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
Composite Presence at Biennale Architettura 2021
This project is part of the exhibition Composite Presence in the Belgian pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Stéphane Beel Architects: "By replacing two of the eight cylindrical volumes, we added a different spatial quality to the enfilade of circular and rather closed rooms. The contrast between the openness of the new square living rooms and the rather introverted round rooms is one of the main qualities of this project. This operation offers fully glazed living rooms to the apartments, while still preserving the Gestalt of the industrial landmark. This is what makes the building stand out in the Flemish landscape."
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