Oct 27, 2019
AC/DC - Sporthalle, Koekelare, Belgium. October 27, 1978.
seen from Belarus
seen from United States
seen from Tajikistan
seen from Russia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Finland
seen from Singapore
seen from Jordan
seen from India
seen from United States
seen from Tajikistan
seen from France
seen from United States
seen from Sweden
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Singapore
seen from China
AC/DC - Sporthalle, Koekelare, Belgium. October 27, 1978.
Site Lange Max, Koekelare Belgium, December 2018.
Full photo gallery online here.
Site Lange Max
One hundred and two years ago today the Batterie Pommern fired its first shell. Launched from the “Lange Max” gun emplaced at Koekelare Belgium the shell, which weighed nearly 900 pounds and stood taller than a man, traveled 30 miles to score a direct hit on the city of Dunkirk France.
38cm naval gun on the right, Photo Wikipedia
Originally designed for naval use, the 38cm gun was modified as a fixed position artillery piece when it became clear that the German Empire would not take on the British Navy in any formal manner.
38cm shell, Photo Wikipedia
The emplacement for the gun took a month to construct and consisted of rail lines to bring in the gun and ammunition into place and the concrete platform for the gun itself.
Lange Max emplaced at Koekelare Belgium, Photo Wikipedia
As the biggest gun used in 1917, the Lange Max was used in the shelling of Dunkirk, Ypres and during the Battle of Passchendaele. Following the war, the gun became a tourist attraction until the Belgians sold it to the French for experimental purposes.
Today only the concrete platform is left. I visited the site on a cold and rainy day in December 2018. I was not sure if there was a fee to visit the site at the nearby museum, but there did not seem to be anyone around so I just parked my car and walked to the site for a few photos.
June 27, 2019
Koekelare, Belgium (courtesy of Google Maps via MapCrunch)
De Negensprong _ Multifunctionele sportruimte _ Koekelare, België [2012] _ Gino Debruyne & Architecten.
“De turnzaal is een nieuw sluitstuk rond de her aan te leggen speelplaats van het geheel van de schoolgebouwen die U-vormig, deze speelplaats omarmen. Het nieuwe volume is een toegevoegde hedendaagse architectuur, een shed-volume, dat een dynamische uitdrukking (een soort accordeon) geeft aan de functionaliteit van de turnzaal. De uniformiteit en het beperkt aantal gebruikte materialen zoals zichtbeton, raamkaders in vergrijsd FSC-gelabelde afselia en kwartszink met staande naad, reiken op die manier een evenwichtig samengaan aan tussen bestaand en nieuw.”
Gino Debruyne & Architecten Witte Molenstraat 54A 8200 Brugge Belgium
http://www.ginodebruyne.be/School_Koekelare.html
https://www.copyrightbookshop.be/beople/gino-debruyne/
Le plat pays qui est le mien