Barco One Kortr?k, Belgium Headquarters Building, Campus Development, Architecture Images
Barco One Kortr?k, Belgium Headquarters Building
The Circle HQ, Belgian Office Campus Development ? design by Jaspers-Eyers Architects
6 May 2017
Barco One Kortr?k, Belgium Headquarters Building
Location: Barco One Campus at the Kennedypark and Beneluxpark, Kortr?k, West Flanders, Belgium
Design: Jaspers-Eyers Architects
The new headquarters of Belgian technology giant Barco utilises an innovative design concept.
Alternatively known as ?The Circle,? the project uses transparency as a key theme. The glass facade was designed by Jaspers-Eyers Architects to form a skin around the circular building?s open plan central atrium space, where daily activities are illuminated with a full 360 degrees of natural light.
The interior functions of the building correspond to its exterior, bringing the facade to life. Strong horizontals to the upper levels provide solar control for the interior, while a grand staircase in the atrium makes itself apparent on the exterior as a dynamically sloping line. Further emphasising exterior connections, a water feature flows from indoors to out, blending the building into the landscape.
Architect John Eyers explains that the circular form of Barco One contributes to its social function, as well as making it a centre point between other buildings on the campus in Kortrijk, Belgium.
?The unique rounded shapes and the internal connections ensure that employees b...