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Sint-Agatha-Berchem : Residential Building in Belgium

Belgian Social Housing design by BURO II & ARCHI+I

post updated 14 May 2024

Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I

Location: north west Brussels, north-central Belgium

Sustainable social housing district Sint-Agatha-Berchem, sites ‘Termonde’ and ‘Gérance’

Sint-Agatha-Berchem Housing Building Belgium
photograph : Filip Dujardin

8 Oct 2012

Sint-Agatha-Berchem Housing

These new social housing units are in addition to the social housing district built in 1922-1925 by architect Victor Bourgeois. One plot is located along the Beheersstraat and has 43 units, the other one is along the Dendermondestraat with 32 units. On both plots, four blocks of apartments and low-energy houses have been built, classically aligned or in a sawtooth configuration.

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photos : Filip Dujardin

Low walls and hedges define the immediate environment and the property boundaries between the residences and the common area. The layout of the common area is to a high standard, in line with what L. Van der Swaelm has achieved in the Cité Moderne. The courtyard, with its benches and greenery, invites meeting.

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photos : Filip Dujardin

The volumetrics and maximum building heights echo the buildings created by Victor Bourgeois in his Cité Moderne and the expression given there to the canopies, balconies, patios, awnings… The contemporary translation of these modernistic elements ensures sufficient variety in typology for the eight different blocks. As a mark of honour for the revolutionary use of concrete by Victor Bourgeois, the façades have been provided with an outer covering in precast concrete. Its combination with wood offers a warm contrast. The choice of flat roofs completes the cubist context of the Cité Moderne.

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photos : Filip Dujardin

This sustainable district guarantees a balance between economic, technical and social criteria and offers both a high architectural quality and excellent energy performance through the use of solar panels, rainwater recovery, environmentally friendly materials, and optimised insulation and ventilation. The apartments and the houses have a K-value of 30.The low-energy housing units and the E level is 60 for the apartments and 50 or less for the houses.

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photos : Filip Dujardin

Site Plan:
Sint-Agatha-Berchem Building
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