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Client(s)BPI Real Estate, AG Real Estate
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Construction siteBrussels
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Project architectFrederic Maurel
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Architect teamDirk Engelen, Curd Vesters, Alex De Roeck
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Interior teamKenn van Overveld
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Competition2021
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Year2021
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StatusCompetition
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Press
Aarlen Trier
Our metropolis of Brussels has been bustling for decades in its diversity of urban planning statements, and so too is this seventies icon of Arch. Jean Verschuere is a special curiosity, an idiosyncratic integration that clearly marks its position. The site is upgraded to a more current urban development translation in which ambitions of developer and city intertwine to form a historic opportunity and reinforcing status of “renewed connectivity”.
The project is designed with respect for the individuality of the existing building; through maximum preservation we let it play a recognizable role. The transformation of the pedestal provides a qualitative continuity whereby the border between public and private space is strongly intervened for an inviting character.
The whole is provided with a new elegant crown which refers to the rhythm of the existing building but brings in its own identity. A cleaning and treatment of the concrete allows the original tones and aggregates to speak for themselves again. Together with a well thought out and refined joinery detailing, a homage to the modernist principles is created.
