vHH Architects have completed the final phase of the College O.- L.-V. den Doorn project in Eeklo, West Flanders. It is the practice’s first project outside of the UK and has transformed the opportunities for young adults in the surrounding area.
Phase 1 reached completion in February 2017, with Phases 2 and 3 incorporating the intensive refurbishment of the 19790’s Middle School, which continued until recently achieving handover.
Overall, our competition-winning proposal submitted with SMAK Arkitects took an urban design and landscape approach, combining the new build facilities to create a new arrival square facing the town, and embedding extensive landscape works which create dedicated arrival spaces and parking to enhance the heavily refurbished building for the now completed Middle School.