In the heart of Oud-Berchem, a neighborhood of Antwerp, Belgium – on the crossroad of two important axis – Statiestraat and Victor Jacobslei – the city is investing in a new police station. The outline of the project’s brief was intriguing at first: to design a facility for the police department of Antwerp that would be able, in time, to become a residential building. The idea of isolating the main volume away from its neighbours is as much a desire to break out from the historical scenery as it is to emancipate its purpose as a potential transgender building.
Project | Police Station | Budget | 535.000 EUR | Type | Competition |
Size | 672 m2 | Client | AG VESPA | Status | Completed 2014 |
Location | Antwerp, Belgium | Team | JDS, Bureau Bouwtechniek | ||
Creative Authorship | Julien De Smedt | Project Leader | Barbara Wolff, Peter Vande Maele, Stephanie Vander Goten | Project Team |
Reveal list ▿ Francisco Villeda, Paul Christophe Gay, Philipp Ohnesorge, Robert Huebser, Ryan Neiheiser, Ryoko Ikeda, Vincent Macris |