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Project • By ZJA Architects & Engineers • Car Parks
Parking garage and city square Houtmarkt, Kortrijk
From parking lot to city square
Bordering the historical city centre of the city of Kortijk in Western Flanders are two parks, Begijnhofpark and Stadspark. Right in between those two parks lays the Houtmarkt, formerly a place where visitors to the inner city and the health care centre St Vincentius parked their cars. The new parking garage that architects ZJA has designed in collaboration with SBE not only houses 170 cars but also offered the opportunity to build an inviting city square.
What used to be a dreary parking lot is now a green square. OKRA Landscape Architects was responsible for the lay out of the new Houtmarkt and by means of paths that vary in width and follow flowing lines, they created a square that has a spacious and com... More
Project • By Abscis Architecten • Universities
University of Ghent - Campus Kortrijk
Ghent University is expanding on the Campus in Kortrijk with a brand new building that will house the Faculty of Bio-engineering Sciences and the central administration of the University. Where it was first a player on the move, the university wants to provide its own operating base in the future: this building will be the beating heart of Ghent University in Kortrijk. Abscis Architecten was elected laureate for this assignment. More
Project • By Abscis Architecten • Masterplans
School Campuses Kortrijk
The renewal of the school campus ‘Guldensporencollege’ and the ‘Sint-Amands Basisschool’ in Kortrijk is part of the DBFM-programme ‘Schools of Tomorrow’ and in 2011 came out as a winning design of the Open Call of the ‘Team Vlaams Bouwmeester’. It is a project for five school buildings at two campuses within Kortrijk town centre: campus Diksmuidekaai (‘Kaai’) and campus Leiekant at the existing Pleinschool (‘Plein’). The campus Kaai is now accessible to the public using a north-south axis, which actually carries all other future developments. This axis for pedestrians and cyclists is really a chain of green spaces and it also intensifies the ‘community school’ logic, in that the use of sports complexes and infrastructure is s... More