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Ghent, Belgium

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Wide view of the WATT courtyard with white outdoor tables on a rough concrete surface, where two people sit facing each other at a wooden-topped table beside a brick coffee bar.

The WATT building is situated on an old industrial site and houses office spaces, a design gallery, a shop, a magazine store, and a coffee bar. Visitors to WATT can also peruse the work of Ghent's designers and artists in the gallery, located on the second floor of the building.

The 1960’s building looks over a central courtyard, quite contrasting with the outdoor design furniture randomly arranged upon the rough, concrete floor. Revive aims to renovate unused spaces and buildings, but in the meantime upgrade the neighborhood’s quality of living, by installing a bustling meeting point.

A wooden-topped outdoor table and bench stand in the courtyard in front of the WATT coffee bar, with a bicycle against the gated brick façade and a fire bowl in the foreground.
Several white outdoor hopper tables are scattered across the industrial courtyard of the WATT building, with a table-tennis table and tall brick-and-glass façade in the background
Two wooden-topped outdoor hopper tables stand on the concrete courtyard beside the brick building, styled with small plants and pale pink objects on the tabletops
Two people sit chatting at a compact outdoor table in front of the WATT coffee bar, with stacked firewood, a bicycle and a fire bowl nearby.
A long wooden-topped outdoor hopper table stands on the concrete courtyard in front of the brick WATT coffee bar, with a white picnic table on a timber platform behind it.
Close view of a long wooden-topped outdoor table with matching bench in front of the WATT coffee bar window and entrance.
Close-up of the corner of a wooden outdoor tabletop with a small potted plant, set against the WATT coffee bar window.

Pictures by Thomas Sweertvaegher

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Marina

Studio shot of a grey Marina picnic table

Hopper wood

Hopper picnic table with wooden tabletop and benches