Urban Biotope
HUY (BE) — SPECIAL MENTION
AUTHOR(S) — Antoine Gentil (BE), Jeoffrey Lup (BE),
CONTACT —
Architects
Liège (BE), T. +32 471724806 contact@collectifabri.com, www.collectifabri.com
TEAM POINT OF VIEW — Like a biotope, a neighbourhood is an
environment in which a certain number of actors evolve, a balanced place of life that promotes social cohesion and offers the possibility of interacting with its environment. Here, it is about developing a space on the border between rural and urban, productive, source of employment and creator of wealth. The creation of South and North plot makes it possible to compose a central public space. These plots make it possible to value the different entities present on the site: industrial hall, mill, and river. In the North, there is the beginning of contact with the city and in the South there is the beginning of the rural character. The project is structured around a functional mixture of housing, shops, offices, culture, and education, re-qualifying the public space and offering collective spaces.
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