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Peper Multifunctional Building / Architecten De Bruyn

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The project gives a new face to a small-scale corner plot in the middle of the city center of Aalst. The typology of the urban corner also plays a central role. Even more than in public squares, corners flow from intersections, intersecting lines, the elementary feature of traveling between places. That is why this small corner plot harbors so much potential within the small-town context of Aalst. The corner is put to maximum use in this design.

The Red House / Objekt Architecten

Valeria Silva — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000

We were charged with the design of a multifamily house on a smaller vacant plot in a semi-open development. The biggest challenge here lies in the shape of the plot: very narrow in front and widening towards the back. In addition, it also had to connect seamlessly to the adjacent blind façade of the house.

ark38 Renovation / Objekt Architecten + Hans Sterck

Andreas Luco — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Historically, Aalst is an important industrial town on the Dender. Especially the textile industry flourished a sector of which the city became the epicenter in the 18th century. A remnant of this golden age can be found along the Pierre Corneliskaai. Once a weaving mill, later transformed into a plastic factory under the wings of Tupperware and today a new showroom for designer furniture of bathroom and kitchen specialist Sterck NV.

Orange House / Objekt Architecten

Andreas Luco — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Our clients from Aalst gave us carte blanche to design their new home. All they wanted was color throughout the house, a distinctive design, and... an orange front door. The inherent risk of designing a distinctive house is that you end up moving too far away from what people consider to be a home. So, when designing this house, we started by analyzing the elements that make up the identity of the traditional Flemish house.

Theresian Convent Aalst / Abscis Architecten

Andreas Luco — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 03:00:00 +0000

The site in the centre of the city of Aalst comprises valuable and less valuable buildings that face onto the walled convent garden that is situated near the built-up historical city centre. The goal of the project is to repurpose and upgrade the site without losing sight of its quality in terms of open space and atmosphere that such a city garden can offer.

Crematorium Siesegem / KAAN Architecten

Diego Hernández — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:17:00 +0000

Located in the countryside bordering the western ring road of the Belgian city, the crematorium, with its 74 x 74-meter footprint, merges with trees and shrubs that line the perimeter of the surrounding park, which was conceived by landscape architect Erik Dhont. Approaching the entrance at Blauwenbergstraat, a sense of calm pervades the site and upon arrival, visitors are subtly persuaded to slow down by the undulating gentle green mounds. To the north, a pond serves as a reservoir for rainwater, while small adjacent hills are dedicated to scattered ashes and to an urn garden. At the eastern end, there is a service road for the hearses that is entirely hidden from view so that families are not disturbed during the mourning ceremony, and so that privacy is respected.

Utopia, a Library and Academy for Performing Arts / KAAN Architecten

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 03:00:00 +0000

Taking its cue from Thomas More’s acclaimed book “Utopia”, first printed by prominent Aalst citizen Dirk Martens, the new building has been slotted into the urban fabric to enhance the characteristic irregular streets and intimate spaces of the city center, and to interact with them. Three new squares have been created alongside Esplanadestraat, Graanmarkt and Peperstraat.

KAAN Architecten Integrates Historic School into New Library & Performing Arts Center

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:10:00 +0000

The city council of the Flemish city of Aalst have awarded KAAN Architecten with the commission for a new library and home of the Academy of Performing Arts. The building will also integrate the existing “Pupillenschool” (formerly a military school for children) to anchor the new tenant into the Belgian town’s rich history. The complex will be located at the corner of Oude Graanmarkt and Espalnadestraat, becoming a new cornerstone project where the many communities of Aalst can gather, learn and engage in cultural activities.

Post site Aalst / Abscis Architecten

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The former post office site in Aalst was a mixture of industrial buildings of the former ‘Filature du Canal’. The “Filatures & Urban Fabric(s): Masterplan stationsomgeving Aalst” masterplan, designed by the Christian Kieckens Architects, started from a site conversion, whilst keeping the main building of the former mill in the Manchester building along the Vaartstraat. The modifications to this building have been kept to a minimum because of organisational and programmatic interpretation, which corresponds with the scale of the building. The facades have been cleaned and re-pointed and equipped with new outside joinery work after its historical model. The building has been renovated on the inside also, in order for it to comply with current regulations, without however interfering with the warehouse’s authenticity.