Mister Emma
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GARDENER’S PAVILION, Brussels – Belgium
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Behind the gardeners’ pavilion there was a plan – now abandoned – to unite the two parts of the Botanical Gardens. Behind the gardeners’ pavilion was the idea of coupling its construction with the renovation of the Victoria Regina square. These two projects were dissociated, but the building designed by ÁRTER Architects kept its shape,…
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NOR, Brussels – Belgium
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The NOR project is part of the revitalisation of the North district (called Manhattan) in the heart of Brussels. In the 1980s, this administrative district was built (painfully), but a few decades later, it has become obsolete and the buildings are gradually being renovated to contemporary standards (watch the video « Quatuor » to see an another…
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FROM THE FOREST TO THE CATHEDRAL
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For more than 100 years, the chairs of the Cathedral of Lausanne have welcomed many faithful for masses and for other activities. it was time to change them to meet current needs. At the same time, it was decided to change the liturgical furnishings.The principle for assembling the benches comes from a technological transfer from…
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SUSTAINABLE CITY, Dubai – UAE
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When we think of Dubai, we don’t really think of sustainability. And yet, that’s the challenge Diamond Developers has set itself by searching around the world for solutions to make real estate more sustainable and applying those solutions in Dubai. They have created a community in which every aspect has been thought out from a…
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BNP PARIBAS FORTIS, Brussels – Belgium
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For 200 years, the headquarters of Société Générale de Banque, now BNP Paribas Fortis, have been located at 3 Montagne du Parc in Brussels. In the early 2010s, the question of renovating the historic building arose. In collaboration with the first Bouwmeester in Brussels, an international architectural competition was launched to imagine a new head…
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THE GREEN ARCH, Dubai – United Arab Emirates
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At the request of the builder Besix, the architectural firms Vincent Callebaut Architectures and Assar Architects have combined their know-how to offer a sustainable and innovative Belgian pavilion at the Expo 2020 of Dubai. It combines intensive greenery and futuristic design in solid wood. The pavilion aims to be exemplary in terms of sustainable development.…
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2014, Intérieurs. Notes et Figures (La Biennale di Venezia)
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The cellule.architecture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Wallonia-Brussels International and the Cultural Institute of Architecture Wallonia-Brussels (ICA), in collaboration with CAVIAR.ARCHI, present a series of 6 videos on the curatorship of the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice International Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) from 1996 to 2018. In this video, Sarah Levy (Accessories designer) et…
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ARCHILAB: 0 Carbone
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Real estate developers have a big role to play in the ongoing environmental and societal changes and challenges. Aware of this new reality, Atenor has set up a think tank called ArchiLAB, i.e. a Think tank, a laboratory of ideas and observations, which brings together experts from different backgrounds likely to best trace the path to…
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ARCHILAB: New Way of Working
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Real estate developers have a big role to play in the ongoing environmental and societal changes and challenges. Aware of this new reality, Atenor has set up a think tank called ArchiLAB, i.e. a Think tank, a laboratory of ideas and observations, which brings together experts from different backgrounds likely to best trace the path to…
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DEBATE : 24H FOR CLIMATE
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Debate organized as part of the « 24h for Climate » event initiated by the World Press Clubs Alliance for Climate. Around Mister Emma, 12 personalities from Brussels real estate discuss the question « How to reinvent architecture and town planning in the face of climate challenges? », the common theme of the 2020-2021 season of the Archi Urbain…