label crowns elevated walkway with telescope-like dome in belgian sports center renovation

Label architecture spells out love with solar canopy in belgium

With Love pt. III, Label architecture completes the latest chapter in the transformation of La Ferme du Château sports center in Loverval, Belgium, adding two architectural elements: a solar canopy for an outdoor climbing wall and a translucent roof for the elevated passerelle of the site. For their 450-square-meter intervention, the architects introduce robust materials, raw concrete, and black steel, with light-filtering polycarbonate and glowing polyester volumes. While the canopy spells out ‘L O V E’ through a grid of photovoltaic panels, casting geometric shadows across the ground, the passerelle’s soft, telescope-like shell adds a sculptural counterpoint, glowing gently at night like a celestial body suspended in the landscape.

all images by Stijn Bollaert

polyester shell crowns sports center passerelle with soft glow

At the heart of Love pt. III stands the new climbing canopy. Label architecture’s structure of black steel and photovoltaic panels hovers above the site like a typographic sunshade. The gridded roof—anchored by sharply inclined concrete supports—functions as both a piece of infrastructure and a graphic installation. Its legibility emerges only when viewed from below, with the letters ‘L O V E’ gradually revealed through the interplay of light and shadow. The structure creates a stage-like zone for public activity while embedding a positive message into the architectural fabric.

Through the passerelle roof, the Brussels-based team introduces a different spatial language. A polyester volume wraps the roof in a translucent skin, evoking forms that lie somewhere between a telescope and an igloo. Its luminous surface glows at night, an ethereal presence that sparks dreamlike associations.

Label architecture completes the latest chapter in the transformation of La Ferme du Château

structures become quiet performers in a narrative landscape

The two interventions respond to the site with precision and intentionality. The climbing canopy reanimates a pre-existing flight of concrete steps, integrating itself into the terrain and extending the raw material palette introduced in Love pt. I. The black steel framework echoes earlier phases of the project, reinforcing a sense of continuity while evolving the narrative. Rather than isolated gestures, the structures form a dialogue with each other—and with the past—folding functional upgrades into a larger architectural storyline.

Despite their utilitarian roles, both structures are animated by a quiet theatricality. The solar pavilion seems to follow the arc of the sun, while the passerelle cover gazes skyward like an optical instrument. Together, they suggest characters in a speculative fiction, each with its own rhythm, scale, and personality.

a translucent roof tops the elevated passerelle of the site