In the North of Ghent, amid an amalgam of urban figures – large industrial buildings and warehouses, small terraced houses, long infrastructures – lies the logistics site ‘Lourdeshoek’. A new intervention should create clarity.
site plan
ground floor plan
first floor plan / fifth floor plan
Since an intrinsic clarity is not
an evidence, we proceeded in a thorough analysis of the site and a schematic
translation of the assignment. The proposed programme – composed by the sum of
a logistics zone, an office function and a warehouse with workshops – is
converted into a well-defined ensemble of three quasi-autonomous volumes.
A low volume houses a logistics zone with a public courtyard; a medium-height volume stacks the warehouse above it. A tall and wide but slender volume encompasses the office spaces. Materiality, spaciousness and aesthetics are tailored to the specific function and thus vary per volume. However, generosity, legibility, comfort, space and light are constants throughout. Due to the specific composition, the constellation also provides sufficient green space all around.
A low volume houses a logistics zone with a public courtyard; a medium-height volume stacks the warehouse above it. A tall and wide but slender volume encompasses the office spaces. Materiality, spaciousness and aesthetics are tailored to the specific function and thus vary per volume. However, generosity, legibility, comfort, space and light are constants throughout. Due to the specific composition, the constellation also provides sufficient green space all around.
Location: Ghent
Procedure: competition
Client: city government of Ghent
Surface: 36.000m²
Landscape design: Studio basta
Structural engineer: VK engineering
Technical engineer: VK engineering
Acoustical engineer: VK engineering