Programe

Type : demolition + reconstruction
Function : 8 apartments + shops + roof garden

About

Project born from the will to optimize the use of the plot including a building made up of 6 housing units and 2 shops as well as from the necessity
to deal with its dilapidation. Therefore, the idea of a demolition was inevitably contemplated and fortunately supported at the different decision-
making levels despite the overlap of the two heritage protection zones in which the project takes place. The project first focused on the repositioning
of the entrances and on the vertical circulation. Then, 8 housing units and one commercial area were added. These one-bedroom housing units
meet the demand for small housing units in Brussels while the commercial area, extending to a part of the basement, punctuates and brings the
angle of the block with life. The tenants will enjoy a roof garden with a quite open landscaping, partly dominated by a fully glazed and closed
volume. The lines created by the volumetry of the project give the rhythm of the openings that move along a pattern of well-defined frame
modules and indicate the distinct entrances of each allocation. This ‘organized mess’ is progressive. Finally, the robustness of the brick and the
brightness of the glass logically meet internal and external needs.

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Typology

Housing (include mixed use)

Status

Ongoing building work

Year of conception

2012

Year of delivery

2015

Client

Privé / Private

Area

1.000

Stability

PEC - Piron Etudes en Construction

Quartier Sainte Catherine
1000 Bruxelles

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