2.1. Residential Buildings
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CITE MODERNE, Brussels-Belgium
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The Cité Moderne of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Brussels) was constructed between 1922 and 1925 by the architect Victor Bourgeois. Two plots of land remained unbuilt. When the SLRB-BGHM asked the B2Ai architectural practice to think about new buildings, the question was about what kind of architectural statement should be made, faced with this architectural gem which made…
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CRAPS 2, Brussels-Belgium
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Bon Air Garden City was constructed in the 1920s. It consists of a series of workers’ houses as well as a high-rise block of flats from the 1970s. This has now been given a facelift thanks to SLRB, who appointed the Roose Partners Architects office to renovate the façade, and improve the energy performance and…
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CITE MODELE, Brussels-Belgium
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In 1954 Brussels was endowed with a model city (Cité Modèle) designed by the architect Renaat Braem. Today this city is the focus of a renovation and construction project led by a group of architects: B2Ai (Brussels), a33 (Leuven), and Maenhout/Van den Bergh (Brussels), on behalf of the Laeken Housing Association and the SLRB. with…
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HOMBORCH, Brussels-Belgium
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In 1928, the architect Fernand Bodson created a complex of 120 housing units for the Uccle Cooperative Housing Construction Association. As the buildings no longer conformed to contemporary standards of habitability, the SLRB decided to launch two competitions, one for the renovation of 12 individual houses and one for the envelope renovation of three collective…
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RODENBACH-MARCONI, Brussels – Belgium
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Major renovation of an exceptional heritage complex constructed between 1901 and 1903, managed by the architecture offices of AA4 and P & P Architects on behalf of the SLRB-BGHM. This is a complex project which has enabled housing units to be brought up to standard and varied their types whilst taking into account the specificities…
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ART&BUILD architects – INNOVATION, Paris – France
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Steven Ware runs the Paris office of the Art&Build architects firm. Running through various French timber construction projects, he tells us about the innovative research advances being made by his firm on bio-sourced materials and on bimetal. Project name: INNOVATION Address: Paris, France Assignation/Destination: Façade, Green construction Name of architect: ART&BUILD architects Technical sheet of…
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RUE STEPHANIE, Brussels – Belgium
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Portrait of the artist Jean Glibert on the work he did at the « rue Stéphanie ». The CPAS (Public Centre for Social Welfare) in Brussels called upon the Baumans-Deffet firm to construct a complex of 17 housing units and a social restaurant in Rue Stéphanie in Laeken. The dimensional constraints of the site, its position, and…
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CLUSTER CHAMBON, Brussels – Belgium
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Chambon has been known for many years as the headquarters of the General Savings and Retirement Fund (CGER), at Rue Fossé aux Loups, Brussels 1000. In 2011 BNP Paribas Fortis sold all of the buildings to Allfin, the real estate group, now known as Immobel. The renovation and construction project was managed by the Jaspers-Eyers…
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SOLVAY 33-44, Brussels – Belgium
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In 2011 Immobel and BPI decided to buy the site of the old headquarters of the Solvay company, flagship of the Belgian chemical industry, which is located on both sides of the Rue Prince Albert (blocks 33 and 44). The challenge for the architects from the A2RC and Jaspers-Eyers architectural offices was to create a…
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MAISON BILOBA HUIS, Brussels – Belgium
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The Biloba project is about innovative housing, integrated with the neighbourhood and providing vulnerable people with a quality of life in a popular neighbourhood of the Schaerbeek municipality in Brussels. The 15 low-energy residential units are arranged around a small internal courtyard with a symbolic tree – the Biloba. an initiative of SLRB-BGHM / Brussels…