Lochristi is a young borough with high growth and has 20,528 inhabitants and numerous sports, youth and

cultural clubs and societies. In order to satisfy the demand for infrastructure, the council wants to put up a

multipurpose building on the Uyttenhove site in Zeveneken.

This building will contain a fully-equipped sports hall, a multipurpose hall (for festivities, parties, cultural activities,

trade fairs, and so on) and will have a caretaker's home built in. There is also a need for sufficient parking.

The site is alongside the 'Zavel' and connects to the N70 main road. Its location, combined with the existing and

planned cycle paths and paved pedestrian paths, will ensure easy access from every corner of the borough, by

car, public transport and bicycle.

The site has an area of ±14,400 sq. m. and is occupied partly by the council's technical department and partly by

an old factory that houses a sports and events hall. The urgent renewal of the technical department's rear

building is part of the design brief. A masterplan will thereby be generated for the whole site, into which the

recently renewed offices of the technical department are to be integrated.

The development of the site is in two stages. The first incorporates the building of the sports hall, the

multipurpose hall, the integrated caretaker's home and the provision of sufficient parking space. Stage 2

comprises the renovation of the technical department's rear building.