Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+
23/06/2014.
[Montigny-le-Tilleul] Belgium
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The Belgian team of architects V + presents one of his latest projects, the expansion of the Town Hall of Montigny-le-Tilleul , in Belgium. The architects use, as a metaphor to design the project, the image of a tree down on the ground.
Outside vision. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Outside vision. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Outside vision. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Link with old building. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Jean Luc Deru.
Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Jean Luc Deru.
Old building. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Interior. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+. Photography © Maxime Delvaux, 354 Photographers.
Site plan. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Sketch. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Sketch. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Sketch. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Firts floor plan. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Structure. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Section. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Details. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Diagram. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Diagram. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
Diagram. Town Hall, 94 Montigny le Tilleul by V+.
V+ architects design a horizontal building that is surrounded by nearby trees avoiding a dialogue of styles with the traditional architecture of the area.
Description of the project by Architects
The extension is built next to the old Town Hall on a lot with a generous view on the scenic Sambre valley. The ambitions were to amplify the public usage of the site and to preserve the ring of linden trees at its limits.
Rather than to simply lay on the land, the building hovers thanks to an impressive cantilever structure – only the cafeteria is in contact with the ground and can therefore be used for events taking place in the park.
A slight slope guides the public to the reception from where the different services are easily found, being strategically located in each of the three branches of the plan.
This project shows the capacity of contemporary architecture to simply and gently be part of a rural and heritage context through its horizontality, the sobriety and abstraction of its façades and the readability of its plan. At a greater scale, the project has seized the opportunity to redefine the bordering parking and streets while giving the citizens a new park.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.
Architects.- V+
Architects in Charge.- Bihain, Decuypere, Hagiwara. Collaborators.- Elodie Degavre, Philippe Buraud. Engineer.- Greisch (François Laurent). Acoustics.- Daidalos Peutz. Maître d'ouvrage.- Administration communale de Montigny - le - Tilleul.
Location.- Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium.
Main Contractor.- Bemat / Jansen.
Area.- 5,000 sqm
Dates.- Project design.- 2009. Completed Year.- 2013
Budget.- € 4,500,000 (taxes excluded).
More information
V+. Architectes associés
Jörn Aram Bihain born in Brussels, Belgium, 1973. Graduated in 1996 from the Sint Lukas Architektuur Hoogschool in Brussels, he worked with Wolfgang Henke und Tschapeller and Schreihek in Vienna, Austria. He is assistant projet architecture ISA Saint-Luc Liège since 2007.
Thierry Decuypere born in Brussels, Belgium, 1973. Graduated in 1996 from the Institut Supérieur d'Architecture Victor Horta, he worked for three years with Olivier Bastin, Scheldt office in Brussels. He is an assistant architecture at the ULB - Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta since 2003.
Collaborators Architects.-
Aidas Krutejavas (1980, Lituania), MA and BA KU Leuven Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas. Working with V + since 2004.
Elodie Degavre (1982, The Netherlands), a graduate of ISACF La Cambre, Brussels. Assistant lecturer of architecture at the ULB - Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta since 2006. He collaborates with V + since 2006.
Philippe Buraud (1978, France), graduate of ENSAP, Bordeaux. Working with V + since 2007.
Sara Cremer (1982, Belgium), graduate of ISACF La Cambre, Brussels. Assistant lecturer of architecture at the ULB - Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta since 2011. He collaborates with V + since 2009.
Paul Mouchet (1982, France), graduate ISACF La Cambre, Brussels. Working with V + since 2010.
Celine de Vinck (1977, Belgium), graduate ISA Saint Luc, Brussels in 2002. Collaborates with V + since 2012.
Pacome Soissons (1989, France), Faculty of Architecture degree from the ULB in 2012. Collaborates with V + since 2012.
Valentin Bollaert (1986, France), graduate of ISA Saint Luc, Tournai in 2009. Collaborates with V + since 2013.
