Kanaal, le nouvel îlot résidentiel et culturel de la ville d’Anvers
by Anne-Sophie Lesage-Münch on connaissancedesarts.com
Ten years of restoration work on a former industrial complex have now enabled the Belgian family business Axel Vervoordt Company to inaugurate the Kanaal complex, a veritable 55,000 m² village on the edge of Antwerp.
When deciding to create their foundation, most collectors choose to rehabilitate an existing building, or have a new one built. The antique dealer and gallery owner Axel Vervoordt has bought an entire district of Wijnegem, a few kilometers from Antwerp, Belgium. There was no question of turning it into a simple museum, but a real place of life.