Brussels
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BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Conception & Passive House Standard
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In 2004 the Brussels-Capital Region decided to implement particularly ambitious energy policies in order to respond and subscribe to international climate goals. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with ecobuild.brussels Project name : BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Conception &…
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BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Incentives & Building Process
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In 2004 the Brussels-Capital Region decided to implement particularly ambitious energy policies in order to respond and subscribe to international climate goals. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with ecobuild.brussels Project name : BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Incentives &…
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BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : The Value of Expertise
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At the beginning of the 2000s, the Brussels Region decided to launch itself into a quite ambitious programme. Its purpose was to align construction more closely to stricter environmental standards, and to use less energy in the management of buildings. Little by little the standards were established, firstly for public authorities and then for the…
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ELIA GREEN BUILDING « NEW SCHAERBEEK », Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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HQE BRUYN, Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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GATTI DE GAMOND, Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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MEDIA RIVES, Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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THEATRE ROYAL DES GALERIES, Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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LIVINGSTONE, Brussels – Belgium
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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…
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ARCHI 2000 : Hôtel et Comptoir des Galeries
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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)…