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https://archinect.com/news/article/150070728/kaan-architecten-completes-utopia-a-library-and-academy-for-performing-arts-in-belgium
KAAN Architecten completes Utopia, a library and academy for performing arts in Belgium
Hope Daley
2018-06-26T16:06:00-04:00
>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c8/c85b5b72b2aa4f8e28dc68482f9ba1bf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Utopia, the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7562/library" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Library</a> and Academy for Performing Arts, has recently opened in it's new building designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/kaanarchitecten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KAAN Architecten</a>. Located in Aalst, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6265/belgium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belgium</a>, the brick structure incorporates a historic school building from 1880 embedded within. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36661873db7377c7c999270d1271e42d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36661873db7377c7c999270d1271e42d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Utopia by KAAN Architecten, located in Aalst, Belgium ©Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco Cappelletti</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/64/64c13d8513c09d0dc4de23ea16a4bb2f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/64/64c13d8513c09d0dc4de23ea16a4bb2f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Utopia by KAAN Architecten, located in Aalst, Belgium ©Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco Cappelletti</figcaption></figure><p>Taking its cue from Thomas More’s acclaimed book "Utopia" (first printed by a citizen of Aalst), KAAN Architecten's building features an entrance located on an intimate square between the reading café and the auditorium. <br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/11/11dbf6e9a4e377d7a0a3906a73318885.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/11/11dbf6e9a4e377d7a0a3906a73318885.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Utopia by KAAN Architecten, located in Aalst, Belgium ©Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco Cappelletti</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3d476ea6e83bdc246ad1f3013e13057d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3d476ea6e83bdc246ad1f3013e13057d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Utopia by KAAN Architecten, located in Aalst, Belgium ©Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco Cappelletti</figcaption></figure><p>Moving through tall, wide openings in the brickwork the structure opens to several thick concrete floors that appearing to float. Hanging at...</p>