OFFICE 145
TRADE FAIR COMPLEX – Ghent
Several interventions are proposed within the masterplan of Flanders Expo, a complex of multipurpose exhibition halls on the periphery of Ghent. A new Hall No 10 is designed to mirror the existing Hall No 3, and the road between the two is transformed into a glass-covered passageway that connects all remaining halls at the rear. Sheets of undulated and corrugated steel are placed in front of the original facades. The resulting in-between space houses auxiliary functions such as toilets and a bar, while technical elements, including gutters and the roof structure, are integrated in the depth of the corrugated sheets. A continuous tarmac floor extends from the interior to the perimeter of the complex and is colour-coded to match the painted sides of the sheet steel.
Year
2013 – 2016
Location
Ghent, BE
Type
Industrial, Mixed use, Public
Status
Unbuilt
Surface
8 500 m2
Client
Artexis NV
Collaborator(s)
Bureau Bas Smets, UTIL Struktuurstudies, Bureau Bouwtechniek, HP engineers, ARA
Design team
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Bert Rogiers, Nenad Duric, Anna Andrich, Stefaan Jamaer, Yuichiro Onuma, Samuel Genet Aboucaya, Stefano Gariglio, Sho Kurokawa, Enea Facoetti, Anne van Hout, Tetsuro Toida