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SILENT SERVANTS | Joana Teles
Course: Rehabilitation of a building block in Brussels
Tipology: Residential Building & office center
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Location: Brussels
Date: 06/2021
For this project the main goal was to enrich the original building with more light, to connect public spaces to living spaces and to create office spaces where the play of the slabs brought different relations on each floor. Whenever the facades present an arch-shaped glass, it means that the floor is in fact double height. The main entrance is also highlighted in the same way. The big building houses the housing part of the program and the small building the offices. In the process of transformation of the building it was decided that the vertical accesses should remain as in the original project to preserve its structure.
Each building has a crown. The crown of the big building has a daycare with connection to an open space dedicated to children where there is all kinds of entertainment. However, to leave the program contrast of both buildings, the crown of the small building is dedicated to meeting rooms with space around that can be used as viewpoint. The big building housing units includes a duplex in the midle that is positioned in a mirrored way, resulting in the creation of a central public space of double high ceiling where the residents can enjoy a library, a living social area, an outdoor area and a more social entrance area.
Facade view
