{"id":446,"date":"2026-03-27T14:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:01:40","slug":"over-de-wasserij","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/index.php\/over-de-wasserij\/","title":{"rendered":"Over de Wasserij"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"446\" class=\"elementor elementor-446\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0d4ff7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0d4ff7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e209d4d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e209d4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35bccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b35bccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over de wasserij<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712021a introduction elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"712021a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De Wasserij der Vlaanderen kent een rijke geschiedenis die teruggaat tot het begin van de 20e eeuw. De site evolueerde van een industri\u00eble wasserij tot een hedendaags stadsvernieuwingsproject.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e33b1b e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e33b1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3012433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3012433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20170508_AV_STATOE-Wasserij-light-Brecht-Vanmaele.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-557\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20170508_AV_STATOE-Wasserij-light-Brecht-Vanmaele.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20170508_AV_STATOE-Wasserij-light-Brecht-Vanmaele-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20170508_AV_STATOE-Wasserij-light-Brecht-Vanmaele-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Brecht Vanmaele<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a681e2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a681e2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5108bde e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5108bde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda7533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bda7533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gevel01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-549 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gevel01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gevel01-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gevel01-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/495;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db632d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1db632d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3826c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd3826c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oprichting en groei <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c16d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c16d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"719\">De wasserij werd in <strong data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"508\">1924 opgericht door ondernemer Maurice Dossche<\/strong>. In de daaropvolgende decennia groeide het bedrijf uit tot een belangrijke speler in de textielreiniging in Oost-Vlaanderen. Het bood werk aan vele inwoners en speelde een belangrijke rol in de lokale economie.<\/p><p data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"839\">In <strong data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"775\">1964 kreeg het bedrijf een offici\u00eble vergunning<\/strong>, wat de verdere professionalisering van de wasserij bevestigde.<\/p><p data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"1017\">Tijdens de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw kende de wasserij haar bloeiperiode. Ze behoorde tot de grotere wasserijen in de regio.<\/p><p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1168\">Vanaf de jaren 2000 kreeg het bedrijf het moeilijker. In <strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1128\">2004 werd het overgenomen door Rapid Was-o-Matic<\/strong>, maar dit kon de neergang niet stoppen.<\/p><p data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1308\">In <strong data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1210\">2011 sloot de wasserij definitief<\/strong>, na bijna 90 jaar activiteit. De site kwam leeg te staan en verloor haar oorspronkelijke functie.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337b6cb e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"337b6cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2619194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2619194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"196\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maurice.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-550 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maurice.jpg 197w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maurice-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 197px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 197\/196;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a44ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96a44ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53d05c e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c53d05c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f46e03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f46e03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/596558680_25424682230485301_3001724430266171118_n-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-588 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/596558680_25424682230485301_3001724430266171118_n-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/596558680_25424682230485301_3001724430266171118_n-1-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/596558680_25424682230485301_3001724430266171118_n-1-1-768x556.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/579;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Buren van de Wasserij<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75b173 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75b173\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef00558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef00558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aankoop en tijdelijke invulling<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab27ad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab27ad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1877\">In <span data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1778\"><b>2017 werd de site aangekocht door sogent<\/b><\/span>, het stadsontwikkelingsbedrijf van Gent, met de bedoeling om het terrein nieuw leven in te blazen.<\/p><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"><section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:76114a6d-fdc8-4ddf-bcde-b75071905342-2\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-6\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5ce3bc79-7941-4582-b2ec-94a06ee4ae8e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"><div class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"472\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In afwachting van de opening van de vernieuwde wasserijsite kregen buurtbewoners al de kans om de plek te ontdekken. De vereniging \u201c<strong>De buren van de Wasserij<\/strong>\u201d, bestaande uit lokale bewoners, vormde de site om tot een (re)creatieve werkplaats die gedragen werd door en voor de buurt. Met deze tijdelijke invulling sloten ze mooi aan bij bestaande buurtinitiatieven en versterkten ze het lokale sociale leven.<\/p><p data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"937\">Zo kreeg de site een zeer gevarieerde invulling: er werd onder andere een skatepark aangelegd, er was een brouwerij actief en de omliggende straatcomit\u00e9s gebruikten de locatie voor het organiseren van wijkfeesten. Daarnaast vonden ook kleine ondernemingen er hun eerste plek, waar ze konden groeien en experimenteren, om nadien door te stromen naar een vaste locatie in de buurt.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5412389 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5412389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd990f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdd990f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc6a7a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc6a7a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renovatie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088d678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088d678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1877\">Sinds 2021 wordt de voormalige wasserijsite stapsgewijs gerenoveerd tot een hedendaagse, multifunctionele plek. Na jaren van leegstand en tijdelijke invulling zette sogent, het stadsontwikkelingsbedrijf van <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gent<\/span><\/span>, in op een grondige herontwikkeling van de site.<\/p><p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1877\">Daarbij werd niet alleen aandacht besteed aan de renovatie van de bestaande gebouwen, maar ook aan de sanering van de vervuilde grond en het duurzaam herinrichten van de volledige omgeving.<\/p><p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1877\">Sogent voorziet op de site een <strong data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"537\">gemengd programma<\/strong> met ruimte voor lokale ondernemers, sociale initiatieven, buurtgerichte functies en ontmoeting. De bedoeling is om een toegankelijke plek te cre\u00ebren waar zowel economische als sociale activiteiten elkaar versterken. Zo wordt de wasserijsite geen afgesloten project, maar een open plek die actief deel uitmaakt van de buurt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344cb02 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"344cb02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d75af2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d75af2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wasserij_Gent_Schetsen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-485 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wasserij_Gent_Schetsen.jpg 889w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wasserij_Gent_Schetsen-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasserij.gent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wasserij_Gent_Schetsen-768x648.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; 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Daarmee start een nieuwe fase waarin de laatste afwerkingen en de definitieve inrichting van de wasserijsite vorm krijgen.<\/p><p data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"652\">In aanloop naar de <b>opening in de zomer van 2026<\/b> groeit de plek opnieuw uit tot een levendige ontmoetingsruimte. Ondernemers, creatievelingen en lokale verenigingen vinden er een thuisbasis om hun activiteiten te ontplooien en samen te werken. Tegelijk blijft de site open en toegankelijk voor de buurt, die er welkom is om mee te bouwen aan het verhaal van de Wasserij.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over de wasserij De Wasserij der Vlaanderen kent een rijke geschiedenis die teruggaat tot het begin van de 20e eeuw. De site evolueerde van een industri\u00eble wasserij tot een hedendaags stadsvernieuwingsproject. \u00a9 Brecht Vanmaele Oprichting en groei De wasserij werd in 1924 opgericht door ondernemer Maurice Dossche. 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