The project is a respectful renovation and restructuration of a former printing workshop complex in the north of Brussels, provided to the local non-profit organization, Zinneke, by the regional government. The goal is to open this infrastructure to the many small creative initiatives in the city, and to create a vibrating social breeding ground for the city. The project focusses on the existing qualities of the buildings, re-organization and optimization of their potentials. We restore the original circular organization of the printing workshop and create large openings between the existing spaces. The fixed setups of the ateliers and the stock of re-use materials are organized in the adjacent building, in order to free up the central spaces and give them flexibility. On the first and second level, some small-scale project spaces are organized with improved energetic performance. The renovation is a pilot project for the application of re-use materials on a large scale in the construction industry. Together with re-use specialists Rotor, technical engineer Matriciel and the Zinneke team, we search to integrate as many re-use materials as possible in the project, within the strict procedures of the public tender. This project has been awarded the Be Exemplary 2017 label, granted by the Brussels Region for innovative and exemplary building projects.
- Typology
- Divers
- Status
- Construit
- Year of delivery
- 2021
- Client
- asbl ZINNEKE
- Total budget
- 2 280 000 €
- Per m² budget
- 500
- Constructed area
- 4000 m2
