2015 - 2017 Gent

Abscis Architecten - reception area with desk - photo Jeroen Verrecht

This new office building along the Kortrijksesteenweg in the green Sint-Denijs-Westrem area includes a notary’s office and a studio. The building is a solid brick volume characterized by volumetric incisions and strategically placed windows. The glass ‘lantern’ at the top of the stairwell forms a minimalist light beacon along the busy road The façade opens onto the street side via the ground floor foyer and welcomes visitors along a forecourt. This creates great visibility and transparency. On the rear facade, both the deed rooms and the offices can enjoy a magnificent view of the landscape garden with its old trees.

Abscis Architecten - patio serving as transparant partition - photo Jeroen Verrecht

patio serving as transparant partition - photo Jeroen Verrecht

Abscis Architecten - bright spaces - photo Jeroen Verrecht

bright spaces - photo Jeroen Verrecht

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Abscis Architecten - garden side/south side - photo Jeroen Verrecht

garden side/south side - photo Jeroen Verrecht

The client's request to provide two waiting areas at the deed rooms resulted in an open plan, in which the central patio was used as a structuring tool to create privacy without losing the transparency of the open plan.

The interior concept of the notary's office had to radiate a minimalist simplicity and tranquillity, which was achieved by using white as the main colour. The white cast floor in combination with accents in ash wood, the floor-high doors and the elegant furniture, create a sophisticated atmosphere.

The submerged parking underneath the building opens up to the garden in line with the rear façade. This was the parking bathes in daylight and the relationship with the landscape garden is tangible. The white foyer on the ground floor is clearly announced in this open car park, which welcomes visitors via this entrance.

The landscape character of the garden has been preserved by the preservation of the valuable old trees, and has been further enhanced by the construction of beech hedges that integrate the staff car park, the planting of many rhododendrons and the construction of a forest path. The forecourt creates an architectural walk to the foyer, in different levels, with multi-trunked low trees. The direct confrontation between the landscape garden and the office building creates the pleasant sensation of the disappearance of the internal/external border.

Abscis Architecten - view from the garden with open parking - photo Jeroen Verrecht

view from the garden with open parking - photo Jeroen Verrecht

Abscis Architecten - waiting area - photo Jeroen Verrecht

waiting area - photo Jeroen Verrecht

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Abscis Architecten - waiting area alongside the patio - photo Jeroen Verrecht

waiting area alongside the patio - photo Jeroen Verrecht

Abscis Architecten - meeting area - photo Jeroen Verrecht

meeting area - photo Jeroen Verrecht

Abscis Architecten - translucency from the street - photo Jeroen Verrecht

translucency from the street - photo Jeroen Verrecht

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