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Kortrijk, Belgium
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Campus Howest
Kortrijk, Belgium
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
Designed by RAU and ABDM, the new campus building for Howest University of Applied Sciences in Kortrijk is conceived as a sustainable meeting place where learning, studying, collaboration, and discovery come together in a stimulating and comfortable environment.
The design strategy is rooted in the existing groundwater system and the ambition to transform the site into a valuable ecological and recreational landscape from the outset. The building is positioned as a guest within the green environment, aligned with the existing avenue structure. The site combines the historic Magdalene Park with an adjacent meadow characterized by mature trees of significant scale.
Public and shared functions are concentrated on the ground floor and integrated into the park landscape, minimizing the building volume above. This approach results in a compact architectural footprint and reinforces the concept of a “green building in a park setting.”
The landscape is strategically lowered at key points, creating direct connections to interior spaces such as the central market hall, restaurant, and media library. These spaces benefit from abundant daylight and visual relationships with the park, the central ecological axis, and the historic footprint of the former chapel.
The main entrance is designed as an open and inviting threshold, defined by a transparent façade and a central atrium that draws daylight deep into the building. The market hall functions as a flexible, informal workspace equipped with digital infrastructure, enabling use independent of time and program.
Campus Howest is designed not only for students and staff, but as an inclusive environment for the wider community. The campus operates as an evolving system in which architecture and landscape reinforce each other over time.
The project is conceived to increase its value year after year: enhancing biodiversity, strengthening social interaction, generating energy, supporting food production, and contributing to the identity of the place. It positions the campus as a living ecosystem where people, nature, and knowledge are interconnected.
The design strategy is rooted in the existing groundwater system and the ambition to transform the site into a valuable ecological and recreational landscape from the outset. The building is positioned as a guest within the green environment, aligned with the existing avenue structure. The site combines the historic Magdalene Park with an adjacent meadow characterized by mature trees of significant scale.
Public and shared functions are concentrated on the ground floor and integrated into the park landscape, minimizing the building volume above. This approach results in a compact architectural footprint and reinforces the concept of a “green building in a park setting.”
The landscape is strategically lowered at key points, creating direct connections to interior spaces such as the central market hall, restaurant, and media library. These spaces benefit from abundant daylight and visual relationships with the park, the central ecological axis, and the historic footprint of the former chapel.
The main entrance is designed as an open and inviting threshold, defined by a transparent façade and a central atrium that draws daylight deep into the building. The market hall functions as a flexible, informal workspace equipped with digital infrastructure, enabling use independent of time and program.
Campus Howest is designed not only for students and staff, but as an inclusive environment for the wider community. The campus operates as an evolving system in which architecture and landscape reinforce each other over time.
The project is conceived to increase its value year after year: enhancing biodiversity, strengthening social interaction, generating energy, supporting food production, and contributing to the identity of the place. It positions the campus as a living ecosystem where people, nature, and knowledge are interconnected.
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