“Solid and flexible”. Article about SD Worx's new headquarter building in Antwerp at A+. A collaboration between BULK architecten and Sergison Bates architects.

We are pleased to announce that BULK architects won the competition for a new Technical Center in the Rivierenhof. The Province of Antwerp organized an architectural competition on behalf of ‘Provinciale Groendomeinen regio Antwerpen’ for a new center with workshops, warehouses and offices. The Rivierenhof Technical Center will not only occupy the central place in the Rivierenhof Provincial Domain, but also within the Provinciale Groendomeinen Regio Antwerpen (PGRA).

Mireille Colson, Deputy for recreation and green domains, explains: “There is a lot going on in the provincial domain of Rivierenhof. Over time, the sports facilities have clustered. A number of sustainable investments are planned for the future. In addition to a new technical center, restoration work will follow on the roof in the castle and in a second phase we may provide a thorough interior restoration. An investment plan is also being prepared for the Open Air Theatre.” Deputy for logistics Jan De Haes: “We are confident that BULK architects will propagate our core value of sustainability through the new technical centre.”

In collaboration with Bureau Bouwtechniek, IRS and LAND.

Our offices are closed from 7 to 30 July for joint leave.

Happy holidays!

Article on Tripelhuis Deurne in Building with Brick - Bouwen met Baksteen 182. (Dutch). Beautiful images by Studio Claerhout.

Youth Centre Park Groot Schijn Deurne completed. A place of its own for the various youth associations around the historic Master Schmid farm. In a second phase, the Scinthoeve on this site will be renovated into a multi-purpose youth center and party hall. A first series of photos can be viewed on the website of AG VESPA.

“The monumental was once again made domestic, tactile and sensory.” Article on phase 1 Handelsdok West with Palazzo Staplein in Wienerberger Innovate n°13, juni 2023. 

“Variations of repetition - a social housing block in Antwerp” Article on building block Eric Sasse with 120 social houses by Építészfórum.hu (Hungarian) as part of the thematic week ‘Housing’.

Hooray, we are so happy with the selection as laureate for the new fire station Antwerp Lillo, commissioned by AG Vespa  on behalf of Brandweer Zone Antwerpen.

Hand in hand with figuring out the brief, we examined a long narrow strip, which is both wide in its use and in its conception. The conglomerate of both existing and new building parts is given a distinct face while being embedded in the port landscape. We seek for a complex, yet strong figure with a clear formal language, which hopefully becomes greater than the sum of its parts. In collaboration with LAB-V and IRS Studiebureau.

BULK-WIT & KARUUR architects are extremely proud with the selection as designers for the northern edge of the Arena neighborhood in Deurne. This unique place will receive a complete makeover in the coming years. This special part of the city is situated on the footprint of a former fort and is mainly characterized by the Arenahal, a central green space and the exceptional patrimony of the modernist Antwerp architect Renaat Braem and the refined brutalist urban villas of Lode Wouters-Fons Mostien & Boud Rombouts. The development plan drawn up earlier by our team in collaboration with CLUSTER already defined the urban planning principles of the redevelopment into a low-traffic green neighborhood.

The 148 social housing units of Woonhaven Antwerpen in the northern edge are in poor condition and will be demolished. The municipal swimming pool will also be demolished. A design competition was organized for the architectural assignment of approximately 289 new social housing units.

“Each apartment as a unique home”. Article on housing project Edwardshof Mortsel in ‘Bouwen Aan Vlaanderen’. (Dutch). The redevelopment of the former nursery school ‘De Perenpit’ with 26 dwellings and co-housing is nearing completion.