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City Council Education Service

City Council Education Service
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CITY COUNCIL EDUCATION SERVICE

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ARCHITECTS
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Bart & Pieter

CLIENTS
AG Vespa

MANUFACTURERS
Alumet, Heraklith

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Bureau Bouwtechniek

LANDSCAPE
Bart & Pieter

COLLABORATORS
CES

STABILITY ENGINEERING
ABT

TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CES

ACOUSTICS
Daidalos Peutz

INTERIOR DESIGN
Atelier Dialect

EXECUTIVE ARCHITECTS
Bureau Bouwtechniek

AREA
8120 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Antwerpen, Belgium

CATEGORY
Town & City Hall

City Council Education Service
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City Council Education Service
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Thanks to its central position on the Leien – the inner ring road – the building for the headquarters of the city council’s education service is located beside one of Antwerp’s core structural urban design elements and traffic arteries.

City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert

The design, which comprises the complete reconversion of an existing 1970s office block, seeks to connect – despite the anomalous morphology of the existing structure – with the historic buildings along the Leien.

This is achieved via a subtle three-part intervention – plinth, middle section and superstructure – and an intermediate cornice that matches the height of the adjoining buildings.

City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert

The building has a public floor with a reception area, learning centre and cafeteria. Together with the offices and the meeting centre, these unite the various different divisions of the city council’s education service.

The renovation comprises a series of clear interventions: The existing concrete shell was retained and combined with a new, sustainable façade constructed from prefabricated wooden infill elements (in line with NZE norms) that were clad in lightweight anodised folded aluminium.

City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert

The cladding is the same shade as the historic buildings in natural stone; Flexible floorplans around a central core, in line with the ‘New Way of Working’; The greening and partial clearance of the inner area with a new roof garden above the existing car park; A new superstructure on the roof, constructed from CLT, with public meeting rooms that allow optimal enjoyment of the view.


City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
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City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs


City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert


City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© Stijn Bollaert
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs
City Council Education Service
© David Jacobs


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