Groenhof Castle
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At a glance
- Project by: Samyn and Partners
- Location: Flanders, Belgium
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© Jan Verlinde
Project images
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Groenhof Castle © Raf Brimmel View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Christian Richters View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Jan Verlinde View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © J-L Laloux View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Jan Verlinde View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Jan Verlinde View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Samyn and Partners View project image |
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Groenhof Castle © Samyn and Partners View project image |
Architect's statement
The castle was built around 1830 in an asymmetrical French style. In accordance with principles of monument conservation, all the interventions are carried out in such a way that they are reversible.
Inside, on the ground floor, the south corridor is reorganized into a long and simple gallery that extends with a reflecting water surface across the park. The stair in the extension of the gallery leads to a North-South cross gallery both on the first and second floor, from where a spiral stair leads to the terrace roof.
The roof is equipped with a wooden terrace and a parapet of steel rods as well as a central glazed stairwell lantern, a canopy of glazed solar collectors for hot water and stainless steel chimneys for the natural ventilation of the sleeping rooms.
The South façade is balanced by the addition of a sophisticated glass and steel construction, parallel to the façade at a distance of 2,7 m. The steel frame holds a glazed ‘orangerie’ at groundfloor, a permeable wooden terrace spanning to the existing façade and stainless steel solar screens at first floor, and finally voltaïc cells on clear glass sheets on the second floor.
Services performed: Programmation; Architecture; Analysis of the existing situation; Civil Engineering; Service Engineering; Cost Control and Quantity Surveying; Project Management.
Award: Belgian Architectural Awards 2000, First Prize (Category: Reconversion of Valuable Old Buildings).
- Location: Flanders, Belgium
- Principal architects: Samyn and Partners
- Photographs: Raf Brimmel, Christian Richters, J-L Laloux, Jan Verlinde, Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard
- Construction period: 1996-1999
- Area: 960 sqm
