Groot Schijn Youth Centre
for BULK Architects - Antwerp, Belgium, 2023.
New youth home in the park.
In Park Groot Schijn at Rivierenhof in Deurne a masterplan has made a cluster for youth, sports, schools entwined in a public park. In the center new rooms for the local youth movement have been built.
The arrangement of a farmstead around a central square creates a welcoming and safe environment where children can play at will. The archetypical form of a barn gives a multipurpose space that can be used in several ways, while blending in the park at the same time. Wooden sheds built in CLT constructions and recognizable, but sturdy materials create a familiar surrounding where youth movements can appropriate their space.
Two Towers.
Shedsville.
Tell their twins apart.
A park's home.
Farm composite.
Running out.
Shed palette.
Pile 'em up.
New generation.