Wood construction company Lab15 is getting a new workplace. An industrial building made of wooden V-beams on a concrete column structure is being pushed up against the side boundary of the plot, enclosed in a U-shaped fire wall made of prefabricated concrete panels.
The layout, the slightly sloping profile of the roof trusses and a slender steel canopy give the building its own orientation, turning the free side façade into the new front façade. Prefabricated wooden façade cassettes and a generous skylight take over the scale of the concrete elements of the fire wall.
The office, inserted as a narrow solid wood construction in the end bay, is separated from the production hall. A covered courtyard is created in the centre of the building. Locally, the concrete columns disappear and a wooden four-part beam marks the entrance to the building.
Architectuurprijs Gent 2021, 1e Prize public jury
