架构师提供的文本描述。厂房位于艾伯特卡纳尔(Albertkanaal)沿岸的雕塑工业建筑背景下，这条运河连接着安特卫普(Antwerp)和卢伊克(Luik)。

Text description provided by the architects. The workshop building is located in a context of sculptural industrial buildings along the Albertkanaal, a canal connecting the cities of Antwerp and Luik.

 © Allard van der Hoek

c.Allard van der Hoek

我们的任务是设计一座廉价的建筑，里面有非常多的功能：一个礼宾公寓，一个办公室，一个会议室，一个自助餐厅，一个更衣室，一个木头和一个金属车间，一个车库和一个外部储藏室。为了保持地块没有杂乱，我们决定将存储区域整合到体积中，实际上增加了车间建筑的支撑点。

Our task was to design an inexpensive building that houses an extraordinary multitude of functions: a concierge apartment, an office space, a meeting room, a cafeteria, changing rooms, a wood and a metal workshop, a garage and an outside storage space. In order to keep the plot free of clutter, we decided to integrate the storage zone into the volume, literally increasing the sub- stance of the workshop building.

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地块周围所需的栅栏“收缩以适应”：它不是包围整个地块，而是成为建筑物的保护层。事实上，它形成了一个廉价的外观，具有迷人的莫尔效应，通过它的黑色皮下，包括绝缘材料，仍然可见。在内部，车间和储存空间位于建筑物的车身和尾部，而更复杂的功能则恰好位于建筑物的头部。

The required fence around the plot “shrinks to fit”: Instead of encircling the whole plot, it becomes a protective skin for the building. In fact it forms an inexpensive façade with an intriguing moiré effect, through which its black hypodermis, consisting of insulation material, remains visible. Inside, the workshops and storage spaces are situated in the body and tail of the building, while the more complex functions are fittingly located in its head.

 © Allard van der Hoek

c.Allard van der Hoek

正门的一个切口将头部分成两部分：一部分面向西面，内有餐厅和办公室空间，另一部分面向南，住着看门人的公寓，这套公寓可以俯瞰运河。其结果是一种类似野兽的结构，当涉及到雕塑的形状和可识别性时，它可以很容易地与它的老邻居竞争。

An incision marking the main entrance splits the head into two: One part facing the West and containing the cafeteria and office space, the other facing the South and housing the concierge apartment which has a loggia looking out over the canal. The result is a beast-like structure that can easily compete with its older neighbors when it comes to sculptural shape and recognizability.

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