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Melopee Winner Of The Global Galvanizing Awards

The winners of the Global Galvanizing Awards were announced during Intergalva in Rome. These awards recognize the innovative use of hot-dip galvanized steel by architects, engineers and steel fabricators and are presented in conjunction with the galvanizing industry’s global forum - Intergalva.

Zinkinfo is immensely proud to announce to you that the jury, chaired by Prof. Raffaele Landolfo (Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture University of Naples), has awarded the Architectural Award to a project from the Benelux, submitted by Zinkinfo, namely Melopee in Ghent.

The city building Melopee, on the Oude Dokken in Ghent, refers to the Antwerp poet Paul van Ostaijen’s poem of the same name. A striking feature of Melopee is its green outdoor room: a grid of galvanized steel where lush greenery will soon find its way. The word itself also means “sound poem” and is in keeping with elementary school musical pedagogy.