National Museum for Shoes & Brooms
Izegem
- Architects
- Compagnie O. Architects
- Location
- Prins Albertlaan 5, Izegem (BE), Izegem
- Year
- 2017
- Team
- Cieo + Geert Pauwels + Sabine Okkerse
In the industrial area near the port of Izegem lies a somewhat odd monument with an art-déco front office and factory buildings in the back: this is the former shoe factory “Eperon d’Or”. With the new program in mind, this to-be National Museum for Shoes and Brooms was in desperate need of a complete renovation and volume-upgrade. In cooperation with a heritage specialist, we decided to do the minimum. We restored what was already of value and added only the absolutely necessary: a staircase inside, a new small theatre at the backside and a golden exhibition space on top.
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