Les Ballets C de la B and LOD: Two Buildings for One

architecten dvvt, FULL, Middle Density, Project, Territory and mobility

Belgium, City Plan, City Planning, Future Urban Legacy Lab, Ghent, Heritage, Productivity, Project, Structure, Territorial Approach, Urban Legacy

The production studios for the dance company LES BALLETS C DE LA B and music theatre company LOD are situated along the Leie River. The Leie River connects the ancient abbey and hospital site of DE BIJLOKE with the historical centre of Ghent, about a 15-minute walk away. The production studios are part of a larger ongoing plan for the Bijloke site which was initiated by the city of Ghent 10 years ago. The hospital function moved elsewhere some 20 years ago, after hundreds of years of presence on the site. The Ghent plan is to convert this valuable heritage into a campus for the arts. Since the start of the project, a concert hall, a new municipal museum and the SCHOOL OF ARTS have become leading occupiers of this site. The Ghent-based international theatre companies LES BALLETS C DE LA B and LOD were also invited to relocate to the new BIJLOKE ART CAMPUS.