Stéphane Beel Architects, Silos-Kanaal, Wijnegem © Jan Liégeois
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STÉPHANE BEEL ARCHITECTS - WIJNEGEM

Silos-Kanaal

Stéphane Beel Architects was asked to contribute to the large residential development of a nineteenth-century industrial site along a canal. The architects approached the liquor distillery prudently. A group of eight silos was preserved as a figure in the landscape, the main liquor house being replaced by a white residential tower of the same height. Minimal incisions were made in the silos to ensure their solidity. Two of the silos were replaced by square towers that bridge the architectural language of the austere silos and the more open character of the adjacent, newly constructed residential tower. This operation offers fully glazed living rooms to the apartments, while still preserving the Gestalt of the industrial landmark.

- Louis De Mey

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