Machelen // WE-S architects
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The municipality of Machelen wants to build a new shed, consisting of workshop and warehouse spaces, as well as offices, changing rooms and a refectory. The building should also include an outpost for the Red Cross. The construction of the building finalizes the administrative reorganization of the municipality, merging and professionalizing all municipal departments.

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The new building sets itself at the center of the site. This allows for a circulation loop that connects both the building and the surrounding car park in the most efficient way . The plinth is topped with a sloping roof, thereby optimizing the view on the site from the offices on the first floor.

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Two terraces on the first floor create a double height in the warehouses below. As the building gets a predominantly industrial function, it is conceived as a steel skeleton structure with load-bearing panels lining both facade and sloping roof, resulting in a sculptural ensemble ..

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