FrédericLouis

new bus station

Fréderic Louis — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:37 +0000

A week ago, 4 big cranes lifted a huge construction on its columns. A big part of the structure of the new bus station of trainstation Gent Sint-Pieters is ready. It should be (partly) ready at November 8th.

Vorige week tilden 4 grote kranen een enorme constructie op zijn kolommen. Een groot deel van de constructie van het nieuwe busstation voor station Gent Sint-Pieters is zo klaar. Het zou normaal gezien (gedeeltelijk) klaar moeten zijn op 8 november.

MG tower

Fréderic Louis — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:42:36 +0000

The MG Tower is a skyscraper under construction of 119 metres in Ghent, Belgium. It will become the highest tower of Ghent and will contain offices.

This project is part of a larger plan to turn the grounds of the former airfield of the city into a mix of a CBD and large scale retail development, which will be developed at the rate of the local property market and aims to be finished by 2030.

De MG Tower is een 119 meter hoge toren die momenteel in aanbouw is in Gent, België. Het zal de hoogste toren van Gent worden en zal volledig bestaan uit kantoren.

Dit project maakt deel uit van een veel groter plan om de gronden van het vroegere vliegveld van de stad te veranderen in een mix van kantoorgebouwen en grootschalige winkels. Het volledige project zou klaar moeten zijn tegen 2030.

bruisend balegem

Fréderic Louis — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:09:31 +0000

it was already the fifth edition of ‘bruisend balegem’, with thousands of visitors, diverse musical, cultural and art performances.

balegem is a small village and lies in between ghent and zottegem in east-flandres, belgium.

this years edition brought a new spectacle: an old 1949 american steam train was visiting the village in the afternoon, and you could buy a ticket to ride on it betwoon ghent and zottegem.

there was also an oldtimer meeting of old mercedes-benz’s, definitely a lot of beautiful cars.

as usual, i took some pictures, which i like to share with you:

old drawings

Fréderic Louis — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:59:49 +0000

i used to draw a lot when i was younger, and i found these ‘old’ drawings on my deviantart account (link).

here are some of my ‘architectural’ drawings =)

belgian national day

Fréderic Louis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:43:48 +0000

Belgium’s national day is celebrated on july 21. it commemorates the day on which Leopold I took the constitutional oath as the first king of Belgium, on july 21st ,1831.

every year on this day, it is celebrated by a military and civilian defilé in brussels. and every year, military airplanes fly over to show off their newest equipment.

on their path, they fly above my village, and it became a kind of tradition of filming or taking pictures of them.

list of airplanes/helicopters in chronological order:

Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Westland Sea King Mk48
Aérospatiale Alouette III
SIAI Marchetti
(Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet)
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
(Agusta Westland A-109)
Embraer ERJ-135/145
Airbus A330

veteran car show

Fréderic Louis — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:46:16 +0000

on the 4th of July, there was a meeting of oldtimers on the dikes of De Haan. a lot of old cars appeared, from european cars to american classics.

some photos of the veteran car show:

knokke spotting

Fréderic Louis — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:39:52 +0000

knokke is a famous city of the belgian coast for its beaches and its casinos. it’s also known to be a place for the rich & famous of belgium, a kind of belgian st.-tropez…

so a lot of super cars to be spotted, here are the results of one afternoon in knokke & surroundings.

list of spotted cars:

Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Aston Martin DB9 Coupé (pics below)
Aston Martin DB7 GT (pic below)
Bentley Continental GT
Bentley Continental GTC Speed (pics below)
Maserati Quattroporte
Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT (pics below)
4x BMW M3 E92 (pic below)
BMW M3 E46
BMW M6 E63
Ferrari 328 GTS (pic below)
classic Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang Shelby GT (pic below)
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé (pics below)
Porsche 997 Turbo
Porsche Carrera 4S
Maserati V8 GranSport MC Victory (pics below)
Maserati GranTurismo
MG MGB GT V8

Aston Martin DB9 Coupé

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé

BMW E92 M3

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT

Ferrari 328 GTS & Aston Martin DB7 GT

Bentley Continental GTC Speed

Ford Mustang Shelby GT

and an extra spot from the town De Haan:

Maserati V8 GranSport

ypres rally 2010

Fréderic Louis — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:02:13 +0000

my interest in rallies has grown since we started our 4L trophy project. that’s why i decided to go witness a real rally. the ypres rally is one of the most prestiguous rallies of western-europe and has always been a huge spectacle.

a burning sun, flaming cars and a camera in my hand: pictures from the market square of ypres and kp dikkebus stage.

please do not use any of these images without my explicit permission!

gwathmey case study

Fréderic Louis — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:04:52 +0000

this is a case study of the gwathmey residence & studio in amagansett, new york. it’s a group project where we had to examine the design methods of charles gwathmey in this specific project of him.

text is in dutch.

photography / rendering

Fréderic Louis — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:35:16 +0000

i had to make two posters for school where we integrated some other school stuff into two posters.

for one poster i chose a photo with some simple additions, the same for another poster with a render which overflows in the original photo (look closer to see what i mean).