EURO-TRIP-'10 brussels Projects 8 Created 01-Feb-10 By Edlyn Garcia La Torre, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Cityscape Arne Quinze art, installation, sculpture Vlaamsepoort bus shelter Atomium 3 Atelier Espace Léopold train station Thomas 6 Théâtre National de la Communauté Wallonie Bruxelles 7 SCA es Associés theatre 4 André Waterkeyn exposition space, pavilion Luxembourg Station Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf private house Moritz & Simon bus station, canopy, kiosk, shelter 2 Les Halles de Schaerbeek 8 Cooparch - RU dance theater, music theatre, theatre 5 Dailly 9 Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf housing, social housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 1
Cityscape Gulden-Vlieslaan 26 1000 Brussels http://wwwcityscapebe Quartier Louise, once Brussels' luxury district, lost a lot of its reputation over the last decades An association was founded to revitalise the neighbourhood A 5000 sqm wasteland site was put at the disposal of Belgian artist Arne Quinze (aka art director, furniture designer, interior decorator, creator of atmospheres) to bring life to the disconsolate district It took him 33 wooden stilts, 60 km of beams and 240000 nails to perform his task The result is a giant wooden sculpture, 40 m long, 25 m wide, 18 m high, described by the artist himself as "the capture of one moment in a form that is in full development" It is meant as an invitation to contemplation in this otherwise hectic neighbourhood, with the heavy traffic on the adjacent ring way But above all it attracts local residents, passers-by, visitors and tourists, chatting, playing, lounging in the ever-changing patterns of light and shade In a year from now, all the used wood will be fully recycled 9-2007 Artist Arne Quinze Brussels Louise vzw Kris_Leenders open 24/7 for the duration of one year from September 2007 onwards from Brussels South Station (Brussel Zuid/Bruxelles Midi), take the metro line 2 (direction Simonis), get off at Louiza/Louise http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 2
Vlaamsepoort bus shelter Nieuwpoortlaan 1 1000 Brussels http://wwwmivbbe We know them all: the 'one-design-fits-all' bus shelters, the same in each city, on each location Moritz & Simon, on the other hand, designed a bus shelter that responds to the location's distinctive atmosphere This location is the Vlaamsepoort, where the Brussels canal separates the posh city centre from the impoverished districts of Molenbeek The canopy reflects the water surface, involving the canal in the experience of the city Structural engineer Laurent Ney thought out the steel structure without any bolt-fixed element, thus leaving the listed bluestone balustrade intact 2006 Structural engineer Moritz & Simon Ney & Partners MIVB Kris_Leenders 24/7 from Brussels South Station (Brussel Zuid/Bruxelles Midi), take tram 81 (direction Heizel/Heysel), get off at Vlaamsepoort/Porte de Flandre / from Brussels Central Station (Brussel Centraal/Bruxelles Central), take the metro line 1a (direction Koning Boudewijn/Roi Baudouin) or 1b (direction Erasmus/Erasme), get off at Graaf van Vlaanderen/Comte de Flandre, walk to the right along the canal and cross the first bridge http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 3
photo: HJ Imhoff photo: Nazar Leskiw Atomium Atomium square 1 B-1020 Brussels http://wwwatomiumbe/ The Atomium is a modern monument in the Heizelpark in Brussels Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn for the International Exhibition of Brussels, that took place here in 1958, the Atomium is a steel structure that is half way between sculpture and architecture It exists out of nine large spheres, each with a diameter of 18 meters They are arranged in the configuration of a central cubic system and form an iron of cristal, magnified 165 billion times Made entirely of steel clad with aluminium, the structure, at a hight of 102 metres and standing on three enormous bipods, dominates the Heysel plateau The interior disposition of the spheres was being undertaken by architects André and Jean Polak The Atomium was not intended to survive the Exhibition of 1958 Its popularity and success, however, ensured its place as a major landmark on the Brussels skyline photo: Nazar Leskiw 1958 Main designer, Interior architect André Waterkeyn André and Jean Polak Belgische Metaalnijverheden HJI Daily open from 1000h till 1800h During summertime different opening hours From Bruxelles central station take metrolijn 1A "Koning Boudewijn", stop station "Heizel" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 4
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Luxembourg Station Rue de Treves 10 1040 Brussels http://wwwb-railbe Brussels-Luxembourg Station is a station in the east of Brussels under the site of the European Parliament in Brussels The station was first inaugurated in 1854-08-23 as the Leopold Quarter station but was redesigned with the construction of the European Parliament It now covers 16,000 square meters and is owned and operated by National Railway Company of Previously above ground on Luxembourg Square, it was redesigned as a subterranean station with the construction of the European Parliament's Espace Léopold complex around it The same architect consortium responsible for the Parliament, Atelier Espace Léopold, were responsible for the station's redesign The historic entrance to the old station now forms a public hall for the Parliament Floor area/size 2004 16000 m² Atelier Espace Léopold pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 5
photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt Creyf photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt Creyf Thomas Rue Goffart 14 1050 Brussels This project entails the extension of a private house in Brussels by Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf Project is not public! Floor area/size 2008 230 m² Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf vandeneeckhoudt_creyf_ photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt Creyf http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 6
photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart Communauté Française photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart Communauté Française Théâtre National de la Communauté Wallonie Bruxelles Boulevard Emile Jacqmain 111-115 1000 Brussels http://wwwtheatrenationalbe/ After 40 years of existence in the now-demolished Tour Rogier in Brussels, the French Community of 's first stage began a new phase in its existence in 2004, the most obvious sign of which is its installation in a brand new building The project has been designed together with es Associés, L'Escaut and Atelier Gigogne photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart Communauté Française 11-2004 Main designer, SCA es Associés Atelier Gigogne l'escaut Ministry of French-speaking Community Wallonia-Brussels T_Moor Tuesday - Sunday: 1100-1800 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 7
photo: Sébastien Reuzé / Communauté Française photo: Sébastien Reuzé / Communauté Française Les Halles de Schaerbeek Rue Royale Sainte-Marie 22b 1030 Brussels http://wwwhallesbe The exemplary nature of the undertaking is defined in the Halles de Schaerbeek by the progressive interventions in the development of an innovative cultural project It is the product of the determination of a handful of cultural operators, on the sidelines of institutional circuits, to save a former indoor market at the eleventh hour Three decades of battling and successive building works since 1973 have enabled the premises to be saved and endowed with a cultural vocation, serving as both a showcase and an instrument for multimedia creation and diffusion 'Les Halles' are now internationally acknowledged for their programming whilst not losing sight of their roots within the district 2003 Cooparch - RU Ministry of French-speaking Community of Wallonia-Brussels T_Moor photo: Sébastien Reuzé / Communauté Française Tram: 25, 92 or 94 / Bus STIB: 65 or 66 / Bus De Lijn: 270, 271 or 272 / Métro: Botanique http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 8
photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf Dailly Rue Louis Scutenaire 2 1030 Brussels 'Dailly' is the construction of 15 social housing units in Brussels The apartments are organized in duplex and form a set of 'small houses' Chromatic work by artist Jean Glibert can be found in the stairwell Project is not public! Floor area/size 5-2009 1600 m² Main designer, Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf Olivier Noterman Fond du Logement Bruxellois vandeneeckhoudt_creyf_ photo: Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf http://wwwmimoaeu/users/arki_edlyn/guides/euro-trip-%2710%20brussels/ 9