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view from a South-East angle
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West fa
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External walk - East fa
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Hall with telescopic seating open
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Main foyer with office, ticket booth and cloakroom (ground floor)
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View from a South-East angle at nightfall
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Ground floor, scale:1/200
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The cultural hall as a public space
Victor Jara Cultural Centre
L Escaut Architectures, Bureau d Etudes Weinand. Soignies, Belgium
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Name of work in English
Victor Jara Cultural Centre
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Name of work in original language
Espace Culturel Victor Jara
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Soignies, Belgium
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Studio
L Escaut Architectures, Bureau d Etudes Weinand
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
The cultural centre is located in the middle of the historical centre of Soignies, which is a city located 50 km from Brussels.
Collaborators
Structural engineering: Arianit Shevelli; Acoustical: R Raskin; Art: Domitienne Cuvelier; Mechanical: Not Defined SECA; Graphic design: Eloisa Astudillo; Promoter: Not Defined Belgian French Community
Program
Culture
Site area
2.9 m²
Total gross floor
1.3 m²
Completion
2009
The city is strongly attached to its folkloric traditions and the project goes beyond the original brief of a multipurpose performing arts hall by providing the space for the celebration of vibrant outdoor events such as carnival and other street festivals. In doing so, the project avoids the logic of the closed box and proposes a very urban interpretation of the concept of theatre. Thus, the building was designed as an extension of the public space that surrounds it, penetrating into the interior through numerous entrances around the building.
Although the site was a total size of 2,900 m², the footprint of the building was limited to 1,300 m² in order to accommodate a new square on the east side, which appears as an outside foyer and becomes part of the medieval tissue of streets, lanes and squares.