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C MINE  photos Bollaert Stijn
This old mine complex was successfully transformed into theatre and concert hall, tourist centre, and design museum. It’s a distinct and precise answer on how to deal with large-scale industrial heritage. The operations performed on the existing buildings are voluntarily restricted and extremely direct. By extending the buildings the architects created a whole new labyrinth like foyer including exhibition spaces, offices, a café, a restaurant, meeting rooms and accesses to the two new theatres. The theatres are conceived as day lit machine rooms, inside which old brick infrastructure becomes the backdrop for a new stage. Most interesting renovations.

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