51N4E Congress and Heritage Centre

Date: August 1, 2012

Fuente: 51N4E
Fotografía:Gilbert Fastenaekenscongress & 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 reasoning. During the process we eagerly learned from this logic, re-employing it for the future development of Lamot, a mix of congress facilities and cultural amenities.Reconverting this awkward giant into a public building brought to the fore new standards of accessibility, orientation, light and views. It entails action – a surgical operation – on an urban scale. We proposed slitting open the building’s first floor: a calculated internal explosion, leaving no doubt about the future ambition of Lamot.





 

Link al proyecto completo en 51N4E


Location:
Mechelen, BE

Invited competition:
2000

Completion:
2005

Client:
City of Mechelen

51N4E:
project definition, preliminary & final design, follow up execution

Project Team:
Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn, Peter Swinnen, Nele Stragier, Anneleen Sterckx, Bob De Wispelaere

Consultants:
Heidi de Nijn, Bart De Baere & Wouter Davids (cultural programme), Meertens Steffens (management), Bob van Reeth

Structural engineer:
De Smet, Verlinden & Van Stayen

Technical engineer:
IRS

Calculation:
Willemen

Programme:
Congress& heritage centre, retail, restaurant

Built Surface:
6.600 m²

Construction cost:
10.000.000 €

Photography:
Gilbert Fastenaekens 

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