Architects:BOGDAN & VAN BROECK

Area :9375 m²

Year :2022

Photographs :Laurian Ghinitoiu

Landscape :LAND

Acoustics :Daidalos Peutz

Structure :Ney & Partners

Team : M. Czvek, V. Ionescu, M. Pawlowska-Deib, S. Poot, W. Riche, M. Steel Lebre, A. Sümeghy, E. Vandenpoel, S. Verstraete, K. Vervaet, T. Willemse

Techniques : VK Engineering

City : Ghent

Country : Belgium

Close to the center of Ghent, BOGDAN & VAN BROECK transformed an abandoned factory site into a flourishing community including three cohousing groups with 59 dwellings, a neighborhood health center, a circuit of collective indoor and outdoor spaces, and a workshop with a view of Bijgaardepark. With great commitment from the urban development company sogent and the city of Ghent, Bijgaardehof focuses on sustainability, both at the urban development and project levels. An ambitious, mixed program organized around meeting and interaction in one of the largest cohousing projects in Flanders.