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Church + Masterplan . Herentals

TEd’A arquitectes . GAFPA

What a new church should be?

A physically small space, but huge spiritually.
A contemporary new building, but with a strong historical legacy.
A strong space but sensitive.
A solid and robust construction, with subtle natural light.
An introspective space, which invites to reflection and spirituality, but also an extroverted space, which invites to enter and gathers people.
A building with strong individual identity, but also a building that contributes to the collective identity on that specific place and environment. Continue reading TEd’A . GAFPA

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De Mortel FIRE STATION AND WAREHOUSES EXPANSION . Brasschaat

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The fire station and the municipal warehouse of Brasschaat both need an extension. The double architectural intervention brings structure to their shared site. Continue reading GAFPA

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Sports Center Lange Munte . Kortrijk

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Lange Munte Sports Center in Kortrijk is being expanded with new outdoor sports infrastructure. A low, elongated canopy, pushed against the existing sports hall, draws a line in the landscape. It materializes the main axis of the site and creates a roof under which changing rooms, sanitary facilities and storage spaces are slid as clusters. Continue reading GAFPA

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DANCE STUDIO’S ROSAS RENOVATION . Vorst

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A former milk factory in Vorst is home to Anne Teresa De Keersmaker’s dance company Rosas, and her dance school P.A.R.T.S. Part of the infrastructure is used by Ictus, an ensemble for contemporary music. Continue reading GAFPA

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Landhouse extension . Lierde

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A farm house is extended with two new rooms. The volume takes over the gabarit from the existing home, is cut to length and mirrored diagonally around the existing tree. A new access is created in the open corner.

The wooden roof shields stretch from gable to gable, leaving the spaces free and opening the facade to the surrounding fields. A light skin of perforated corrugated sheets is draped over the volume, gives depth to the views and abstracts the shape. Continue reading GAFPA