Mobility Exchanger in Wenduine, Belgium.
This project is born from the need of a town to rejuvenate itself. The proposal revolved around the idea of a pedestrianised zone, an area that would just be used for walking and riding bikes or segways. Old streets would be used as public gardens. The Exchanger itself will act both as a place to leave your car before entering the pedestrian zone, but also a leisure zone in its own right, with cafés and book shops for example. The idea of respecting the existing landscape was taken as primary consideration and defined completely the architectural project. The exchanger is a simple tool to take advantage of this newly created area and acts as a completely natural and organic solution.
Here we see the situation and the surrounding enviroment
Connection between the two cores
History of Wenduine
Diagnostic of the current problems of the village
Study about time of mobility to different villages
Here is the area we focus on, and our proposal. A new paratransit line to completely switch the actual way of understanding suburbia
Here we can see how the housing situation would change with our new proposal
Creation of a more direct connection between neighbours.
We can see how the new paratransit line would change the image of the area
Lines and their merge in a central and a exterior exchanger
Here we see how the new building tries to blend itself in with the enviroment
We see here how people will enjoy the interior spaces. They are not just for exchanging, but also adding new establishments to the city
In the north facade a public space has been designed where people can have a walk or simply sit down and enjoy the enviroment. The space rises above the roof of the building and allows people to enjoy the horizon