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Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse from META and Van Bergen Kolpa as a case study during the EU Greenweek

22/05/2018 Read more

From 21 to 25 May the European Commission organizes EU Greenweek. Ine Petry of Inagro will talk about key developments in rooftop greenhouses.For Inagro, the Belgian META architectuurbureau and the Dutch van Bergen Kolpa Architects build a new high-tech rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia.The 9,500-m² building houses high-tech research facilities for the cultivation of fruits and leaf vegetables, with an educational route for the public running throughout. Visitors can see how tomatoes, lettuce, sweet...

An ensemble enhanced by nuanced colour and indirect uniformity. A project by META, a dvvt, noA and OFFICE

19/04/2018 Read more

The architectural teams of META, a dvvt, noA and OFFICE, working in collaboration with Project², present a building block that possesses an indirect but recognizable uniformity, yet does not forsake its own strong identity. KAAI 37 is the first passive group housing project to be certified by Pixii.project page KAAI 37

Eduardo Souto de Moura and META have been selected as the preferred bidder for the development of the Beurshal en Congresgebouw in Bruges

06/12/2017 Read more

The City of Bruges has appointed the architectural team of Eduardo Souto de Moura and META for the development of the new Beurshal en Congresgebouw in Bruges. Negotiations will continue over the coming months in order to reach a best and final offer (BAFO), after which the assignment can be awarded. The developer of the project is the Belgian listed company CFE and the contractor MBG. "The preferred bidder’s team has produced a design that shows respect for the city because it lets Bruges be...

Vanhaerents, META, BOB361, Callebaut and OKRA win the competition for the re-purposing of the Normaalschool site in Lier

21/10/2017 Read more

META in collaboration with Vanhaerents, BOB361, Callebaut and OKRA has won the competition for the Normaalschool site in Lier. The design team will build a start-up incubator and about 140 residential units on the site. By preserving the historically valuable buildings and fitting the new volumes into the existing inner area, a range of public, collective and private open spaces will be created.project page Normaalschoolsite Lier

META selected for Antwerp competition pool

16/10/2017 Read more

META has been selected for the competition pool for architectural assignments of the city of Antwerp. Previously, META built among others offices Atlasgebouw, social housing Sint-Gummarusstraat and collective housing Falconrui.

University building M in use

04/10/2017 Read more

Gebouw M with classrooms and a research centre for the rehabilitation sciences programme of the Antwerp University on the Drie Eiken Campus in Wilrijk has just opened. META, Storimans Wijffels and Tractebel designed a readable building with a double and symmetrically mirrored entrance hall. project pagearticle in Architectura.be

Construction begins on the Xaverius College kindergarten

27/06/2017 Read more

The contractor has started on the construction of a kindergarten for the Xaverius College in Borgerhout. This building provides a solution for the growing shortage of places at the school. The L-shaped volume of the kindergarten is unlocked by a similarly L-shaped corridor. This passageway, the aorta of the building, is conceived as a cloister that connects every space and, on one side, leads into several courtyards.project page Xaveriuscollege

An article in De Standaard on recuperating waste heat refers to ‘Agrotopia’ by META

20/02/2017 Read more

On 7 February, 'De Standaard' newspaper focused the rise of district heating networks in Flanders, whereby traditional heating methods are replaced by networks that recover the waste heat from refuse incinerators. Working in collaboration with Van Bergen Kolpa Architects, META is building the rooftop greenhouse ‘Agrotopia’ in Roeselare which will be warmed, amongst other things, by the waste heat from the refuse management company Mirom. Construction of ‘Agrotopia’ begins this year and...

Building O University of Antwerp in the media

20/01/2017 Read more

With the completion of university building O, a collaboration between META, Tractebel and Storimans Wijffels architects for the University of Antwerp, we received a great deal of positive media attention. In addition to regular reporting in the newspapers, architecture critics Koen Van Synghel and Bart Decroos wrote glowing reviews for, respectively De Standaard and the architecture magazine A+. Architecture websites such as Architectura (Belgium), Actar (Spanish-American), Baunetz (Germany) and...

META selected for the development of Beurs site Bruges

22/11/2016 Read more

Our team, Beursgenootschap Souto de Moura – META – CFE, is selected for the design competition of the development of the Beurs site in Bruges, Belgium.The team for this design-and-build competition consists of, next to META architectuurbureau, also out of Eduardo Souto de Moura Arquictos (partner architect), D&E-CFE GBW (project developer), Motown Development (project development), CFE Bouw Vlaanderen (general contractor), Benoit Van Innis (art/interior/landscape), Wirtz International...

Festive opening Building O University of Antwerp

22/09/2016 Read more

Today the festive inauguration of Gebouw O UA took place. Gebouw O Ua strengthens the heart of the UA-campus Drie Eiken in Wilrijk (Antwerp). It unites three faculties and houses amongst others 8 auditoriums, 2 microscopy rooms and 1 laboratory. project page Gebouw O UA

Offices Penta in pictures

01/08/2016 Read more

The images by photographer Filip Dujardin show a building that fully exploits the surface and still creates a sense of space. The volume is elevated by a concrete plinth and is stepped so each floor, with exception of the ground floor, is directly linked to the green outside space. Through an under passage, a so-called dogtrot, a covered passageway is provided which guarantees visibility and passage. The basement gets enough air and light through a spacious patio at the backside and thus becomes...

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