#new uses

REUSE, CONCRETE, PUBLIC SPACE

Rotor: www.rotordb.org

A masterplan has been designed for the docks of Ghent. Some buildings have to disappear while
concrete will be poured somewhere else, waterside dwellers will meet new neighbours and
yesterday s practices will make way for current activities.
Following this plan, the concrete structure of the Grindbakken used in the past to transfer gravel
and sand between ships and trucks was about to be transformed into a multi-purpose area
accessible to the public, supplied with water and electricity and painted white as an empty canvas
for future activities.
When we were asked to present a first intervention in this space, we chose to interfere in this
painting process. We selected and documented specific areas of interest, and 36 frames were built
on-site to protect these areas during the cleaning and painting.

CREDITS

Studio: Rotor (Tristan Boniver, Renaud Haerlingen, Lionel Billiet, Maarten Gielen)

Project name: Grindbakken

Year: 2012

Location: Dok Noord in Gent, Belgium

Photos by Rotor

Taking place in a site freshly renovated by:
Sarah Melsens and Roberta Gigante

With the support of AGSOB

Thanks to the ones who helped for the content research:
Geert De Schutter, Wouter Van Landuyt, Maurice Hoffmann, Gilbert Velghe, Michel ProcA?s.

Special thanks to:
Lieve Van Damme, Yves Deckmyn,
Yves Trenson, Patrick Van De Gehuchte en hun teams / and their teams,
Lola Bazin, Matthijs Fieuws, Daniel Van Drimmelen, Muhammed Karabelen.