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Project • By BAEB Bureau d’Architectes Emmanuel Bouffioux • Social Housing
Rixensart Housing
CONSTRUCTION OF 45 DWELLINGS: 25 SOCIAL RENTAL UNITS AND 20 PRIVATE UNITS
This project is part of a public-private partnership (PPP). It consists of several housing units for a public rental destination and other private units. These dwellings have been a research subject in order to reach the low energy standard.
THE PROJECT
Our project proposes the implantation of three buildings in open order and decreasing volumes towards the back of the site in order to reveal the natural slope of the undergrowth and the strong presence of the vegetation that comes with it. This choice of masterplan, while taking advantage of the strong characteristics of the site, responds both to the future municipal development plan under study an... More