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Campus COOVI-CERIA - 03.012

Program

Project including severel buildings on the COOVI campus, both transformations & new constructions. Complete structural study of the buildings : car park, sports hall, student housing, kitchen tower, entree pavillion.

Concept

A series of stacked kitchens, structurally supported by technical shafts around their perimeter, makes up a landmark tower along the highway. The sports hall is a timber/steel hyperbolic paraboloid, covered with transparent ETFE-cushions. A bent, cantilevered concrete structure marks the entrance to the site.

Specific features

In structural terms, every building of the program presents a complete rethinking of existing typologies.

Engineering design :

2003

Construction :

2008-2010

Architect :

Xaveer De Geyter Architecten

Client :

Flemish Community

Site :

B-Brussels

Dimensions :

16850 m2

Total budget :

18200000 € Vat Excl.

State :

In execution

Images credits :

Ney&Partners - Xaveer De Geyter Architecten