by Anja Rens | Apr 10, 2018 | Buildings & Structures, Newsletter 2018-04
Tondelier, a redevelopment project by Oryx Projects, is situated in the Rabot neighbourhood in Ghent. The project comprises residential housing, public facilities, a park, a nursery and offices. The design is by architects Rapp+Rapp. The project is being developed in...
by Anja Rens | Mar 19, 2018 | Buildings & Structures, Newsletter 2018-04
Oryx Projects is currently transforming one of the four buildings of a former office complex into a residential housing project. Located in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, the project “Les Balcons” is at a stone’s throw from Brussels city centre. Architects are...
by Anja Rens | Feb 19, 2018 | Buildings & Structures, Newsletter 2016-03
The tallest residential tower in Belgium (42 floors, 140 m high). The acoustical design includes aspects such as: differentiation of the façade acoustical performances as function of the height of the building; integration of a technical floor at mid-height (26th...
by Anja Rens | Jan 23, 2018 | Newsletter 2018-01
This new hospital, planned to be operational in the summer of 2018, is inspired on the works of René Magritte. It seemingly levitates above the landscape and is dominated by nature and light. As for engineering, a clear choice has been made to use sustainable and...
by Anja Rens | Jan 18, 2018 | Buildings & Structures, Newsletter 2018-01
Antwerp Tower, located at De Keyserlei in the central shopping district of Antwerp, is an iconic image in Antwerp due to its orange glass, and will be completely stripped. Matexi will be transforming the tower in the city into a mix of retail, hotel and no less than...
