The design team SUMoffice & Van Noten recently won the Open Call 21.14 in Moorsel, Belgium. The project consists of the conversion and extension of the presbytery into a meeting centre for youth and other associations and the redesign of the presbytery garden into a publicly accessible garden. More images and project description after the break.
As part of the extensive redevelopment of the public spaces in Moorsel’s centre the iconic and historic presbytery and its walled garden will be opened up for the public. Opening up the garden creates a unique opportunity to add a green domain to the palette of predominantly paved public spaces in the village centre. The renovation of the presbytery offers a new perspective for the almost obsolete monument. The program is diverse: it consists of spaces for several local associations, a multifunctional hall, as well as a new accommodation for the youth association KLJ. A considerable part of the new program will be housed in a new building that is to be constructed in the presbytery garden.
