2.3. Educational Buildings

  • ANVERS-SIMONS, Brussels – Belgium

    ANVERS-SIMONS, Brussels – Belgium

    The Anvers-Simons project, designed by the A2M office, is part of a program aimed at creating school places in the City of Brussels, and bringing expressive architecture to a crèche, a nursery school, passive housing units, and a sports hall right in the heart of the Brussels’ North Quarter. Project name : Anvers-Simons Address :Rue…

  • BELLE-VUE, Brussels – Belgium

    BELLE-VUE, Brussels – Belgium

    Following its acquisition of the old Belle-Vue breweries site in Molenbeek (Brussels, Belgium), Nelson Canal has, with the help of the A2M architectural office, been working on renovating the buildings and giving them a new direction: a youth hotel, passive housing, and the 2.0 Museum have appeared. Project name : Belle-Vue Address : 33-41 quai…

  • LES TREFLES, Brussels – Belgium

    LES TREFLES, Brussels – Belgium

    The ask was to accommodate some 750 students, from kindergarten to primary school, with an adjoining sports centre as well. Patrick Vonck started out with a negative reaction to the memories of my youth, being the classical rectangular building with the central corridor, enclosed, a bit claustrophobic. Project name: Les Trèfles Address: 8 rue Daniel…

  • TIVOLI GREEN CITY, Brussels – Belgium

    TIVOLI GREEN CITY, Brussels – Belgium

    Tivoli Sustainable Neighbourhood is the largest project that citydev.brussels has ever undertaken. This eco-neighbourhood will include economic activity (Greenbizz), housing, two crèches, and 1,000 m² of shops. It is located on a complex site, as it’s squeezed in between a residential area and an industrial one. in association with citydev.brussels Project name : Tivoli Green…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…