比利时 Leuven 市“Kop van Kessel·Lo Leuven”项目 · 双层地下空间创造公共领域

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Belgian architecture practice AR+TE brought SeARCH into the project ‘ Kop van Kessel-Lo Leuven ‘ to create an urban connection and design a new public realm between the center of Leuven, Leuven station and the adjacent village Kessel-Lo which had been desperately lacking.

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photography by © Hennie Raaymakers

The Village of Kessel-Lo was cut off from the urban fabric downtown Leuven, and has been reconnected to create a pedestrian bridge and bicycle viaduct links. By lowering the public square 8 meters below street level, the development gains two floors of commercial space without any increase in building height (double ground use).

This extra commercial space compensates for the expenditure in appropriating existing housing on the site and the construction of the new viaduct. Daily, over 20,000 pedestrians and cyclists had to travel via a tunnel underneath the train tracks and then negotiate an 8 meters acent before crossing the busy Martelarenlaan and then descending 3m on the other side.

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photography by © Hennie Raaymakers

This Gordian knot was solved by the simple introduction of a gradually sloping public square connecting the tunnel to Kessel-Lo under the Martelarenlaan. The design advantage was twofold: the existing tunnel becomes experienced less as a subterranean burrow and more a part of the outdoor space as it flows out into a new, vibrant public square.

The crossing underneath the Martelarenlaan has become not only easier, but also much safer. SeARCH is also responsible for the architecture within the 75,000m2 development including parking for 900 cars and 2000 bicycles, two hotels with conference facilities, a 2000 capacity nine-screen multiplex, 18,000m2 of offices, shops, apartments and other commercial space.

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photography by © Hennie Raaymakers

Project Info :

Architects : SeARCH, AR-TE Client : CIP Project Year : 2013 Project Area : 75000.0 sqm Photographs : Hennie Raaymakers Project Location : Leuven, Belgium