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LAVOISIER, Brussels-Belgium
The Lavoisier site, once occupied by the British American Tobacco company, has been transformed into social and regular housing units, with open plan space allocated for economic use. This transformation took place with the cooperation of...
PLUME, Brussels-Belgium
The Marolles is an area in the heart of Brussels which, historically, has been the focus for various social housing projects. The Plume project – developed by the B612associates practice, consists of two passive buildings of 8 housing units...
TANNEUR – LAVOIR, Brussels-Belgium
The Querelle housing is located in the Marolles district of Brussels. No fewer than three competitions were organised by the SLRB and the Foyer Bruxellois to renovate the 1950s and 1970s buildings. We meet the architects from DEWIL...
CITE MODERNE, Brussels-Belgium
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...
CRAPS 2, Brussels-Belgium
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...
CITE MODELE, Brussels-Belgium
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...
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CERAU : Portrait of Cestmira Vesela
Cestmira Vesela’s French sings. She came to Belgium for love, before joining the CERAU architectural firm. If you ask her what kind of building she would love to construct, she will give you a very straight answer: a football stadium....
SYNERGY INTERNATIONAL : Portrait of Barbara Wolff
Barbara Wolff is originally from Cologne. Before joining the Synergy International firm, she was an associate with and managed JDS Architects in Brussels for 4 years, and has worked at Beel & Achtergael architects in Gent, Indigo...
VANDEN EECKHOUDT-CREYF ARCHITECTES : Portrait of Laurence Creyf
Laurence Creyf is an architect and associate of Nicolas Vanden Eeckhoudt at the Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf Architectes firm. This small Brussels set-up creates mainly housing and art galleries. Laurence Creyf talks to us about the creative...
URBAN PLATFORM : Portrait of Alicia Reiber
Alicia Reiber is an architect and co-founder of the Urban Platform company. She talks about her architectural work within the company, her status as a female, a female architect and a female leader. Alicia Reiber Urban Platform...
RADIANCE 35 : Portrait of Isabelle Corten
Isabelle Corten is an urban planner of the night. She works with spaces, volumes, once night has fallen. She explains to us the methodology that has been set up to enable the optimal design of her creative process. Isabelle Corten Radiance...
ICI architectes : Portrait of Aurélie Maes
Aurélie Maes is an architect and co-founder of the firm “ici architectes”. She talks to us about her career and her vision of architecture. Is it possible to describe one’s architecture when this is ultimately a way of thinking rather than...
