Silt Middelkerke is open

On Friday 22 March 2024, the landscape icon in Middelkerke called Silt was opened. Both attractive and with integrity, it is an asset to the Flemish coast in more ways than one. With much love for the sea and dunes, the new eye-catcher combines coastal reinforcement, landscape, liveability and sustainability. The special design was created by DELVA and ZJA, in collaboration with OZ and Bureau Bouwtechniek and a range of experts, who together make up Bouwteam Nautilus.

The designers anchored the building to the site by integrating it into a new experienceable landscape inspired by the former island of Testerep, characterised by dune (coastal defence) and gully (prosperity). The merging of the building into a landscape ensures that coastal reinforcement, liveability and sustainability blend harmoniously into the existing coastline. At the heart of the landscape, the hotel tower manifests itself as a new beacon by the sea. SILT also houses a casino, a restaurant, a multi-purpose event space and an underground car park.

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The prestigious International Architecture Award 2022 has been awarded to Silt Middelkerke. In 2023, Silt was again awarded a World Landscape Award of Honour in the category ‘Concept – Large Design.’

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Opening SILT Middelkerke in the news on VRT Nieuws

Find out more about Middelkerke’s new casino and the surrounding landscape in an interview with landscape architect Steven Delva on Radio 1

Skyscrapers define the skyline of a modern city. For SILT, the design team looked for a ‘landscraper’: a new and unique lying dune landscape with programme in it. We use the landscape, which is so typical, as a means to integrate all the set tasks in a seemingly self-evident way. It results in a new experienceable dune landscape. A landscape where residents and visitors can once again enjoy the view, the sea, the skies and the dunes.
– Steven Delva.