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District Office Police / Bovenbouw

Andreas Luco — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The new police station is robust and transparent at the same time. This is in line with the police's wish to create a building that simultaneously can be accessible and safe.

Tabloo Visitor Center / Bovenbouw + ono architectuur

Andreas Luco — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Bovenbouw Architectuur and ono architectuur designed a communication center for the storage of low and medium-level radioactive waste in Dessel, Belgium. To remain relevant throughout the 300-year process required to decrease the radioactivity, the building must be able to adapt to unforeseeable changes over the centuries. Aiming for dialogue and opportunities to play the widest possible role, we proposed a building consisting of two parts; an imposing structure that floats like a table more than 12m above the ground in which exhibition spaces are located, and an airy infill below that accommodates the multifaceted program of spaces, halls and offices.

Werfstraat Passive House / Bovenbouw

Andreas Luco — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:00:00 +0000

The passive house gives high-quality urban living a place in a hidden corner of Brussels’ city center. On a very shallow plot between high apartment buildings, the house offers an exciting living solution. The building typology blends a building with an industrial character and a mansion, both building types characteristic of the neighborhood.

Cadix Palazzo Apartments / Bovenbouw

Valeria Silva — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Palazzo communicates the language of the urban boulevard. As a stately residential building, it shapes the corner of the Kattendijk dock and Londenstraat. Its western side is characterized by a chamfered corner marking the axis shift of Londenstraat. The eastern corner marks the connection with the Kattendijkdok-Oostkaai and the Cadix area, however with a less dramatic gesture. The city block was designed in collaboration with Sergison Bates Architects and Bulk Architecten.

Weekend House in Bazel / Bovenbouw

Valeria Silva — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000

This compact weekend house is being built on a slope in the rural surroundings of the River Scheldt. The shape of the bungalow follows the natural topography of the terrain. From the front door, a walkway leads through the house to the upper living spaces. Platforms line the route, which provides access points to the bedrooms and auxiliary areas.

School in Edegem / Bovenbouw

Paula Pintos — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:00:00 +0000

The building of the kindergarten interweaves in the morphology of the street. The building tries to fit in with the existing row houses. The facade bends with the curvature of the street and connects to the adjacent building on both sides.

De Drie Platanen Care Home / Bovenbouw

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0000

When designing the care home, we wanted to contribute to the success of the masterplan in which it is situated. Our approach was to enliven and charge the passage underneath the residential care centre. Instead of cycling along a large building, you ride right through it. This passage is formally enhanced in the building, so the public character becomes clearly tangible. Furthermore, the front facade is lifted along the street side, creating visibility towards the green courtyard. In the back, the restaurant acts as an independent ground floor pavilion, which carefully positions itself between the buildings along the street and the recreational area of the allotment gardens at the back.

Refurbishment of 3 Historical Buildings / Bovenbouw + Barbara Van Der Wee Architects

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:00:00 +0000

We regard renovations as exercises in empathy. In the renovation of the eclectic buildings in the Leysstraat in Antwerp, we used a lot of empathy to give a nineteenth century building a second breath. Behind the flamboyant, eclectic façade, a whole series of uninteresting rooms were hidden. In the design we try to eliminate the schizophrenia between a masterly façade and a meager interior.

Firestation Berendrecht / Bovenbouw

Cristian Aguilar — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

A new fire station north of Antwerp near the harbour. The site is triangularly shaped and surrounded by infrastructure on all sides. The design of the new fire station doesn’t want to have a formal resemblance with the nearby hangars, but is a synthesis of the general character of the building typology of the harbour.

Politiekantoor Schoten / Bovenbouw

Javier Gaete — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The police station designed for the municipality of Schoten is a study in informality and approachability. It begins at the urban design level. Instead of highhandedly appropriating its spot, the police station places itself at the service of public space. The L-shaped building is pushed back to the rearmost edge of the large plot available and helps to define a new square.

Learning Centre Destelheide / Bovenbow

Javier Gaete — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Two elements dictate the interventions. First, there is Destelheide as a remarkable composition of buildings by architect Felix. A composition in a brutalist architectural language, monolithically constructed in prefab concrete elements. On the other hand, this composition is played out against the surrounding landscape, a beautiful, south facing slope. In this scheme concrete and landscape are once again the main protagonists. All interventions are composed of concrete elements and all have a close relationship with the slope.

House extension Mortsel / Bovenbouw

Javier Gaete — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

A renovation and extension of a semi-detached house near Antwerp. The house shares a little alley with its neighbour. The alley provides a direct connection from the street to the garden. The new extension is not an addition to the old house. We propose a second house. This back house is a mirror image, a twin to the front house. It's a brick house again, with a pitched tiled roof, living space on ground floor and some rooms higher up, and a chimney and a staircase once more.

School extension Rumst / Bovenbouw

Javier Gaete — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The school is extended by a folded figure that absorbs the guiding directions of the site. The interior is composed of trapezoid classrooms around a fish shaped central space.