Ghent Upgrade Estate, the market leader in student housing, is building the R4 in Ghent, a new residential tower for students. That is, with its 60-meter immediately the tallest student tower in Flanders. Come – except students – also coaches live, some even with their family. And, of course, is also to the ecological aspects thought.
‘Bro Upkot’, so will be the new landmark at the Ghent skyline called. At the end of 2020, the tower. Upgrade Estate, the company behind Upkot, builds the giant on the R4, where also the university of Ghent, still building plans. Bro Upkot is 60 meters high. For comparison, the tower measuring 64 metres, the Belfry, 95 metres, and the KBC tower is 118 metres, the tallest building in Ghent.
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The office Archipl Architects signed for the Upgrade Estate is a stately tower, with a facade with a 3D effect, with inside rooms for 311 students and 41 common areas. In addition, a ‘studiecafé on the top floor, with a panoramic view of the city, where students together ‘blocks’; but also kitchens, chillrooms, a fitness room and even a gameroom with virutal reality.
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The inhabitants are divided into ‘micro-communities’, to use a homely atmosphere to create. Each small community will have its own kitchen and sitting area. Employees with a social education between the students live, sometimes even with their family, and act as Upkot-coaches’. They are watching everyone the arrangements to comply, but are also a listening ear for students with exam stress. (Read more under the picture)