Full design brief for the establishment of a new harbour centre in Antwerp. The aim of this project is to establish a new harbour centre in which to centralise the various administrative departments of the Antwerp Municipal Harbour Authority and also to give the harbour authority’s head office international allure.

The project area is in the northern part of the Eilandje and can be conceived as a viewpoint over the vast harbour, with a superb view over the bend in the River Scheldt and the city of Antwerp to the south, and the Oosterweel link and the modern harbour to the north.
Accommodation is needed for about 436 employees, the majority of them in open-plan offices. The design also provides for an expansion of 33%, meaning about 145 more employees.

Jury:
Marcel Smets (head of Jury)
Kristiaan Borret
Marc Van Peel
Eddy Bruyninckx
Greet Bernaers
Sigrid Fruytier
Maarten Schmitt