8 Antwerp, Belgium. commercial space, housing, landmark, mixed-use development. 9 Antwerp, Belgium Stramien office, renovation

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1 Antwerp Projects 10 Created 06-Oct-17 By Deborah Madera, Barcelona, Spain Middelheim Museum Pavilion Antwerp, Renaat Braem museum, pavilion MAS Square Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen Huis van Roosmalen Maison Guiette 7 London Tower 8 Antwerp, Conix s commercial space, housing, landmark, mixed-use development 4 Port Building 9 Antwerp, Stramien office, renovation 5 Hoboken, Conix s office 3 Antwerp, Studio Associato Secchi-Viganò canopy, square Umicore Antwerp, Le Corbusier atelier, private house Antwerp, Neutelings Riedijk museum 2 Royal Museum of Fine Arts 10 Antwerp, KAAN en museum 6 Antwerp, bob Van Reeth housing Port House Antwerp 11 Antwerp, Zaha Hadid s control centre, office 1

2 photo: Kris Leenders photo: Kris Leenders Middelheim Museum Pavilion Middelheimlaan Antwerp The Middelheim Museum is an open-air museum for modern sculpture in a 27 ha park, with works by, among others, Jean Arp, Dan Graham, Per Kirkeby, Henry Moore, Panamarenko, François Pompon, Auguste Rodin, Joep Van Lieshout and Ossip Zadkine To house smaller sculptures, more fragile works from the collection and temporary exhibitions, Renaat Braem ( ), one of the most important Belgian post-war architects, was commissioned to design an exhibition hall Renaat Braem, in 1936 apprenticed to Le Corbusier, was influenced by the CIAM ideology Throughout his career he saw architecture as the art of organising space in order to liberate human kind His architecture gradually adopted a more organic style, which is apparent in this pavilion The design is based on harmonic unity and organic interwovenness of architecture and nature The shape of the skylights emphasises even more the expressive sculptural character of the pavilion photo: Kris Leenders Project is public! 1971 Renaat Braem City of Antwerpen Kris_Leenders October till March: / April and September: / May and August: / June and July: / closed on Mondays, on January 1st and 2nd, May 1st, Ascension Day, November 1st and 2nd, December 25th and 26th by car: take the exit Berchem-Wilrijk on the ringway round Antwerp (plenty of free parking available) / by train & bus: from Antwerp Central Station, take bus 21 or 27, get off at Middelheimlaan-Lindendreef 2

3 photo: José Manuel Alorda photo: José Manuel Alorda MAS Nieuwpoortkaai The MAS (Museum aan de Stroom) is located on an island (het Eilandje) in the heart of the old harbour close to the city centre It will house 3 different collections (the Volkskundemuseum, the National Maritime museum and partly Het Vleeshuis) The new museum was a winning design of an open architecture competition, a 60m high tower with stacked exhibition spaces, in total 10 storeys Each level is twisted 90 degrees to form a giant spiral This glazed space becomes a vertical galleria Elevators guide the visitors to the top of the building in a journey through the history of Antwerp and through the panoramas of the city On the upper floor a restaurant, a conference room and a sky deck are situated Square, docks and tower are designed to form one continuous space for exhibitions and events The stacked concept refers to the old warehouses where goods were packed and stacked Now Antwerp's history, traditions, artefacts, stories and objects are stacked in one new warehouse Project is public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Services engineer Acoustics consultant Neutelings Riedijk ABT Marcq & Roba Peutz Consulting Engineers & Associes THV MAS (Interbuild, Willemen, Cordeel) City of Antwerp tom Contractor Mon: closed Tue-Fri: 9:30-22:00 (last entrance 21:30) Sat-Sun: 9:30-22:00 (last entrance 21:30) 3

4 Square Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen Theaterplein 1 Studio Associato Secchi-Vigano (Milan, Italy) was invited to prepare a draft of the Theater Square and its surroundings The design runs from wall to wall and is characterized by three distinctive features: transparent canopy structure, eliminating the difference in street level between the building of the theatre and thirdly the square with the "modern garden" The canopy structure and the garden provide the uniqueness of the new Theater Square and bring the square back "to scale" and in relation to the built environment With these changes the square obtained it a better and more qualitative and aesthetic appearance The "modern garden" is a more green space, with enough trees and space to linger The lifting of the level between the theater and public space increases the convenience and accessibility photo: Tom Schiphorst Project is public! 2008 Landscape architect Studio Associato Secchi-Viganò Stad Antwerpen tom 24/7 4

5 photo: Serge Brison photo: Conix s Umicore Adolf Greinerstraat 2660 Hoboken The company plant of Umicore is a city in itself but lacks structural cohesion and coherence Conix s developed a strategy which creates a new and more accessible identity for the company The strengths and weaknesses of the terrain were determined Based on this, Conix s drew up a master plan Multiple spatial changes are made: adding a compact tower building with offices, screens, green areas, billboards, signage and route descriptions and the renovation of a number of important industrial buildings The new office building is the eye-catcher, encapsulating and generating the company s new identity It is unrestrained in design in contrast to the monotonous and randomly selected surroundings The design draws one s attention, in an emotional response, counter to the existing rational background The powerful look and feel creates an innovative image, thus modernizing the company Umicore is ready to face the 21st century as a dynamic and innovating company photo: Serge Brison Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Landscape architect Conix s Conixs Umicore 5

6 Huis van Roosmalen Sint-Michielskaai 30 This house facing the Schelde in Antwerp includes a garage on the ground floor, a duplex apartment above that and an apartment with rooftop studio on the top floor The inner walls of the residences were placed in such a way that from almost each point a view towards the river is possible The black and white stripes refer to the (unrealized) Adolf Loos designed house in Paris for the singer Josephine Baker Project is not public! 1988 bob Van Reeth Will van Roosmalen jpmm Driving along the Schelde river to the south, passing the zuiderterras, then about 500 m more on the corner of the Goedehoopstraat 6

7 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Maison Guiette Populierenlaan 32 Antwerp Guiette House designed by Le Corbusier's in 1926 is considered one of his most unknown works It's an early and classic example of the "International Style" and built in 1927 as the residence and studio of the painter René Guiette The building has a cellar, ground floor, first and second floor, and a roof terrace on the third floor (at the back) The large window on the top of the front facade is from the studio of the painter It was once inhabited by Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester who supposedly despised architecture tourists gazing at her house, although she had restored the house in 1985 by Georges Baines and built an extension next to it Project is not public! 1927 Le Corbusier Réné Guiette jpmm photo: José Manuel Alorda Pre-metro/tram: There is a stop nearby called "Antwerpen Olympiade" Just a small walk away Car: in the southern suburbs of the city, 100 metres from the motorway A12 7

8 photo: Bram Goots photo: Bram Goots London Tower Londenstraat 60 The London Tower is the northern pendant of the south-gate formed by the new Law Court, it marks the beginning of the 'Leien' This landmark was created in a well-considered way The result is a building which volumetrically integrates itself on the 'Leien' and restores the original street line A raw dark-grey stone is the main material used for the façade and is brought to life by the carried pattern of window openings The structure and materials of these elements evoke the image of water drops and link the building to the nearby harbour The verticality of the tower is emphasized by the sculptural excision between the tower and the lower volume of the adjacent office building The London Tower is a contemporary example of a high-rise building and illustrates the qualities of urban density The project engages in a dialogue with the local urban landscape on an architectural and urban level and at the same time, it creates a new strong visual identity for the skyline of Antwerp photo: Bram Goots Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Conix s Immpact Vastgoed Conixs 8

9 Port Building Brouwersvliet 2 The Port Building was with his 8-storey tower a striking but not an attractive element in the Antwerp skyline Partly because of this and because of the special place on the new axis from the core city to the Island and the MAS, SD Worx and the designer opted for this drab office to form it into an interesting landmark The existing tower was renovated with a new double skin First, a high performance glazing applied over the entire height of the building, then horizontal blades, mounted in steel frames shelter the building from excessive heat or glare from the sun A second element, the addition of a new volume, completes the profile of the street This new section was given a striking new façade The pronounced copper cladding, contrasts with the industrial character of the tower It supports the idea of 'landmark' but at the same time fits into the cityscape Instead of large window openings narrow strips are cut, so the 'monolithic' nature of the new volume is preserved Floor area/size m² Main designer, Interior architect Supplier Stramien Kris van de Poel Colt SD Worx dirkverwoerd 9

10 photo: Karin Borghouts photo: KAAN en Royal Museum of Fine Arts Leopold de Waelplaats 2 wwwkmskabe The Royal Museum of Fine Arts is part of the 19th Century expansion of Antwerp's city center The first design of the building was embedding high ceilings and wide spaces, but during the following century the museum has undergone many uncoordinated changes: courtyards were covered, windows were closed, new walls added and the evident logic of routing was disrupted The new project aims to revert this condition via three main functional areas: a public block; the museum and its depot; staff and guests rooms The extension will restore the original routing and integrate the exhibition space with its six courtyards to generate a new "vertical museum" The interiors have a succession of colors, from the gray-yellow layer of the through the golden-brown (of the) characteristic colour of the Rubens and van Dyck rooms and all the way to the old Pompeian red of the staircase photo: Luuk Kramer Project is public! Floor area/size m² KAAN en Flemish government/foci KAAN_en Closed until 2017 due to renovation works Look on the website for the locations of the temporary exhibitions 10

11 photo: egbertdeboer photo: egbertdeboer Port House Antwerp Zaha Hadidplein (intersection Siberiastraat & Mexicostraat) Antwerp The headquarters for the Antwerp Port Authority, designed by the renowned firm of Zaha Hadid s, is another iconic landmark in the old docks north of the city centre The building symbolises the dynamic, reliable, ambitious and innovative character of the port The Port House is a landmark on the Antwerp skyline, consisting of a modern glass structure suspended over the historic Hansa House The suspended addition to the Hansa House stands on three pillars containing the lifts and stairs Two of the pillars stand in the covered inner courtyard of the Hansa House, while the third stands outside it and houses a panoramic lift shaft The outer skin of the suspended structure is all in glass, while the four outer walls of the historic building underneath have been restored to their former glory photo: egbertdeboer Public access unknown! 2016 Zaha Hadid s egbertdeboer Bus: Ferdinandusplein (350m), Tram: P+R Kinepolis (15 min) 11