Brussels
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ADN ARCHITECTURES: Portrait of David Henquinet and Nicolas Iacobellis
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The Brussels-based firm and_architecture is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. David Henquinet and Nicolas Iacobellis tell you all about their interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. They describe their day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but what does…
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HUB.BRUSSELS : Brussels Retrofit Living Lab / WVDM
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The “Vrije Universeit Brussel” (VUB) is aiming for the sustainable management of its estate [VUB 2011]. In this respect the renovation of student residences in the heart of the Ixelles university campus, designed by the architect Willy Van Der Meeren between 1971 and 1973, presents a particular challenge. These dwellings have strong cultural and historic…
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HUB.BRUSSELS : Brussels Retrofit Living Lab / Modul’air
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Apartment buildings constructed in the second half of the 20th century that have not been or have hardly been renovated present today numerous deficiencies in terms of their energy efficiency and the comfort and health of their occupants. Poor thermal insulation and airtightness of the building shell, the presence of thermal bridges, the absence of…
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HUB.BRUSSELS: Brussels Retrofit Living Lab / RenoLabC – Bonnevie
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The Reno-Lab-C project faces two current challenges at the heart of the Brussels housing market: 1) develop an approach to collection renovations, 2) and with private owners and tenants who are not currently able to renovate for reasons such as access to finance, administrative and practical complications, difficulties in finding a contractor, tendering, monitoring etc.…
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BMA: Portrait of Kristiaan Borret, Bouwmeester of Brussels
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Following Olivier Bastin, the second Bouwmeester (Master Architect) of Brussels is Kristiaan Borret, previously the Bouwmeester of Antwerp. We compile a profile of his career and discuss the three pillars that make up the job of a Bouwmeester. His direct and sometimes brutal style has not only won him friends. Some firms, often called “the…
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UP-site, Brussels – Belgium
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Brussels is rather hostile to the high-rise city. So when Henri Simons, then Alderman for City Planning in the City of Brussels, put forward the idea of constructing the highest residential tower in the kingdom (140 metres high for 251 apartments spread over 41 floors) on the site of the old Galeries Anspach warehouses, opposite…
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DDS+ : Portrait of Dominique Delbrouck
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Dominique Delbrouck studied at La Cambre (Brussels) before joining movements seeking to preserve the quality of the city. She then signed up to the architectural grammar process of the Atelier d’Art Urbain, before co-founding the DDS & Partners firm, now DDS+. A “plus” that she intends to put to good use in each of the…
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GENERALE : Portrait of Florence Hoffmann
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Florence Hoffmann is an architect at the Brussels cooperative ‘Générale’. She works mainly on public projects. With mostly political project ownership, she characterizes her architecture as combat architecture, in order to defend her projects at the competitions in which she takes part. Florence Hoffmann Générale www.generale.la info@generale.la With the support of Technical sheet of this…
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CERAU : Portrait of Cestmira Vesela
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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. Cestmira Vesela CERAU www.cerau.be cerau@cerau.be With the support of Technical sheet of this architecture video…
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SYNERGY INTERNATIONAL : Portrait of Barbara Wolff
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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 architects in Cape Town, b&k+ in Cologne, and at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam. Barbara…