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  • ELIA GREEN BUILDING « NEW SCHAERBEEK », Brussels – Belgium

    ELIA GREEN BUILDING « NEW SCHAERBEEK », Brussels – Belgium

    Elia organised a closed competition for their site resulting in the selection of the Architectes Associés Firm at the beginning of 2010. The difficulties facing the project were essentially due to the urban location as the site is surrounded by an incinerator, the Van Praet bridge, which is a permanent traffic jam, an extremely noisy…

  • HQE BRUYN, Brussels – Belgium

    HQE BRUYN, Brussels – Belgium

    In 2008 the CPAS (Public Social Welfare Centre) launched a competition for 3 sites around Neder-over-Heembeek: Bruyn Est, Bruyn Ouest and Bruyn Nord. B612 Associates won the competition for Bruyn Est. The ground really was on the border between the edge of the urban development and the countryside. The key to the whole project lay…

  • GATTI DE GAMOND, Brussels – Belgium

    GATTI DE GAMOND, Brussels – Belgium

    This capsule highlights the difficulty of transforming an office building into housing, and, above all, the many procedures that an architect has to go through in order to see his project actually come to fruition. A process that is sometimes very long and fraught with pitfalls, and which does not always lead to a result that…

  • MEDIA RIVES, Brussels – Belgium

    MEDIA RIVES, Brussels – Belgium

    The RTBF Média Rives project is a complex one, given both its programme and its geographical position. Situated on the banks of the Meuse, in Liege, it finds itself not only in front of Ron Arad’s renowned shopping centre, but also adjacent to the Musée de la Métallurgie in a very popular district. Project name…

  • THEATRE ROYAL DES GALERIES, Brussels – Belgium

    THEATRE ROYAL DES GALERIES, Brussels – Belgium

    The request of the Board of Directors of the Société des Galeries with regard to the Théâtre Royal des Galeries in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, right in the very heart of Brussels (Belgium), was to restore this theatre to a level of comfort that would meet the expectations of contemporary spectators. Project name : Théâtre…

  • LIVINGSTONE, Brussels – Belgium

    LIVINGSTONE, Brussels – Belgium

    Philippe Verdussen from the Archi 2000 firm talks about a common phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century: the transformation of office spaces into residential spaces. He takes the example of the conversion of the Livingstone building in Brussels (Belgium) Project name : Livingstone Address : 6 avenue Livingstone. 1000 Brussels. Belgium Assignation/Destination…

  • ARCHI 2000 : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries

    ARCHI 2000 : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries

    At the request of Alexandre Grosjean, director of the Société des Galeries, and of Nadine Flammarion, Archi 2000 took on the renovation-rebuilding of the Hôtel des Galeries in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in the very heart of Brussels (Belgium). Project name : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries Address : 38 rue des Bouchers 38 (Hotel)…

  • CITE ADMINISTRATIVE, Brussels – Belgium

    CITE ADMINISTRATIVE, Brussels – Belgium

    The Cité Administrative is an extremely exciting project for the Archi 2000 Firm. It is located 5 to 600 metres away from the Grand-Place and from the Gare Centrale, right next to the Colonne du Congrès. Altogether this really is quite a symbolic site in Brussels, with the urban environment having a certain quality. There…

  • NORMANDY CERAMICS : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries

    NORMANDY CERAMICS : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries

    It was thanks to her husband’s bookshop that Nadine Flammarion decided she would like to open a hotel in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert. The architecture of the building was entrusted to Archi 2000, with Camille Flammarion carrying out the finishing work. Camille called on Normandy Ceramics to work on the ceramics in the hotel. Company’s…

  • MOTEL ONE, Brussels – Belgium

    MOTEL ONE, Brussels – Belgium

    Motel One, a German chain with hotels throughout Germany, was determined to establish its first base in Brussels, and the plan was not just a small base – in fact there was talk of a 498 room hotel, which would be the biggest hotel in Brussels. Besix chose Archi 2000 to carry out the project.…