Office – 250m²
Warehouse – 800m²
Site – 4.000m²
Westalu is small family business in Westerlo
(BE) specializing in the construction of aluminum curtain walls and windows.
The secluded location along the banks of the Nete River is incredibly unique
for an industrial site in Belgium. The small complex consisting of an office
building and a production warehouse is situated between a residential cluster, a
protected natural landscape, and a flood plain. The architecture attempts to
grow and unfold into its natural surroundings, and in doing so, transitions
from residential street to office
building to natural landscape. The prefabricated
steel structure allows the building to float above the flood plain, resulting
in a subtle, yet confident, presence amongst its surroundings. Designed on the scale of a home, the office
building is able to neatly integrate into the residential street. Being the
last ‘house’ on the street, however, Office Nete fittingly disintegrates into nature.
With a location like this, the building just wanted to look outward, so we
designed accordingly.
