Fuente: Europaconcorsi Fotografía: Filip Dujardin The last remaining textile factory on Buda Island – an area destined to become the cultural heart of the city – has been transformed into studios and exhibition spaces for artists in residence. This large volume, situated in the middle of a city block, has been adapted through two main interventions: The first hollows out a large void in the centre of the building, br

Fuente: 51n4e, Domus Fotografía: Filip Dujardin To free up as much park space as possible, we propose to integrate the unlikely combination of kindergarten and machine depot in a compact circular building. Organized in one single level around an interior courtyard, the plan minimizes circulation and maximizes the relation with the surroundings. The sharp contrast between the two users is softened by raising the level

Fuente: 51N4E Vault Room – row house refurbishment The renovation of this small terraced house, along one of the ‘Reien’ in the historical heart of Bruges, consists of reinterpreting the typical cramped back buildings as a spacious and generously lit winter garden. The doubleheight space, entirely covered in timber planks, starts off as an arch which gradually lifts asymmetrically towards the back, framing the

Durante el mes de agosto os iremos mostrando los proyectos más destacados publicados en HIC> en los últimos meses. Esta selección nos permite recordar aquellas obras que nos parecen más interesantes y que nos gustaría volver a mostrar. Aquí os dejamos un adelanto de lo que podréis ver durante los próximos días.

Fuente: 51n4e Fotografía: 51n4e The addition of 54 new care units offers a unique opportunity to complete the – rather haphazard – structure of the original caretaking centre. The first balancing act encompasses the positioning of a 4.400 m² program on a virtual filled up site. By kneading the program into a trident volume a complete new range of possibilities arises, such as the upgrade of the gardens around the pre

Fuente: 51N4E Fotografía:Gilbert Fastenaekens congress & heritage centre The LAMOT brewery, since its origins in 1922, has been part of a continuous process of extension and demolition, a process of straightforward commercial reasoning whereby redundant parts are torn down without any emotion and newly needed infrastructures are simply joined onto the existing core – an unintentional lesson in straightforward rea