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ARCHITECTURE dpt.

Architecture is that part of the built environment which seduces the soul and takes its place in memory.

 

At best, this architecture is drawn from the first conceptual aims, directed by technical considerations, matured under the influence of social and human confrontations, purified by budget and time limits. At worst, however, it is condemned to submersion under the mass of compromise, hi-jacked by concerns other than space and social values, lost to personal and political strategies, abandoned to banality…

 

Yet architecture can be invested with the force to stimulate our imagination, can play a role in the living memory of our cities and can put into question our critical attitude towards the world around us, can be comprehensible, allegorical, conceptual, social. 

It is this architecture which has our interest and inspires our research.

 

The aim here is not to attempt an analysis of one or other working method, pushing us into strict ways of working, frameworks or formulae. Only the historic, financial and urban canevas and social values are relevant. Our architecture is written into its environment, inserted : an architecture of accompaniment, of contrast, of accentuation, of completion, of interpretation, of structure where necessary. Our architecture is always relative, it never aims at absolutist rigour.

Our abstract handwriting helps us visualise in the clearest and most honest way imaginable, these architectural images, free of retro tendencies and historicist formalism. 

 

PAVILLON BOTANIQUE

PAVILLON BOTANIQUE

PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BRUSSELS ENVIRONMENT SERVICE - Brussels (BEL)

WOODSKOT

WOODSKOT

FIRST SEVEN-STORY WOODEN BUILDING IN EUROPE - STUDENT & SOCIAL HOUSING - Brussels (BEL)

HEILIG HART COLLEGE

HEILIG HART COLLEGE

EDUCATION & SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Tervuren (BEL)

LES TREFLES PASSIVE SCHOOL

LES TREFLES PASSIVE SCHOOL

EDUCATION & SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Anderlecht (BEL) PRIZE BATEX 2013

SPORTS CENTER BOCAGE

SPORTS CENTER BOCAGE

SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - La Louvière (BEL)

SPORTS CENTER TERDELT

SPORTS CENTER TERDELT

SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Schaerbeek (BEL)

FSMA

FSMA

FINANCIAL EDUCATIONAL CENTRE - Brussels (BEL)

MAISON COMMUNALE IXELLES

MAISON COMMUNALE IXELLES

TOWN HALL & OFFICES - Ixelles (BEL)

GENSTBERG

GENSTBERG

HOUSING - Alsemberg (BEL)

COLLEGE DA VINCI

COLLEGE DA VINCI

EDUCATION & SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Perwez (BEL)

ECOLE ACTIVE

ECOLE ACTIVE

SCALABLE PROJETC - EDUCATION & SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Uccle (BEL)

HERIS

HERIS

HOUSING - Soignies (BEL)

TREFLES DISTRICT

TREFLES DISTRICT

SUSTAINABLE DISTRICT - Anderlecht (BEL)

CITY LIFE

CITY LIFE

RETAIL & STUDENT & MULTIRESIDENTIAL HOUSING - Brussels (BEL)

VILLA CLETON

VILLA CLETON

HOUSING - Sint-Genesius-Rode (BEL)

LA MOSANE

LA MOSANE

SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Jambes (BEL)

VILLAGE COURONNE-FRANCK

VILLAGE COURONNE-FRANCK

HOUSING & OFFICES - Ixelles (BEL)

LE ROEULX

LE ROEULX

SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE - Le Roeulx (BEL)

CITY HALL LA LOUVIERE

CITY HALL LA LOUVIERE

TOWN HALL & OFFICES - La Louvière (BEL)

USINE

USINE

STUDENT HOUSING - Brussels (BEL)

VILLA FRAUSSEN

VILLA FRAUSSEN

HOUSING - Lanaken (BEL)

ILOT D

ILOT D

RETAIL & OFFICES & HOUSING - Saint-Gilles (BEL)

VIAVIA BRUSSELS

VIAVIA BRUSSELS

HORECA & OFFICES - Brussels (BEL)

TERRE NEUVE

TERRE NEUVE

HOUSING - Bruxelles (BEL)

HUIS VAN HET NEDERLANDS

HUIS VAN HET NEDERLANDS

EDUCATION & OFFICES - Brussels (BEL)

MUTSOC - SCHOTT

MUTSOC - SCHOTT

OFFICES & RETAIL - Brussels (BEL)

BOTTELARIJ

BOTTELARIJ

EQUIPMENT - Molenbeek (BEL)

MEDIA GARDENS

MEDIA GARDENS

MULTIRESIDENTIAL HOUSING - Schaerbeek (BEL)

CHEVAL MARIN

CHEVAL MARIN

HORECA & RESIDENTIAL - Brussels (BEL)

VALLEE

VALLEE

OFFICES & MULTIRESIDENTIAL HOUSING - Brussels (BEL)

RUE SAINT-JEAN

RUE SAINT-JEAN

RESIDENTIAL - Brussels (BEL)

CASINO MADELEINE

CASINO MADELEINE

CASINO - Brussels (BEL)

FRITES ATELIER - BRUSSELS

FRITES ATELIER - BRUSSELS

HORECA - Brussels (BEL)

THE TREEHOUSE / COMPETITION

THE TREEHOUSE / COMPETITION

EDUCATION & NURSERY INFRASTRUCTURE- Molenbeek (BEL)

SAINT-JEAN BERCHMANS

SAINT-JEAN BERCHMANS

RESIDENTIAL UNITS & SPORTSHALL - Brussels (BEL)

CASINO VIAGE

CASINO VIAGE

CASINO - Brussels (BEL)

VLOGAERT / COMPETITION

VLOGAERT / COMPETITION

NURSERY & SOCIAL SERVICES - Saint-Gilles (BEL)

WINDERICKX

WINDERICKX

RETAIL & MULTIRESIDENTIAL HOUSING - Alsemberg (BEL)

PRISTINA TOWER

PRISTINA TOWER

PASSIVE HIGHRISE BUILDING - RETAIL & OFFICES & HOUSING - Pristina (RKS)

STANHOPE HOTEL

STANHOPE HOTEL

HOTEL - Brussels (BEL)

JACK O'SHEA CHOPHOUSE

JACK O'SHEA CHOPHOUSE

HORECA - Brussels (BEL)

OBUS / COMPETITION

OBUS / COMPETITION

NURSERY - Anderlecht (BEL)

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