The project consists of 4 temporary workshop rooms for the International Brussels airport, in the entrance hall of the control tower building that was completed in 2005. The core of the hall is surrounded by the cafeteria and the auditorium. JDWA has been asked to solve the emptiness between the existing elements: the orange sitting areas, trying to create a strong dialogue with them and the generous roof light. In order to respond to temporary needs, fast installation and disassembly, the pavilions are made of wood. The main concept is to play with the natural light. The light enters the pavilions through the glass roof and then gets filtered by the wooden structure. In this way it is possible to see everything around it enjoy the natural light. As a marketing strategy, the corporate identity has been taken into account and the house style colours have been incorporated into the design (expo-walls). The interior is designed to be a flexible room where employees can have the space to co-create, write on the glass and relax on the couch. On the back side of all but one pavilion, an informal meeting space is integrated. In the other one the space is dedicated to a pantry. Each pavilion is 18 m2 suitable for 10 people.
Temporary pavilion
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Status: Completed 2018
Team: Johan De Wachter, Nicolette Marzovilla
Client: Belgocontrol
Location: International Brussels airport, BE
Belgocontrol tower
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Johan De Wachter
Johan de Wachter is an architect and founding partner at Woonwerk Architecten. He came to Rotterdam after his studies at the Catholic University of Louvain (KUL) and worked from 2000 to 2004 at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA/Rem Koolhaas) on various urban planning and architecture projects and competitions. In 2003 he founded Fün Design Consultancy and was a partner until 2005. In 2005 he founded Johan De Wachter Architecten and in 2011 he started 2DVW Architecten in Antwerp together with Rik De Vooght. In 2023, the agencies are given a new name. With the establishment of Woonwerk Architecten, the collaboration is given further shape. With Woonwerk, Johan works on projects at home and abroad.
Johan regularly teaches and has been, among others, a guest lecturer at Delft University of Technology, the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam and the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg. He was appointed associate professor of urban design at Kaunas University of Technology in 2015. Here he leads the design studios with a specific focus on the integral transformation of former soviet residential areas (microrayons). Johan De Wachter was selected in 2014 for the “Europe 40 Under 40 Award”. This award recognized Johan as one of the 40 leading young design talents from Europe.
In addition to his work as an architect and teacher, Johan regularly sits on various committees and juries in the Netherlands and abroad. He is currently a member of the spatial quality committee in Breda (NL) and of the environmental committee in Tilburg (NL).
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