布达岛仅存的纺织厂–一个注定要成为城市文化中心的地区–已经被改造成了驻场艺术家的工作室和展览空间。这个位于城市街区中间的大体量,已经通过两个主要的干预措施进行了改造。

The last remaining textile factory on Buda Island – an area destined to become the cultural heart of the city – has been transformed into studios and exhibition spaces for artists in residence. This large volume, situated in the middle of a city block, has been adapted through two main interventions:

第一个是在建筑中心挖出一个大空洞,将日光带入巨大的平面图中。这个五边形的空隙里有一个公共楼梯,可以通向四层的各种空间:一个制造实验室,不同大小和照明条件的多功能空间,音乐场所和屋顶露台。该结构的最大部分被重新使用。除了节约资源外,这种再利用还允许在有限的预算内建造一个大型文化建筑。

The first hollows out a large void in the centre of the building, bringing daylight deep into the vast floor plan. This pentagonal void houses a public staircase that gives access to a diverse range of spaces on four levels: a laboratory for manufacturing, multifunctional spaces of varying sizes and lighting conditions, music venues and a roof terrace. The biggest part of the structure is reused. Besides saving resources, the reuse allows for a large cultural building within a limited budget.

第二项干预措施增加了一个开放的亭子,作为来自街道的入口大厅。这个亭子是用原来室内发现的黄砖建成的,它成为这个建筑群的新门面:冰山的一角。亭子本身作为一个前厅,让人预感到里面的活动。

The second intervention adds an open pavilion as an entrance hall from the street. Built from the yellow brick discovered in the original interior, this pavilion becomes the new facade of the complex: the tip of the iceberg. The pavilion itself functions as an antechamber, giving a foretaste of events inside.

布达艺术中心是一个新型的文化空间。参考它的过去,它仍然是一个生产车间。材料和细节使它成为一个可供各种活动和用户使用的空间。温暖的色调和一系列相当非正式的空间邀请人们为他们自己的生产、展览和休闲互动而适用和发现这个建筑。

The Buda Art Centre is a new type of cultural space. Making reference to its past, it remains a workshop of production. The materials and details make it an approachable space for all kinds of activities and users. The warm palette of colours and the series of rather informal spaces invite people to appropriate and discover the building for their own production, exhibition, and casual interaction.

虽然建筑的大部分被隐藏在其周围环境中,但屋顶平台提供了一个与科特赖克市的突然对抗。这座建筑是一个看的工具,而不是一个看的对象。它避免成为一种形象,而是创造一种环境。

While the majority of the building is hidden from its surrounding context, the roof terrace provides a sudden confrontation with the city of Kortrijk. The building is a tool to look, not an object to look at. It avoids becoming an image but instead creates an environment..

Architects: 51N4E
Area: 4240 m²
Year: 2012
Photographs: Filip Dujardin , Paul Steinbrück
Structural Engineering: BAS
Technical Engineering:Studiebureau Boydens
Architect In Charge:Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn, Peter Swinnen
Design Team:Tine Cooreman, Aline Neirynck, Bob De Wispelaere, Karel Verstraeten, Jan Opdekamp, Joram Van den Brande, Marc-Achille Filliol, Chris Blackbee, Emmanuel Debroise
City:Courtray
Country:Belgium