GATE 15

Realization of a public infrastructure with mixed-use program: student accommodation, welcoming and support of foreign students, multipurpose (party-) hall,
meeting facilities and offices.
The choice for more air and light in the narrow street, let us to the distortion of one of the main volumes, and to the creation of a real square with a tree that transforms
the narrow street to a comfortable place for students and residents. The historical plot size was reused and generates an articulation in the street. The “monument”,
that was in very poor condition, gets a new expressive concrete structure that is visible in the interior.

Client : AG Vespa, Antwerp city development

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The garden pavilion marries intimacy and a generous garden view; a simple intervention triggering a complex set of relationships. Through a combination of such strategic interventions in house and garden, the scale of the existing is freed up.

The folded plane is developed with utmost precision. The total surface is built up out of completely rectangular pieces of equal size and proportion; the only action performed bending them. This three-dimensional gesture creates a warm and welcoming environment, precise but soft.