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Waterzicht Apartments / Atelier Kempe Thill + BUUR + urban platform + evr-Architecten

Paula Pintos — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The project “Waterzicht” is part of this new master plan called “De 4 Fonteinen.” It is right on the canal with a view of the 50-hectare De Drie Fonteinen Park on the other side, which dates back to the late eighteenth century and is one of Belgium’s oldest landscaped parks. It was designed as an English landscape garden and creates a romantic atmosphere with its old trees. The project borders a very fragmented and rugged hinterland on the eastern side. Here some powerful, transformed industrial buildings are situated, on the one hand, and a large working-class area with small terraced houses, on the other. In addition, the small river Senne flows here, which is completely channeled within dam walls. Its banks were replanted as part of the redevelopment above the walls. In the south, the picture is completed by the ring road of Brussels, visible from afar, which crosses the canal at a distance of about 300 meters with the impressive 1,700-meter-long and 35-meter-high Vilvoorde viaduct.

Lutgardis, Reconstruction of a Block with Facilities and Dwellings / Urban Platform

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The project comprises two associated missions: a study for a strategic master plan for the entirety of an existing school site and the architectural missions that consist of:
- the renovation/construction of a kindergarten/primary school (200 pupils) and a secondary school (266 pupils);
- the construction of a new crèche (50 places);
- the conversion into a youth club / hall for youth movement (480 m2);
- the construction of a day-care centre and a service centre for the elderly (650 m2);
- the construction of 61 dwellings – 6060m² (subsidized apartments and dwellings) & underground car park (70 places).

Immac² Mixed Use Project / Urban Platform

Valeria Silva — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

This master plan is the result of an urbanistic and financial feasibility study that seeks to provide a sustainable and quality solution to this abandoned school site, taking into account its historic architectural value.

Lochten Sustainable Micro Neighbourhood / Urban Platform

Andreas Luco — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The aim of our plan is to translate the values of the Lochten company in a sustainable, pragmatic and highly rational neighbourhood project that is competitive in terms of property development and whose image evokes the site’s industrial past. The plan attempts to generate social dynamism through the creation of high-quality communal spaces as well as through flexible and varied functions.

BAT 021 Housing / Urban Platform

Javier Gaete — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The project aims to create, on one hand, a continuous building façade across the plot in order to consolidate the character of the street and, on the other, to free up the interior courtyard which is currently built up and make it greener. Four low-story houses will be integrated into this green environment.

SUE 006 Housing / Urban Platform

Javier Gaete — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An objective of the project is to assure a visual continuity of surfaces while providing a fluid link between the typological differences in form and outline of the adjoining buildings. According to the point of view, the building offers a double perception, answering to different scales: the contemporary city and the historical city.

LENS 021 Housing / Urban Platform

Javier Gaete — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Located in Brussels city centre, the site where the project is built has the special feature of being demarcated and surrounded by buildings with widely differing heights and depths. The project addresses this situation by seeking anchorage and alignment principles to guarantee an ideal blend of entities.

DEC 100 Housing / Urban Platform

Javier Gaete — Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The current site is built up on almost the entire surface and is occupied by industrial-style premises. We are planning to recreate an open courtyard by developing a large green area with the dimensions of a cloister. This is bordered to the East and North by 4 new houses, to the south by a warehouse converted into loft-style dwelling and on the street side by a new five-storey building providing various types of apartments. All enjoy a peaceful setting and a view onto this central, partly privatised green area.

"Fancy" Retail Headquarters / Urban Platform

Sebastian Jordana — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The project is sited in an industrial zone of the province of Hainaut, a region rich with industrial history. As with many zonings, aesthetic grading is the norm, and here, notably, the most prominent feature is... the absence of architecture that provokes any emotional reaction. Against this deficiency, the project ventures what may be seen as pioneering architecture, offering an industrial design that, with only a small sacrifice, favours the emotional over the rational, attractiveness before utility, and the vernacular ahead of economy. Recognizing the scope and impact of the building on the image and quality of the products and the brand, the project highlights the contrast with the environment in order to emphasize its own poetic presence. It is a reminder that 19th century industrial architecture in these regions was sumptuous and on a grand scale, in contrast to the functionality of the 20th century.