The Station by the Sea, Oostende Building Development, Belgian Architecture Competition Images
The Ostend Station in Belgium
Transport Hub Project in Belgium ? design by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
4 Dec 2019
The Station by the Sea
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location: Oostende, Belgium
The Station by the Sea

It is more than a hundred years since King Leopold II had the current Ostend station built. A bourgeois building with a magnificent architecture, worthy of the “queen of seaside towns”. Just like the city, the station has also expanded. It has become a popular transport hub, where thousands of passengers find their way every day to take a train, tram or bus, or a ferry or cruise ship.

For these many travelers, an increasingly complex infrastructure has developed over the years to provide a confusing mix of buildings and parking lots. This limitation makes it impossible to pursue development as more and more people use public transport. Therefore, the project partners are investing in the renovation of this station, with its unique location right by the sea. They are making this seaside station a leading transport hub.
A large-scale project called “station aan zee” started in 2012 to renovate and revitalize the station and its district.

It provides for:

– the reconstruction of the car parks and tram station

– the renovation of the station, without violating the building’s classification

– the co...