Press release META architectuurbureau designs new central police building Centraal Politiegebouw Kouter in Torhout
Read more(not yet available in English)Voor de Lokale Politie Kouter in Torhout bouwt META het nieuwe centrale politiegebouw met een honderdtal werkplekken, 3 individuele en 1 collectieve cel. Voor iedere stap in het ontwerpproces werd nauw samengewerkt met de toekomstige gebruikers. META heeft een trapvormig gebouw - zowel in grondplan als in gevelaanzicht - ontworpen dat perfect de politionele werking symboliseert.Nadat het politiekorps Kouter decennialang opereerde vanuit diverse gebouwen verspreid...
Press release Exhibition, Meeting & Convention Centre in the heart of Bruges enters into an open dialogue with the neighbourhood
Read moreThe Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC) is a landmark urban renewal project by Eduardo Souto de Moura and META architectuurbureau, located in the heart of the historic city. With a multifunctional exhibition hall on the ground floor (4,500 m²), which also serves as a public covered square, the building is an integral part of the neighbourhood. The upper floors accommodate a conference area for over 500 participants. In selecting the ‘Beursgenootschap Souto de Moura – META – CFE’...
Press release Rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia - an architectural face for urban horticulture on the city's rooftops
Read moreWith the rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia, META architectuurbureau (BE) and van Bergen Kolpa Architecten (NL) have delivered Europe’s largest public building dedicated to urban food production, a commission from the Flemish research institute for agriculture and horticulture, Inagro, and REO Veiling. With its faceted glass frontages, monumental entrance staircase and stacked functions, Agrotopia gives a striking, architectural face to horticulture on the city’s rooftops. Through innovative water...
Press release META for KONING NOORD
Read moreIn the Slachthuis district in Antwerp, META has completed the Koning Noord apartment building: a project with 26 houses, a crèche and a workspace.Commissioned by ISTATE, META designed 2 volumes in raw concrete, connected them with a plinth around an inner garden and finished the building with gold-coloured anodised aluminium joinery and balustrades.By prioritising rigorous rationality in both concept and execution, META makes room for the design of a generous building.2 volumes folded around...
Press release Bogerse Velden social housing for Lierse Maatschappij voor de Huisvesting
Read moreThe Bogerse Velden social housing in Lier by META architectuurbureau contains 3 autonomous and identical apartment buildings, 13 semi-detached homes and 14 terraced houses with a dynamic volumetric. The facades of the 60 dwellings further demarcate the open space. A pronounced focus on the reiteration of elements across the entire project has created a rhythmic streetscape and a clearly recognisable, collective identity.Just outside the city centre of Lier, META has realised 60 dwellings for the...
Press release Eduardo Souto de Moura and META architectuurbureau design the Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre urban renewal project in Bruges
Read moreThe recently demolished trade fair and exhibition hall in Bruges, which was originally intended to be a reception venue, was erected 50 years ago as a temporary structure. In recent years it had become increasingly clear that it fell short of contemporary requirements in terms of building physics and programming. For this reason, the City of Bruges is commencing an urban renewal project. In addition to the construction of the new beursplein (an exhibition hall that converts into a covered public...
Press release META and MikeViktorViktor win the competition for a green core in-fill area in Mortsel Oude God
Read moreTogether with DMI Vastgoed, the contractors Democo, Landinzicht, Quadrant and the artist Dirk Braeckman, META architecture office and MikeViktorViktor architects have designed 5 building clusters around a green, traffic-calmed square. These include residential properties, a centre for adult education, commercial spaces and an underground car park. This green square – the Stadsterras (city terrace) of Mortsel – will connect the centrally located Gemeenteplein (town square) with the new Oude...
Press release An ensemble enhanced by nuanced colour and indirect uniformity
Read moreThe Belgian architectural teams of META, advvt, NOA and OFFICE 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. META architectuurbureau, architecten de vylder vinck taillieu, noAarchitecten and OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen have each designed a building for the KAAI 37 block in the Cadix district of Het Eilandje in Antwerp. Together with...
Press release An expressive facade as an art form
Read moreMETA and British artist Perry Roberts receive an honorable mention for the Belgian Building Award in the category Art Integration. This award honours projects that demonstrate excellence in the way that art has been integrated into the design. Building O was commissioned from META by the University of Antwerp and was built in collaboration with Storimans Wijffels architects and Tractebel. The winner is the elementary school De Brug by Architectenbureau Bart Dehaene, Sileghem & Partners with...
Press release Vanhaerents, META, BOB361, Callebaut and OKRA win the competition for the re-purposing of the Normaalschool site in Lier
Read moreMETA, BOB361, Callebaut and OKRA, together with Vanhaerents, have 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. Catalyst for the surroundings The Normaalschool site in Lier spans a built-up area of more than 20,000 m2....
Press release Building M prepares the life sciences campus of the University of Antwerp for the future
Read moreBuilding M – a follow-on project from Building O – has just opened on the Drie Eiken campus in Wilrijk. Designed by META Architecture Bureau and Storimans Wijffels Architects in collaboration with Tractebel, the building contains classrooms and a research centre for the rehabilitation sciences programme. META had previously realized Building O on the campus, which is officially known as the Andries Kinsbergen building: a floating volume in perforated gold-coloured aluminium plates.Unity and...
Press release The skyline of Antwerp’s Eilandje district forever redrawn
Read moreThe first residents have moved into the new building block 'Cadiz' to Kattendijk. The building, designed by Polo Architects and META architecture office, together with the adjacent (to realize) District Square Cadiz a new reference point of the redeveloped Cadix in Antwerp. The construction of the Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), the opening of the Red Star Line Museum, and the makeover of streets, squares, and quays brought an end to the decades of dilapidation in Antwerp’s Eilandje district....