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Brewery Ommegang is based on the centuries old tradition of the Belgian farmstead, in which very specialized beers have been brewed for generations. The client charged us with building on this Belgian tradition by creating a state-of-the-art, yet culturally resonant, brewing facility.
The client wished for the building to impart a strong agricultural feeling. In Belgium, all agricultural operations, whether they be dairy, crops, fermenting (wineries) or brewing, have a strong cultural relationship to the land. In the case of breweries, the hops grow on the land and the water comes from the land. Thus, we looked closely at both Belgian as well as domestic agricultural building forms as part of the design process. |
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