Why They Had to Build OVER This Old Building
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Published 2023-03-15
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All Comments (21)
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Your content quality is going through the roof with this one, so to speak.
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6:01 - I will always love how architects are trying to tell us that what they are producing is not "ugly" but "special".
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From an engineering perspective, it's really impressive. From an architectural perspective, it's an atrocious exercise of pure insanity.
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There's nothing "perfectly blended" about these two different styles of architecture, not even through contrast--they just clash, and if that's the point, then that's an ugly point. Though the design is obnoxious, it is still an engineering marvel, and construction marvel, so kudos to the team that pulled that off.
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I agree it looks more like a show piece than a functional office space
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It looks stunning... on its own... But I loathe when new futuristic designs completely overshadow a stunning historical building. They 'protected it' just to completely build on top of it, there is no cohesion.
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Looks like they placed a giant, glass, shit sculpture on top of the old building.
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As a Belgian engineer I like the construction! As a Belgian architect I don't really like how it 'overpowers' the heritage. Also, it feels kind of weird to see multiple buildings I've been to today on the definitive channel for construction that same evening :D
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Architect: “so it’s somewhat of a unique design, do you think you can pull this one off?” Engineer, holding back tears: “yes.”
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Truly very impressive from the outside, less from the inside though. I had - job related - many meetings in the building and it stroke me every time how marvellous it looks from the outside as a real landmark for the city, but how claustrophobic it feels from the inside. A lot of meeting rooms have barely any natural light. The board room on the upper floor however has stunning views over the port of Antwerp.
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Re: the lacking interior design: The question becomes if star architects are designing extravagant buildings for themselves as an exercise in fame, or for their clients and their needs.
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It would have fit right next to it just fine, especially if you're willing to make it this tall. But sure that works, too. Kinda weird to make this an example of a clever solution for having not enough space, if there is enough space :)
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This is a genuine question, there seems to be a very large courtyard of empty space right next to the historic building, why did they not just build on this plot of land with a more simple design? It’s interesting that this was constructed directly on top of a building seemingly surrounded by so much empty space, as if it was the “only option”
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I don’t understand why they keep saying there wasn’t room to build around it where there are clearly vast open areas surrounding the building that could have been used instead of completely changing how the building looked. The appearance of the fire house has been completely altered by the presence of the new building so even though technically they’ve preserved it, they haven’t. They may as well have demolished it and started over.
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The architect's version of "too preoccupied if they could rather than they should".
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This project was nice to work this complex building. I work in a steel construction that has builded this project. I'm one of the welder and yes, i did weld alot of it.
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It's really sad that whenever a megastructure is formed, they only honor the architects but say nothing about how hard the structural engineers have calculated.
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As an Antwerp resident and someone who worked in this very building, I am really happy you made a video about this. I know that it's not the most well-loved building in the city but it certainly was very ambitious and the result is very impressive, regardless of what one might think of it.
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I'm studying architectural engineering in Ghent, Belgium and one of my professors actually helped work on this building. It's so amazing to see it featured here on a channel I adore! Belgium doesn't get a lot of attention most of the time
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Next up, a video about how they're planning to change the whole Antwerp skyline by basically doing the exact same old/new architecture with the "Boerentoren" one of the few tall buildings in the city. Once again, nobody is happy with what they're planning to do with that tower.
