Tag: LABELMostrar todas las entradas

0

Label architecture

Arc-en-ciel school . Brussels

Label architecture . Arc-en-ciel school . Brussels afasia (2)

Label architecture . photos: © Stijn Bollaert

Located in the midst of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, the neighborhood with the highest population density in Belgium, the already crowded school and daycare centre “Arc-en-ciel” wanted to increase its capacity with extra classrooms along with new outdoor spaces. An internal organisation allows to gather an ensemble of smaller functions and to turn them into two big classrooms on each floor. Furthermore, the duplication of the existing facade creates a new circulation, avoids an enfilade of classes and provides extra storage space for the pupils. Moreover, the new facade drastically improves the overall thermal performance of the building. Continue reading Label architecture

Tags:   Category: architecture
0

Muoto . Label

School of media . Brussels

Muoto . Label . School of media . Brussels afasia (1)

Muoto . Label Architects

This school of media and public relations is situated in Brussel’s new media park. It faces a green park and two major buildings hosting the Flemish as well as the Wallon national TV companies. The building is characterised by a stepped profile that to allows to accommodate a vast range of activities necessitating spaces of various heights and sizes. The large recording studios that do not require natural light are situated on the lower underground levels, whereas small editing cells, where students spend entire months editing their final movies, are situated on the upper floors. The north façade facing the park is conceived as a neutral transparent screen revealing everyday activity. It is the public face of the school. The south façade hosts by contrast a series of linear outdoor terraces where students and teachers can take informal breaks, discuss, sunbath or party. This domestic side of the building faces the backyards of an existing housing block, typical of Brussels’ urban fabric. The concrete structure of the building is inspired by the technical objects that carry information, such as radars and antennas. It also refers to stadium structures, and the publicness of large infrastructures meant to carry urban crowds. Continue reading Muoto . Label

Tags: ,   Category: architecture