Malinard Youth Center

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

MALINARD YOUTH CENTER

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MANUFACTURERS
Svk, Vmzinc

PHOTOGRAPHS
Olmo Peeters

LOCATION
Ixelles, Belgium

CATEGORY
Youth Center

AREA
225 m²

YEAR
2020

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Lamda-Max

HVAC CONSULTANTS
tech3

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

MAKING THE CITY

The new youth center is situated on a relatively small site, partly in an existing building.

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

Because the available spaces of the existing ground-floor apartment, which was also included in the new youth center, were relatively small, the largest space of the center was built next to the existing building and gives access to the adjacent small park.

The interaction with the park is crucial, as it was underused before. With big terrace windows and an outdoor storage area with beach chairs, parasols, and toys, the youth center offers new uses and a renewed dynamism to the public domain.

At the corner of the street, a large door with a large window on either side forms a striking entrance to the youth center.

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

This is the most public side of the youth center, the showcase that enlivens the streetscape. The youth center is part of the neighborhood.

HOUSE

The first room is an oversized entrance space, which can be used flexibly (bicycle workshops/exposition space).

The second room is a living room that seems to be pushed outside of the building into the patio.

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

The third and largest room of the youth center opens onto the park and at the same time folds around a large chimney, that contains a barbecue.

Between the existing building and the new part, there is a kitchen unit, together with the barbecue it can form a gully-fledged outdoor kitchen.

Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters

The kitchen and the barbecue gained importance during the participation process with the youth. They form the symbolic heart of the youth center, a place where young people can come home.


Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters
Malinard Youth Center
© Olmo Peeters


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