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Client(s)Umicore
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Construction siteOlen
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Project architectDirk Engelen
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Architect teamEdwin Remmerie, Frederic Maurel, Sebastien Delagrange, Stephane Van Eester
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Competition2011
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StatusCompetition
The site for the VIVO project – Renovation of Infrastructure for Olen – is located on the 46 ha site of Umicore Olen on the Kempisch Canal. Existing access to the site involves several locations: entrance A for heavy traffic, entrance B for visitors, separate entrances for the Electro-Optic Materials, Cobalt & Energy Products and Research & Development departments. A new reception building, to be erected on a 3-hectare site, will form the entrance to the site for all visitors, while at the same time providing the necessary infrastructure to receive them: auditorium, meeting rooms, multipurpose room, exhibition space, restaurant… At the same time, the opportunity is being taken to provide some administrative services with new accommodation. All this has to be done on a site with some preconditions: a challenging shape, security requirements and some buildings that can only be demolished after completion of the new building.
