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Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 1: Buildings
Category 1: Buildings
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Short description │
Tubes at the ‘De Grote Post’ Cultural Centre
In the beating heart of the former post office transparent tubes link the old building with the new
rear building. The tubes are constructed from a single material: the floor and roof slabs in solid steel
plate appear to be stitched together with a fine steel thread. The stitches form together with the floor
slabs and roof sheeting the horizontal compression and tension components of a one-storey-high
structural frame. The posts, evolved from thick square tubes on each layer into thin steel plates, clearly
demonstrate the forces at work over the length of the posts.
Studieburo Mouton bvba
Contact
Anne Botte
Address
Koningin Astridlaan 225
9000 Gent, België
Phone
+32 9 2214965
Email
Website
Studieburo Mouton was founded in mid-2002 and created through the independent practice of
architect-engineer Guy Mouton. Studieburo Mouton is a structural design office that has acquired a
special position within the Flemish architectural landscape. Conducting a stability study for a design
goes much further than simply calculating a given situation. The office is ready to be involved in the
architect’s very earliest design stage. Its main aim is to provide a stability study in which the interaction
with the architect strengthens the design. The main endeavour of Studieburo Mouton is to arrive
together with the designers at an intrinsically superior design process and structure. Studieburo
Mouton does not envisage architecture and stability as separate entities but as a powerfully expressed
consolidation among partners that creates a superior final project.
Project information
Owner
City of Ostend
Architect
B-architecten
General Contractor
MBG-Strabag
Engineering Office
Studieburo Mouton
Location
Oostende, Belgium
Construction Period
12/2010 to 12/2012
