![]() panoramic lifts provide direct access to the new extension with an external bridge between the existing building and new structure affording views of both the city and the port. The central courtyard has been enclosed with a glass roof, providing visitors access the historic public reading room and library within the restored and preserved fire truck hall. Optimal daylight controls minimize artificial lighting the building’s appearance reinterprets antwerp’s reputation as the ‘city of diamonds’ with a carefully cut form that changes its appearance throughout the day. simultaneously, the alternation of transparent and opaque panels breaks down the volume of the new extension, giving panoramic views of the scheldt, the city and the port. this combination means that the architects were able to control the amount of sunlight entering the building. While most of the triangular facets are transparent, some are opaque. The elevated extension is designed to ‘float’ above the existing building surrounded by water, the new façade is a glazed surface with triangular facets that allow the apparently smooth curves at either end of the building to be formed with flat sheets of glass. Rather than concealing the existing façades, the design team built upwards - a particularly appropriate solution considering the existing building was originally intended to be a tower. ![]() The project brings together staff that previously worked in separate buildings around the city zaha hadid architects’ design is informed by historical research and analysis of both the site and the existing building. the flemish government’s department of architecture, together with the city and port authorities, organized the architectural competition for the new headquarters. consequently, this disused fire house had to be integrated into the new project. The scheme repurposes a derelict fire station as a new headquarters for the districtįollowing the construction of a new fire station, the old facility became redundant and relied on a change of use to ensure its preservation. shaped like the bow of a ship, the new structure points towards the scheldt river, with a faceted glazed façade that reflects the changing tones and colors of the city’s sky. the architecture takes the form of an elevated extension, designed to ‘float’ above the existing building. the project brings together the port’s 500 staff that previously worked in separate buildings around the city. All detailing on this project is designed from the inside out: the huge sliding windows are added to the facade in such a way that the frames are invisible and do not intrude on the impressive views.Zaha hadid architects has inaugurated the new port house in antwerp, which repurposes a derelict fire station as a new headquarters for the district. The concrete platform is made watertight by covering it completely with a dark plastic membrane. ![]() Its thick double walls – two load-bearing layers of standard brick, painted white – carry a concrete platform that forms the base for the inside house, which is conceived as a wooden box containing a compact series of rooms. The outside house is conceived as a patio villa with a garden. In the dwelling the ground floor forms an open ‘outside house’ while the floor above is a closed ‘inside house’ with views of the woods and rural landscape. The two levels that make up the house respond to different spatial concepts and materials. The modular steel fence that encloses it is an integral part of the design, defining the volume of the house and setting it apart from the surrounding unkempt garden, which doubles as a driveway. ![]() This freestanding dwelling is placed in the middle of a parcel between woods and farmland near the village of Buggenhout.
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