Mixed program. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
27/09/2021.
[Brussels] Belgium
metalocus, MICHELLE ÁLVAREZ
metalocus, MICHELLE ÁLVAREZ
In Tour & Taxis in Brussels, Belgium is located the freight train station. This has been transformed into a public working space at the same time as a space to go shopping, and has been thanks to the architectural studio Neutelings Riedijk Architects in collaboration with Bureau Bouwtechniek.
This renovation makes the space look like a covered city, new pavilions are added to the existing ones and streets are created with green spaces and squares following the urban context of the city.
This renovation makes the space look like a covered city, new pavilions are added to the existing ones and streets are created with green spaces and squares following the urban context of the city.
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Sarah Blee
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Tim Fisher
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Sarah Blee
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Site plan. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
Site plan. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
Ground floor plan. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
Top view. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
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Section. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
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Axonometry. Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
The project desined by Neutelings Riedijk Architects in collaboration with Bureau Bouwtechniek, Ney & partners, Boydens Engineering and OMGEVING keep the central space open to the public and new cross-laminated wood pavilions are created at the ends thus reducing the amount of cement and reducing the construction time.
From an energy point of view, the project includes numerous sustainability measures such as the reuse of rainwater and the use of geothermal energy. In addition, solar panels covering an area of 17,000 sqm are installed on the roof.
From an energy point of view, the project includes numerous sustainability measures such as the reuse of rainwater and the use of geothermal energy. In addition, solar panels covering an area of 17,000 sqm are installed on the roof.
Description of project by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek
Gare Maritime, once Europe’s largest railway station for goods on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels, has been transformed into a covered city with a mixed program of working and shopping and plenty of public space to relax. Under impressive steel roofs Neutelings Riedijk Architects designed the new Gare Maritime as a city district; ‘a city where it never rains’.
Public gardens and squares
The old station from the beginning of the 20th century consists of three larger and four smaller halls. Under the existing roofs of the side aisles, twelve new pavilions have been added to accommodate the new program. They create a new structure of boulevards and street, gardens and squares, that follows the existing urban context and the building structure in a natural way, like a true city.
The central space in the heart of the building has been kept open for public events. It has a pleasant climate which follows the changing of the seasons. Inspired by the ‘Ramblas’, on both sides of the event space a green walking boulevard is created. The 16 meters wide pedestrian routes give enough room for spacious inner gardens, with a hundred large trees. Gare Maritime counts a total of ten gardens based on four themes: the woodland garden, the flower garden, the grass garden and the fragrance garden. For the squares, Brussels visual artist Henri Jacobs designed eight mosaics.
Largest CLT-project in Europe
The new pavilions have been constructed in Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), with an enormous reduction in the amount of cement as a result. The choice for wood also had a favorable effect on the construction process: thanks to prefabrication and the dry constructing method, the construction time was considerably shorter.
State-of-the-art in sustainability
Gare Maritime is entirely energy neutral and fossil free. The glass facades on Picardstreet are provided with solar cells. On the roofs a total area of 17,000 m2 of solar panels has been installed. At all levels far-reaching sustainability measures have been implemented, such as use of geothermal energy and reuse of rainwater. Gare Maritime is an important contribution to the sustainable development of the Tour & Taxis site and the Kanaalzone in Brussels.
This project was commissioned by Extensa and realized in cooperation with Bureau Bouwtechniek, Ney & partners, Boydens engineering and OMGEVING. In the first phase, the existing historic building was carefully restored by Jan de Moffarts Architects, Bureau Bouwtechniek, Ney & Partners and Boydens.
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Architects
Project team
Architectural design.- Neutelings Riedijk Architects. Architectural design team.- Michiel Riedijk, Willem Jan Neutelings, Dieter de Vos, Kenny Tang, Alejandro Mosquera Garcia, Alexey Boev, Anselmo Nižić, Frank Venhorst, Pietro Manara. Architectural engineering.- Bureau Bouwtechniek.
Collaborators
Civil and structural engineering renovation.- Ney & Partners BXL. Civil and structural engineering new pavillions.- Ney & Partners WOW. MEP.- Boydens engineering, Brugge. Building physics.- Boydens engineering, Brugge. Landscape architect.- OMGEVING, Antwerpen. Restoration architect.- Jan de Moffarts, i.c.w. Bureau Bouwtechniek. Interior designer (public spaces).- Neutelings Riedijk Architects. Artist.- Henri Jacobs. Cost consultant.- Bureau Bouwtechniek. Acoustics.- Venac, Brussel. Fire safety.- FPC Risk, Antwerpen. Main contractor.- MBG. Wood contractor.- Züblin. Installations contractor.- Cegelec, VMA, NTSA, Van Hoey, IFTech. Project coordination, safety manager BREEAM assessor.- Bopro.
Client
Area
45,000 sqm.
Dates
Start design.- Q1 2017. Start construction.- Q3 2018. Completion.- Starting from November 2019. In use.- First offices opened in November 2019.
Location
Picardstraat, Tour & Taxis, Brussel, BE.
Photography
Ene Neutelings, Michiel Riedijk. NEUTELINGS-RIEDIJK
Neutelings Riedijk Architects was founded in 1987 by Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk. Over the past twenty-five years Neutelings Riedijk Architects has established itself internationally as a leading practice, specializing in the design and realization of complex projects for public, commercial and cultural buildings. They have designed and built theatres, concert halls, city halls, museums, libraries, hotels, schools and office buildings. We have wide experience in balancing the complex functions and logistics of these projects with their often delicate historical and urban contexts to give them the iconic significance in the public realm that their clients desire.
The work of Neutelings Riedijk Architects has gained worldwide appreciation through numerous publications in the international press. The office has received awards such as the Golden Pyramid, the Belgian Building Award, the BNA-Cube and the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize and has been shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award. Its work has been selected for exhibitions in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Venice, Beijing, São Paulo, Barcelona, Moscow and Prague, amongst others.
The work of Neutelings Riedijk Architects has gained worldwide appreciation through numerous publications in the international press. The office has received awards such as the Golden Pyramid, the Belgian Building Award, the BNA-Cube and the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize and has been shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award. Its work has been selected for exhibitions in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Venice, Beijing, São Paulo, Barcelona, Moscow and Prague, amongst others.
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Bureau Bouwtechniek is an organisation with 10 self-managing teams.
Bureau Bouwtechniek's ambition is to deliver custom work of the highest quality with intelligent technical added value.
BB can guarantee the efficient supervision and control of the entire construction process, both in ambitious, large-scale projects and projects of a more comprehensible scale with a separate challenge.
BB has a team of multidisciplinary construction and energy specialists who advise on a design or renovation project from an integrated and up-to-date vision.
Bureau Bouwtechniek thus remains a pioneer in the field of circular and sustainable construction, the development of innovative (renovation) methods, concepts and techniques and advice on the technology of building.
Due to the unique and diverse composition of their team, complex studies and advice can be handled integrally in-house. As an experienced firm with a solid reputation, they enjoy working on large, ambitious construction projects. Nevertheless, they are equally committed and passionate about fine, small-scale work. In addition to added value from a construction perspective, they believe that their no-nonsense approach and open and respectful dialogue with all parties involved are additional assets that bring a collaboration to a successful conclusion.
Bureau Bouwtechniek works on an average of 300 projects a year. The lion's share (70%) of these are high-quality architectural projects in which we act as the architect's partner. The remaining 30% are technical renovation dossiers and unique, specialised construction-technical advice.
BB employs 75 architects and engineers.
In addition to the head office in Antwerp, BB has branches in Brussels and Ghent.
Bureau Bouwtechniek's ambition is to deliver custom work of the highest quality with intelligent technical added value.
BB can guarantee the efficient supervision and control of the entire construction process, both in ambitious, large-scale projects and projects of a more comprehensible scale with a separate challenge.
BB has a team of multidisciplinary construction and energy specialists who advise on a design or renovation project from an integrated and up-to-date vision.
Bureau Bouwtechniek thus remains a pioneer in the field of circular and sustainable construction, the development of innovative (renovation) methods, concepts and techniques and advice on the technology of building.
Due to the unique and diverse composition of their team, complex studies and advice can be handled integrally in-house. As an experienced firm with a solid reputation, they enjoy working on large, ambitious construction projects. Nevertheless, they are equally committed and passionate about fine, small-scale work. In addition to added value from a construction perspective, they believe that their no-nonsense approach and open and respectful dialogue with all parties involved are additional assets that bring a collaboration to a successful conclusion.
Bureau Bouwtechniek works on an average of 300 projects a year. The lion's share (70%) of these are high-quality architectural projects in which we act as the architect's partner. The remaining 30% are technical renovation dossiers and unique, specialised construction-technical advice.
BB employs 75 architects and engineers.
In addition to the head office in Antwerp, BB has branches in Brussels and Ghent.
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