Five agencies selected for design competition Campus Diepenbeek

Plans for Campus Diepenbeek are taking increasingly concrete shape. POM Limburg issued an open call through the Flemish Master Builder for the development of the gateway to the campus. Five design teams were selected from this. In the spring of 2022, the decision will be made.

Campus Diepenbeek will be one of the most important intersections in Limburg, with space for education, research, business and recreation. The ambitious master plan - which looks towards 2050 - was developed in recent years with POM Limburg as director, and is now taking increasingly concrete shape.

Commissioner for the economy and chairman of POM Limburg Tom Vandeput: "In terms of timing, we are fully on schedule. The goal is to open BioVille 2 in 2023, and the gatehouse and additional buildings in 2024. This year we have already taken some major steps. For example, we completed the topographical survey and launched a design competition with the Flemish Master Builder."

Flemish Master Builder
POM Limburg launched a design competition in collaboration with the Flemish Master Builder earlier this year. Through the competition, POM is looking for a multidisciplinary, creative team. This for the design of the tall gatehouse, the parking building and the pedestrian bridge between them. Tom Vandeput: "From the twenty tenders submitted, we selected five international, high-quality teams. One winner will emerge from these, who will be responsible for the design of the gatehouse. The final decision will be made in spring 2022. Especially image quality, flexibility and sustainability are decisive factors in this."