How does a brain storming in this conference room sound like ? Found on Archdaily, the project is the city hall and municipal services center for the town of Oostkamp, Belgium. In 2008 the Flemish Government Architecture Agency (Vlaams Bouwmeester) announced an international competition for ideas to build OostCampus, with a slogan that paraphrases Magritte: “Ceci n’est pas … een Administratief centrum”.
Formerly, the building was some kind of bottling facility for Coca-Cola, but Arroyo won a competition four years ago to imagine a different future for the site. He elected to keep the exiting building, but modify it quite extensively, filling the interior with fiber and gypsum shells. These shells are what look like giant bubbles on the inside, turning the ceiling into a choppy plane. The winning project, by the Madrid studio lead by Carlos Arroyo, opted for a radical re-use of the large industrial existing building, including foundations, floors, supporting structures, outer skin, insulation, waterproofing, and all recoverable services and equipment: power station, heating plant, water pipes, fire hoses, sewerage, and even parking area, fencing and access. The OostCampus was opened on June 15, 2012, so enjoy it!
How does a brain storming in this conference room sound like ?
