De Zande Community Institution / BURO II & ARCHI+I
Architects: BURO II & ARCHI+I
Location: Beernem, Belgium
Project team: Arch. Ramona Nicolaescu, Arch. Maur Dessauvage, Arch. Jo Baeke, Arch. Frederik Populier, in collaboration with cenergie and landscape architect denis dujardin, Int. arch. Bart Decloedt
Project area: 1,593 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of BURO II & ARCHI+I
Hecq / adn Architectures
Architects: adn Architectures
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Collaborators: David Henquinet, Nicolas Iacobellis, Didier Vander Heyden
Project area: 143 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2009
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
Against Symmetry / Europe Studio Architects
The imposing architecture and monumental scale of Brussels’ landscape are some of the characteristics that establish the personality of the city. A distinctive example of the aesthetic architecture that orients and at the same time governs the area of its presence is the Law Court. This proposal for the future formation of the Law Court of Brussels, Belgium by Europe Studio Architects moves in parallel to the existing frame and function of the building and proposes the re-establishment of the internal system that made this court a public social space in addition to its political and judicial functions. The monumental and programmatic aspects of the building will be preserved, with additions of cultural functions such as gallery and exhibition spaces.
More on this project after the break.
Galante Store / Creneau International
Architects: Creneau International
Interior design: Simone Pullens
Account mgmt: Babs Van Hassel
Project mgmt: Wim Janssen
Client: Galante
Location: Bruges, Belgium
Date of completion: 2011
Photographs: Philippe Van Gelooven
Canopy House / MDMA
This eye-catching house in the picturesque Pajottenland landscape was designed by MDMA. Although its form stands in contrast to the surrounding area, the exterior walls and roof reflect the traditional colors of earthernware with gray-brown wooden shingles and polycarbonate sheet with dark orange insulation behind. The result is a house that both fits and stands out from its setting.
Architect: Martine de Maeseneer Architects (MDMA)
Location: Pajottenland, Belgium
Project Area: 600 sqm
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
The Bronks Youth Theatre / MDMA
The Bronks Youth Theatre in Brussels consists of two halls, two holes in-between of which a central circulation shaft is situated. The staircase has the shape of a double helix with swing doors (coated with mirrors) placed on every intermediate landing. MDMA call it ‘the septum’. It regulates the use of the halls in a myriad of ways. MDMA tried to make the halls, materialized in concrete, float and soar in light. Apart of the staircases, circulation ‘around’, consist for a large part out of ramps. They render a sense of detachment from the horizontal, the horizon.
Architect: Martine de Maeseneer Architects (MDMA)
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Project Team: Gunnar Degerlid (Project Team), Xavier Callens, Annette Chu, Ruben Van Colenberghe, Kristiaan Van Weert, Kathleen Decock, Iris Van Rijsbergen
Structural Engineer: ABT Antwerp & BAS Jaspaert Leuven
M&E Engineer: BEC Brussels
Acoustics: Daidalos Peutz Leuven
Theatre Technics: TTAS Ghent
Safety Coordinator: Jos Van Loon Brussels
Project Area: 3,500 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marie-Françoise Plissart, Filip Dujardin
Social Housing in Brussels / Nicolas Vanden Eeckhoudt & Olivier Noterman
Architects: Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Project area: 1,600 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt
Healthcare school extension and renovation in Hogeschool Gent / Marc Koehler Architects
Marc Koehler Architects and their team have won the competition for the extension and renovation of Campus Vesalius at Hogeschool Gent. The project is part of Open Call 19, organized by the Vlaams Bouwmeester in 2010 and developed with Delva Landscape Architects, Import Export Architecture, Daidalos, STBViaene and Less is More engineering. More images and complete press release after the break.
Brussels Courthouse: Imagine the Future Competition Winners
The Belgian Buildings Agency and the Department of Justice recently announced the winners of their Brussels Courthouse: Imagine the Future International Ideas Competition. To make the issues of architecture and urban design more widely known, BOZAR Architecture has backed this initiative by hosting the awards ceremony and staging an exhibition of the entries at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels until May 15th. More images and description of winning entries after the break.
Primary School Bocholt / UArchitects + LENS°ASS architecten
UArchitects has, in cooperation with LENS°ASS architecten from Hasselt , won a competition for a new school building The Bridge in Bocholt, Belgium. The special sustainable school is in the form of a circle in an effort to engage the neighborhood into the school with activities and possibilities of an extension.
More on this project after the break.
The Cube Pavilion / Park Associati
Architects: Park Associati - Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi with Alexia Caccavella, Alice Cuteri, Lorenzo Merloni
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Client: Electrolux Appliance Spa
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Park Associati
Triamant Haspengouw Velm / Buro II & Archi+I
Architects: Buro II & Archi+I
Location: Halingenstraat, Belgium
Project area: 9,200 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
Legal Office / Creneau International
Architects: Creneau International
Location: Belgium
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Philippe Van Gelooven
Maison des Maîtres Chocolatiers Belges / Gwenaël Hanquet
Architects: Olivier Zavaro and Samuel Dubech
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Gwenaël Hanquet
Renovation In Bruges / ROOM & ROOM
Architects: ROOM & ROOM / Tom Vanhee
Location: Bruges, Belgium
Project area: 213 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Nina Mallants & Tom Vanhee
Meessen De Clercq Gallery / Vanden Eeckhoudt – Creyf Architectes
The project was to build a mansion into an art gallery with a housing for the gallery. Due to the existing strong image of the building, the architects were challenged to provide new spaces that contained the interest of the old spaces coupled with new modern gallery spaces. The design result is a mixture of existing staircase and new neon pink lights.
Follow the break for more on the Meessen De Clercq Gallery by Vanden Eeckhoudt – Creyf Architectes.
Architects: Vanden Eeckhoudt – Creyf Architectes
Location: Rue de l’Abbaye, 2 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Project Area: 600 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Vanden Eeckhoudt – Creyf Architectes
Dynasty Project / Label Architecture
We just received the following project from Label Architecture. It´s a house named “Dynasty”, and it is located near the city of Brussels, Belgium.
Further information and pictures after the break.
Arteveldehoge School Campus Kantienberg Ghent / Crepain Binst Architecture
Architects: Crepain Binst Architecture
Location: Voetweg, Kantienberg, Belgium
Engineering: RCR Studiebureau
Acoustic advice: SCALA
Safety coordinator: PROBAM
General contractor: BESIX VLAANDEREN
Project area: 9,870 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Crepain Binst Architecture
