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Project Featured on May 31, 2017
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Service Station Heverlee
Project Featured on May 31, 2017
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Type
SIZE
500,000 sqft - 1,000,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The
location of Heverlee Delek creates an oasis in which the traveller/commuter can
relax within a contemporary environment to refuel, shop and eat before
continuing their journey. Starting from the E40; a strong infrastructure vein,
fast traffic is refined and reduced until finally distilled into quieter
parking spaces and picnic areas.
These areas visually meander and flow into the surrounding landscape and
beyond. Central to the idea of the
plan is a pedestrian axis. This directs traffic to specific areas, solely
dedicated for the purpose of rest and relaxation. This ‘walking-axis’ offers
the possibility for users to experience the surroundings and to pleasantly
reach the service station in safety.
By
organising specific service station facilities in a logical and considered way,
clarity is expressed; further enhancing the paramount importance of pedestrian
safety. All facilities are located conveniently on a service island containing
parking spaces. These spaces are located on either side of the service station
forecourt.
The
landscape study showed that this location lies in a spatially and ecologically
valuable area, an area that humans have used too often for their own gains.
The
design goal follows the principles of ecological project management, taking
into account functional demands to:
•
Enable the site to be returned to nature. The design repays nature by making
new forest clusters where trees once stood
•
Re-establish the continuity of the Egenhoven Forrest
•
Limit the use of impermeable surfaces
•
Minimise the built footprint
•
Realise a compact building volume with a sustainable principle structure and a
flexible substructure
The
architecture serves to continue the notion of creating a subtle structure set
within a rural context. At the
centre of the overall landscape lies the service station. This area is intended
for refuelling, loading and unloading; it also facilitates a shop, a restaurant
and a hotel. The petrol station is separated by a pedestrian path which runs
parallel to the traffic flow. Indeed, running transverse to this path, the
building is organised in such a way as to allow the traveller to take a step
back from the noise and bustle of the busy highway.
The principle building is constructed using a
‘superstructure’ consisting of a canopy and a roof. The roof is carried by
columns made from white concrete. These columns are positioned in a crisscross
formation. Infill modules created in glass, with a negative imprint of leafy
trees, slide underneath the super structure to emphasise the transparency of
the structure set against the white surroundings.
location of Heverlee Delek creates an oasis in which the traveller/commuter can
relax within a contemporary environment to refuel, shop and eat before
continuing their journey. Starting from the E40; a strong infrastructure vein,
fast traffic is refined and reduced until finally distilled into quieter
parking spaces and picnic areas.
These areas visually meander and flow into the surrounding landscape and
beyond. Central to the idea of the
plan is a pedestrian axis. This directs traffic to specific areas, solely
dedicated for the purpose of rest and relaxation. This ‘walking-axis’ offers
the possibility for users to experience the surroundings and to pleasantly
reach the service station in safety.
By
organising specific service station facilities in a logical and considered way,
clarity is expressed; further enhancing the paramount importance of pedestrian
safety. All facilities are located conveniently on a service island containing
parking spaces. These spaces are located on either side of the service station
forecourt.
The
landscape study showed that this location lies in a spatially and ecologically
valuable area, an area that humans have used too often for their own gains.
The
design goal follows the principles of ecological project management, taking
into account functional demands to:
•
Enable the site to be returned to nature. The design repays nature by making
new forest clusters where trees once stood
•
Re-establish the continuity of the Egenhoven Forrest
•
Limit the use of impermeable surfaces
•
Minimise the built footprint
•
Realise a compact building volume with a sustainable principle structure and a
flexible substructure
The
architecture serves to continue the notion of creating a subtle structure set
within a rural context. At the
centre of the overall landscape lies the service station. This area is intended
for refuelling, loading and unloading; it also facilitates a shop, a restaurant
and a hotel. The petrol station is separated by a pedestrian path which runs
parallel to the traffic flow. Indeed, running transverse to this path, the
building is organised in such a way as to allow the traveller to take a step
back from the noise and bustle of the busy highway.
The principle building is constructed using a
‘superstructure’ consisting of a canopy and a roof. The roof is carried by
columns made from white concrete. These columns are positioned in a crisscross
formation. Infill modules created in glass, with a negative imprint of leafy
trees, slide underneath the super structure to emphasise the transparency of
the structure set against the white surroundings.
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