'the gallery'

© Filip Dujardin

Architects: Urbain Architectencollectief

Location: Wetteren, Belgium

Architects In Charge: David Niville, David Claus, Dieter Delbaere

Area: 270.0 m2

Project Year: 2009

Photographs: Filip Dujardin

Collaborator: Corneel Cannaerts

Structural Engineer: Studieburo Mouton

Contractor: Wycor nv

Client: Omega vzw

© Filip Dujardin

'the gallery'Since the establishment of the centre in 1987, Omega offers day care to people with mental disabilities. A trajectory was mapped out to expand the activities of the  centre. Omega acquired a building plot in between the railway and the Gentsesteenweg, a typical Flemish town acces road. In a first phase a rowhouse was extendend with several living groups, a multipurpose hall and an industrial kitchen. In a second phase a new workshop building was added, to replace the older temporary construction, and to house a music studio, a textile studio, a clay studio, a wood workshop, a sensory room. A third phase included the actual renovation of the rowhouse.
© Filip Dujardin

In 2005 urbain architectencollectief won the competition for a new workshop building. Through the introduction of a low and long volume and its smart one sided position against a blank wall, the proj...