51N4E > C-Mine

Fuente: 51n4e, OWI
Fotografía: Stijn Bollaert 

C-mine is a distinct and precise answer on how to deal with large-scale industrial heritage. Since 2005 the City of Genk, being an important partner in the Carbon Belt stretching as far as the Rühr Area, has been actively redeveloping its past. The central turbine hall will become the new pivotal point of this brownfield operation, becoming the future cultural infrastructure node for the wider area.

The operations performed on the existing buildings are voluntarily restricted and extremely direct. The new infrastructure added on to the existing brick layered power plant, is fully based on the existing division – a 5 metre high base upon which stand top lit machine rooms. By extending the base with two new concrete additions, a deep and fascinating ground level comes into being, a labyrinth-like foyer including exhibitions spaces, offices, a café, a restaurant, meeting rooms and accesses to the two new theatres. The theatres are conceived as day lit machine rooms, inside which the old brick infrastructure becomes the backdrop for a new stage.

 

Link al proyecto en 51n4e
Link al reportaje fotográfico

Ficha del proyecto

Location:
Winterslag, Genk, BE

Invited competition:
2005

Completion:
2010

Client:
City of Genk

51N4E tasks:
full process

Project team:
Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn, Peter Swinnen, Aglaia De Mulder, Kelly Hendriks, Chris Blackbee, Joost Körver, Lu Zhang, Tine Cooreman, Aline Neirynck, Tom Baelus, Sotiria Kornaropoulou, Bob De Wispelaere, Jan Das, Philippe Nathan

Consultants:
TTAS (theater techniques), Bureau Monumentenzorg (heritage), Arat/ Philip Baelus (restoration)

Structural engineer:
BAS/ Dirk Jaspaert

Technical engineer:
IRS

Building physics/ acoustics:
Daidalos-Peutz

Calculation:
Probam

Construction:
Houben

Programme:
theater & concert hall, Tourist Centre, Design Museum

Site surface:
8.800 m²

Built surface:
15.000 m²

Construction cost (excl VAT):
30.000.000 €

Photography:
Stijn Bollaert, 51N4E

Image credits:
51N4E

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