ieper - In Flanders Fields Ieper

Open Oproep OO1512 Realized

Realisatie Open Oproep 1512 © Tim Van de Velde

Selection

Architect Eddy François

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BOGDAN & VAN BROECK ARCHITECTS

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Christian Kieckens Architects bvba

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Voet Theuns architecten bvba

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Project description

The ‘In Flanders Fields Museum’ has an international reputation and since it opened in 1998 has welcomed at least 200,000 visitors per year. The museum and the visitor centre for Ypres and the Westhoek are currently housed in the historical Cloth Hall on the Market Square. The building of a cultural centre to be completed by 2010 will mean that some of the rooms in the Cloth Hall will be vacated. Ypres town council wants to make use of this unique opportunity to create an extended and completely new ‘In Flanders Fields Museum’ by late 2011 or early 2012. A new visitor centre for Ypres and the Westhoek and a new First World War documentation centre will be created in the Cloth Hall in conjunction with this.

By means of this project, Ypres town council aims to retain the international appeal of the town and the area and to perpetuate the success of one of the most important cultural tourist attractions in Flanders.

The brief comprises the restoration and redesign of the Cloth Hall with an eye to the new museum. One of the big challenges will be the creation of a new and logical visitor circuit to gear all the different functions to each other. The best possible location has to be sought for the visitor centre with its public and office areas, a documentation centre with offices for the municipal museum department and specialised storage spaces, ticket office, cloakroom and museum café.

This brief does not include the design of the museum itself or the permanent regional exhibition in the visitor centre. A designer for the new museum layout will be sought in a separate procedure as from January 2009.

Project details

Project code

OO1512

Official name

Full design brief for the partial restoration and redesign of the Cloth Hall in Ypres for the In Flanders Fields Museum, a visitor centre for tourists and a First World War documentation centre.

This project is part of the project bundle OO15.

Status

Realized

Client

Stadsbestuur Ieper

Site location

Grote Markt 34
8900 ieper
Belgium

Lakenhallen

Timing project

  • Selection meeting:
  • First briefing:
  • Second briefing:
  • Deadline offers:
  • Jury:
  • Award:
  • Assignment of designers:
  • Assignment of executers:
  • In use:

Award procedure

prijsvraag voor ontwerpen met gunning via onderhandelingsprocedure zonder bekendmaking.

External jury member

Jo Lefebure

Financial

Construction budget

€3.500.000

Including VAT

Including commission

Fee for offers

€7.000 incl btw per laureaat

European publication

  • Date European publication:
  • Number European publication: 14-017974

Publication bulletin

  • Date publication bulletin:
  • Number publication bulletin: 017974

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