Meessen De Clercq

This project entails the conversion of a 1911 bourgeois house into a contemporary art arcade and an apartment for the arcade owner and his family. Due to the existing strong image of the structure, the architects were challenged to provide new spaces that contained the interest of the old spaces coupled with new modern arcade spaces. The design result is a mixture of existing staircase and new neon pink lights. The architects had to create a design that could maintain aspects of the original structure all the while removing the idea of a mansion and providing clean modern lines with spaces that can focus on the art work the new arcade is housing.