![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53a0/e43c/c07a/80d6/3400/0143/newsletter/PORTADA.jpg?1403053080)
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Architects: Office Bouwtechniek, V+
- Area: 5000 m²
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Maxime Delvaux @ 354 photographers, Jean Luc Deru
![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53a0/e33b/c07a/80d6/3400/013c/newsletter/094.V_.PRESSE.credits_354_photographers_(6).jpg?1403052817)
Text description provided by the architects. The extension is built next to the old Town Hall on a lot with a generous view on the scenic Sambre valley. The ambitions were to amplify the public usage of the site and to preserve the ring of linden trees at its limits.
![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Image 17 of 22](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53a0/e579/c07a/8079/c500/0154/newsletter/Section.jpg?1403053408)
Rather than to simply lay on the land, the building hovers thanks to an impressive cantilever structure – only the cafeteria is in contact with the ground and can therefore be used for events taking place in the park.
![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Image 2 of 22](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53a0/e397/c07a/8079/c500/014d/medium_jpg/094-1.V_.PRESSE.credits_354_photographers_(5).jpg?1403052903)
A slight slope guides the public to the reception from where the different services are easily found, being strategically located in each of the three branches of the plan.
![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Table, Windows, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53a0/e416/c07a/80d6/3400/0142/newsletter/Montigny_Renovation_16.jpg?1403053031)
This project shows the capacity of contemporary architecture to simply and gently be part of a rural and heritage context through its horizontality, the sobriety and abstraction of its façades and the readability of its plan. At a greater scale, the project has seized the opportunity to redefine the bordering parking and streets while giving the citizens a new park.
![Town Hall in Montigny-le-Tilleul / V+ - Image 22 of 22](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/53b5/cef1/c07a/8005/ce00/013f/newsletter/V.Montigny.axonoII.web.jpg?1404423914)