BECENTRAL - THE GARDEN

Delivered - 2020

500 m2 dedicated to startup growth

For this new addition to the biggest digital campus in Europe the creative director Maxime De Campenaere created a lush garden in the heart of the Central Station of Brussels.

The new layout is subtly playing with curves in order to follow the original shape of the building and to create a smooth transition between rooms, reenforcing the feeling of walking trough a natural environment. The coworking space is nested under an acoustic canopy composed of three gigantic leaves.

Dark greens walls, vegetal ceilings and bright turquoise window frames are contrasting with the terra cotta bricks. Colors and materials mastery are without a doubt one of the great strengths of the creative studio.

‘The biggest Digital Campus of Europe’

Becentral is a new digital campus located in Brussels Central Station. Co-founded and supported by more than 40 entrepreneurs, its mission is to bridge the digital skills gap and accelerate the digital transformation of Belgium, by hosting schools or digital workshops in an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

For this project, we have several constraints such as the need for our client to provide quality spaces at very competitive prices, as well as a significant speed in the delivery of spaces due to the rapid growth of the business. . Our expertise is therefore focused on four points:

1. a great speed of reaction throughout our mission.
2. quality design at a low price thanks to the constant development of new solutions via real-time monitoring of budgets.
3. A network of proven, fast, competitive and efficient contractors.
4. The recycling of a maximum of existing elements (glazed frames, doors) and the conservation or enhancement of certain existing historic elements (paneling, exposed concrete ceilings)