Smart Center, Tournai

The Smart Center is on the outskirts of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai and its belfry. Thanks to these two buildings, listed as Unesco World Heritage, the Smart Center creates a new dynamic. It acts as a touristic space focused on knowledge sharing in terms of art, urban, sacred, technological innovation; a smart centre opened up to the city and to life in Tournai.

Technische Details

Renovierungen/Umbauten Smart Center.

Ort Tournai, Belgium.

Baukosten 11.6 million €.

Zeitrahmen Design: 2019-2020. Construction: 2021-2025. Opening: 2025.

Bauherr City of Tournai.

Architect(en) TANK Architectes, France   www.tank.fr

Theaterplaner Re:lab, France   www.relab.fr

Zahl der Sitzplätze A multi-purpose 250-seat auditorium; two flexible spaces dedicated to temporary exhibitions, acting also as meeting rooms, several playful and pedagogical spaces for young audiences, a panoramic terrace “Le Belvédère“ and a restaurant. Total area: 4 950 m².

Nutzung A “Window” display of miscellaneous know-how, which is neither a museum nor an interpretation centre. A very flexible use with variable configurations (seminars, exhibitions, immersive spaces, networking, tourist season, weekday/weekend, night/day).

Leistungsumfang Comprehensive acoustic consulting services for the entire project from competition to commissioning, including the internal acoustic quality, building acoustics along with noise and vibrations control.

Beteiligte Berater Yann Jurkiewicz, Émilie Carayol, Eckhard Kahle, Kahle Acoustics.

1/7SmarTournai Smart CenterCarré Janson, a modular seating space, right in the centre of the garden of the former Hôtel des Prêtres, that can be converted into a 250-seat auditorium. Here the acoustics curtains are stored away to leave a clear passage between the different parts of the building. Foto © Kahle Acoustics
2/7SmarTournai Smart CenterMulti-layered dividing acoustic curtain opened on the lateral side of the seating space converted into a 250-seat auditorium. Foto © Kahle Acoustics
3/7SmarTournai Smart CenterCarré Janson, here in its 250-seat auditorium configuration. Thanks to a multi-layered dividing curtain on all four sides acting as a wall one can visually and acoustically “feel” the auditorium. It also provides support for intelligibility in the seating area (here view from the stage onto the tiered seating). Foto © Kahle Acoustics
4/7SmarTournai Smart CenterCarré Janson, here in its 250-seat auditorium configuration. Thanks to a multi-layered dividing curtain on all four sides acting as a wall one can visually and acoustically “feel” the auditorium. It also provides support for intelligibility in the seating area (here view from the auditorium towards the stage). Foto © Kahle Acoustics
5/7SmarTournai Smart CenterExhibition space or immersive tour in the former library. Foto © Kahle Acoustics
6/7SmarTournai Smart CenterExhibition space or immersive tour in the former archive building. Foto © Kahle Acoustics
7/7SmarTournai Smart CenterRoof terrace at the heart of the city of Tournai. Foto © Kahle Acoustics