchwork of different bricks.

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• Architects: ROOM & ROOM Architecture and Urbanism
• Project: Renovation of the Cultural Center in Westvleteren
• Location: Westvleteren, Belgium
• Architect: Tom Vanhee Architect
• Structure engineer: S.C.E.S. nv
• Client: Gemeentebestuur Vleteren
• Contractor: Monument Vandekerckhove

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