The client commissioned WE-S architecten to build a dog therapy center in a warehouse in Merelbeke, a Belgian municipality of about 24,000 inhabitants in the Flemish province of East Flanders
Hachiko: renovation of a warehouse for a dog therapy center
WE-S architecten realizes Hachiko, a dog therapy center inside an existing warehouse of about 1200 square meters, leaving the existing volumes practically intact, except for the glass entrance hall
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The double-height dog training room is located in the center of the building, and all around it are offices, the multipurpose room, the kennel and all the logistical facilities clustered together. The office spaces are partially chamfered to distinguish an atrium
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Top image, content and gallery images: Johnny Umans