The Barn
Sustainable building is more than looking to the future, it is also learning lessons from the past. At one of the buildings at Kamp C, you can take that quite literally, because there we are looking back to the year 1741
Because with us you will find the Kempische Schuur. First built as a Beguinage barn in Putte in the 18th century, and now a paragon of sustainability. The original wood structure was saved by architect Willy Bens and briefly kept under a tarpaulin. Then, in 2010, MEMIBO finally rebuilt the beautiful building on our sites, respecting the original construction method and reusing materials to the maximum. For instance, the original beams were reused. The outside of the barn was then plastered with clay again.
Although the roof tiles did not originally belong to the Kempische Schuur - because in 1741 there was a straw roof on it - there is also something to be said about these. These are old Boom tiles, because we were lucky that architect Willy Bens always goes out of his way to use authentic materials. As a result, the roof tiles are also 'of the old school', but their exact age cannot be determined. They may have been recovered several times already.
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