ATLANTA is a reconversion of a 21-room hotel into 8 residential apartments with an eye for sustainability and respect for the historic character.
The project is located on the corner of Koninginnelaan and Parijsstraat in Middelkerke. The corner building is a listed hotel and a typical example of the Art Deco hotel infrastructure from the 1930s by the Middelkerke architect A. Vereecke. The contemporary lettering on the facade still determines the image. Due to years of vacancy, the building was in urgent need of restoration and renovation. The preservation of the historical value was the guiding principle for VIVA Architecture for the conversion into a residential project.
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The facade and other valuable elements in the interior are preserved. In order to provide the homes with effective added value, we make indoor terraces. This choice results in a subtle change to the front facade on Koninginnelaan, where existing facade openings are preserved. The harmonica windows can be opened completely and increase the living space.
In 1990 a veranda was added to the facade on Koninginnelaan. VIVA Architecture opts for the demolition of this part. The piece of land that will become fallow will be laid out as a green zone and will provide both a terrace and a privacy buffer for the apartments on the ground floor.
Due to the high adjacent buildings, the protected corner building disappeared from the streetscape. VIVA Architecture adds a roof volume to the existing building to emphasize its character as a corner building. The new extension does not attempt to integrate into the existing architecture, but respects the design language through the rounded corner of the volume. The roof volume itself is made of mirrored glass and polished stainless steel, so that the air is reflected and the structure is visually less present. In order to realize the roof construction in a sustainable way, we opted for the implementation in solid wood construction. An additional advantage of this is the lighter structure that is required compared to a classic construction.
From the perspective of sustainability, heritage and quality living, valuable elements of the existing interior are strategically reused. Some of the original doors on the ground floor will be replaced. The original elements and the atmosphere of the business style thus remain in the renovation. An original skylight is preserved on the third floor. However, due to the topping, daylight no longer gets through, but is replaced by artificial light.
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