Provincial Technical School of Boom
Address Beukenlaan 44
City/Neighborhood Boom
Style(s)
- Art Deco
Original use
- Education
Année 1930
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- Bal Camille
- Lamot Ernest
A large complex of technical school buildings built between 1926 and 1930, based on a design by architects Bal and Lamot.
Magnificent Art Deco style buildings in brick and imitation white stone.
The general structure is all about verticality, pillars, high metal windows, incoming and outgoing volumes, symmetries. Fake gargoyles adorn the top of the walls.
Few decorative elements, everything is in rigor.
The main entrance is monumental and imposing, here you seriously learn a trade!
At the other corner, a tall hexagonal tower, like a lighthouse, is placed on brick and white stone pilasters. It demonstrates all the authority of the school.
The whole is still in operation, and is in an excellent state of conservation and maintenance. A true model for education!
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