Introduction

Location:Belgium
Architects: urban platform
Area: 6222 m²
Year: 2019
Client: JCX immo
StatusCompetition: first prize / Completed
Typology: Housing

The aim of our plan is to translate the values of the Lochten company in a sustainable,
pragmatic and highly rational neighbourhood project that is competitive in terms of
property development and whose image evokes the site’s industrial past.

The plan attempts to generate social dynamism through the creation of high-quality
communal spaces as well as through flexible and varied functions.
Their design rests on a rational structural framework that defines spaces with ideal proportions.
Breaks between the housing buildings heighten the principle of transparency underlying the centre
of the block and the inner pedestrian perspectives.
The use of black metal cladding evokes industrial architecture and refers to the existing image of
the site perceptible today.

The project emphasizes the creation of two large collective spaces bordered by
communal functions and enlivened by green hollows used to manage rainwater
collection.
The various units are connected by an extensive network involving paths, gardens
and the street at ground level and footbridges on the upper floors of buildings.