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Middelkerke, Belgium
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SILT
Middelkerke, Belgium
Project Featured on May 24, 2023
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
The landscape icon called SILT is both attractive and has integrity. SILT is an asset to the Flemish coast in more ways than one. With much love for the sea and dunes, the new eye-catcher combines coastal reinforcement, landscape, liveability and sustainability.
The designers anchored the building to the site by integrating it into a new experienceable landscape inspired by the former island of Testerep, characterised by dune (coastal defence) and gully (prosperity). The merging of the building into a landscape ensures that coastal reinforcement, liveability and sustainability blend harmoniously into the existing coastline. At the heart of the landscape, the hotel tower manifests itself as a new beacon by the sea. SILT also houses a casino, a restaurant, a multi-purpose event space and an underground car park.
An underground car park provides a car-free zone, freeing up the public space above it. Tallgrass, dune basin and sand channels opening onto the beach give Middelkerke back the so typical landscape it craves. The climb to the top of the new dune offers breathtaking views and is a tourist attraction in itself.
To anchor the project in the spatial, social and economic characteristics of the site, the design team realised a high-quality integrated concept. Not a detached and inward-looking building, but a building integrated into a landscape that connects sustainably with its surroundings in every way.
The hotel, attached to the event building, graces the shoreline with its enigmatic, sculptural silhouette. An understated, striking building with an open grid of curved beams of Accoya wood. This exudes not only connection with the environment but also sustainability. Because that too is as much at the heart of the design as safety, functionality, aesthetics and economic value. Efforts have been made to optimise energy supply, waste treatment and production processes.
SILT got a new seawall that can withstand a 1000-year storm. The seawall will hold up during extreme stormy weather with exceptionally high waves and water levels of more than 2 metres above the current high-water mark. SILT is now the best protected site along the Belgian coast.
SILT exudes strength, sobriety and sophistication, with a lot of love for the sea and dunes. It is a project that well reflects the character of the seaside resort and could mark the start of a renewed centre of Middelkerke, where it is pleasant to live and stay.
The project was built extremely quickly. In February 2022, the construction team started excavating the immense construction pit. Just two years later, the building was completed. Thanks to the close cooperation and dedication of all parties involved.
The designers anchored the building to the site by integrating it into a new experienceable landscape inspired by the former island of Testerep, characterised by dune (coastal defence) and gully (prosperity). The merging of the building into a landscape ensures that coastal reinforcement, liveability and sustainability blend harmoniously into the existing coastline. At the heart of the landscape, the hotel tower manifests itself as a new beacon by the sea. SILT also houses a casino, a restaurant, a multi-purpose event space and an underground car park.
An underground car park provides a car-free zone, freeing up the public space above it. Tallgrass, dune basin and sand channels opening onto the beach give Middelkerke back the so typical landscape it craves. The climb to the top of the new dune offers breathtaking views and is a tourist attraction in itself.
To anchor the project in the spatial, social and economic characteristics of the site, the design team realised a high-quality integrated concept. Not a detached and inward-looking building, but a building integrated into a landscape that connects sustainably with its surroundings in every way.
The hotel, attached to the event building, graces the shoreline with its enigmatic, sculptural silhouette. An understated, striking building with an open grid of curved beams of Accoya wood. This exudes not only connection with the environment but also sustainability. Because that too is as much at the heart of the design as safety, functionality, aesthetics and economic value. Efforts have been made to optimise energy supply, waste treatment and production processes.
SILT got a new seawall that can withstand a 1000-year storm. The seawall will hold up during extreme stormy weather with exceptionally high waves and water levels of more than 2 metres above the current high-water mark. SILT is now the best protected site along the Belgian coast.
SILT exudes strength, sobriety and sophistication, with a lot of love for the sea and dunes. It is a project that well reflects the character of the seaside resort and could mark the start of a renewed centre of Middelkerke, where it is pleasant to live and stay.
The project was built extremely quickly. In February 2022, the construction team started excavating the immense construction pit. Just two years later, the building was completed. Thanks to the close cooperation and dedication of all parties involved.
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