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Client(s)Vilvoorde Development nv
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Construction siteVilvoorde
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Project architectDirk Hendriks
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ArchitectenteamMelissa Janssens, Andreas Porreye, Kyra Van Dorst
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Partner(s)Buro Groen bvba
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Main contractorCFE Bouw Vlaanderen nv
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Year2016-
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StatusIn progress
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Related urbanism project
‘t Brughuis is literally the cornerstone of Vilvoorde’s largest new-build development. With ‘4 fonteinen’ or the Vilvoorde of tomorrow, Matexi has opted for an ambitious mix of architecture, a wide range of housing and a great deal of attention to the high quality of life around the Senne and the Brussels-Willebroek canal. Within the contours of the master plan by Lieven Achtergael, today Binst Architects is building one of the largest neighbourhood volumes as a building block of 124 different apartments on a retail floor of 4,400 m2 and two underground parking levels of 365 PP. Spread across four almost equally sleek sections, the residential units are suitable as connectable entities behind a rigid façade grid with very light, warm and timeless architecture. With two intermediate roof gardens on the public-oriented functions, we are launching the idea of a green pedestal as a viewing garden for the apartments which, with their spacious, funky terraces on the façades, will expressively charge the neighbourhood.
