{"id":140739,"date":"2025-05-29T06:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140739\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T06:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:43:12","slug":"label-tops-sports-center-walkway-with-translucent-dome-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140739\/","title":{"rendered":"label tops sports center walkway with translucent dome in belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Label architecture spells out love with solar canopy in belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With Love pt. III, Label architecture<\/strong><\/a> completes the latest chapter in the transformation<\/strong><\/a> of La Ferme du Ch\u00e2teau sports center<\/strong><\/a> in Loverval, Belgium<\/strong><\/a>, adding two architectural elements: a solar canopy<\/strong><\/a> for an outdoor climbing wall and a translucent roof for the elevated passerelle of the site. For their 450-square-meter intervention, the architects introduce robust materials, raw concrete<\/strong><\/a>, and black steel<\/strong><\/a>, with light-filtering polycarbonate and glowing polyester volumes. While the canopy spells out \u2018L O V E\u2019 through a grid of photovoltaic panels, casting geometric shadows across the ground, the passerelle\u2019s soft, telescope-like shell adds a sculptural counterpoint, glowing gently at night like a celestial body suspended in the landscape.<\/p>\n

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all images by Stijn Bollaert<\/a><\/p>\n

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polyester shell crowns sports center passerelle with soft glow<\/p>\n

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At the heart of Love pt. III stands the new climbing canopy. Label architecture\u2019s structure of black steel and photovoltaic panels hovers above the site like a typographic sunshade. The gridded roof\u2014anchored by sharply inclined concrete supports\u2014functions as both a piece of infrastructure and a graphic installation. Its legibility emerges only when viewed from below, with the letters \u2018L O V E\u2019 gradually revealed through the interplay of light and shadow. The structure creates a stage-like zone for public activity while embedding a positive message into the architectural fabric.<\/p>\n

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Through the passerelle roof, the Brussels-based<\/strong><\/a> team introduces a different spatial language. A polyester volume wraps the roof in a translucent skin, evoking forms that lie somewhere between a telescope and an igloo. Its luminous surface glows at night, an ethereal presence that sparks dreamlike associations.<\/p>\n

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Label architecture completes the latest chapter in the transformation of La Ferme du Ch\u00e2teau<\/p>\n

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structures become quiet performers in a narrative landscape<\/p>\n

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The two interventions respond to the site with precision and intentionality. The climbing canopy reanimates a pre-existing flight of concrete steps, integrating itself into the terrain and extending the raw material palette introduced in Love pt. I. The black steel framework echoes earlier phases of the project, reinforcing a sense of continuity while evolving the narrative. Rather than isolated gestures, the structures form a dialogue with each other\u2014and with the past\u2014folding functional upgrades into a larger architectural storyline.<\/p>\n

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Despite their utilitarian roles, both structures are animated by a quiet theatricality. The solar pavilion seems to follow the arc of the sun, while the passerelle cover gazes skyward like an optical instrument. Together, they suggest characters in a speculative fiction, each with its own rhythm, scale, and personality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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a translucent roof tops the elevated passerelle of the site<\/p>\n

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the passerelle\u2019s soft, igloo-like shell adds a sculptural counterpoint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Label architecture spells out love with solar canopy in belgium \u00a0 With Love pt. III, Label architecture completes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[49400,4021,4020,4022,77,61026,61027,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-140739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-belgium","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-label-architecture","14":"tag-sports-centers","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114589768407810519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}