Bruxelles.Projects 5. Les Halles de Schaerbeek. Musée Félicien Rops Namur, Belgium Filip Roland museum

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1 Bruxelles Projects 5 Created 07-Jul-12 By Menno Trautwein, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Musée Félicien Rops Namur, Filip Roland museum 2 Théâtre National de la Communauté Wallonie Bruxelles Musée de la Photographie Les Halles de Schaerbeek 5 Brussels, Cooparch - RU dance theater, music theatre, theatre 3 Zenith Tower 6 Brussels, SCAU office Brussels, SCA es Associés theatre 4 Charleroi, l'escaut museum 1

2 photo: Reiner Lautwein / Musée Félicien Rops photo: Reiner Lautwein / Rue Fumal Namur The emphasis given to the extensive collection of artist Félicien Rops, housed in the museum devoted to him in his home city of Namur, bears witness to the sensitivity with which the architect and scenographer Filip Roland has used materials and light to enable us to penetrate the imaginary world of Rops' oeuvre photo: Reiner Lautwein / , Interior architect Artist Filip Roland Anne Jones Ministry of French-speaking Community of Wallonia-Brussels Tuesday - Sunday:

3 photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart Théâtre National de la Communauté Wallonie Bruxelles Boulevard Emile Jacqmain Brussels After 40 years of existence in the now-demolished Tour Rogier in Brussels, the French Community of 's first stage began a new phase in its existence in 2004, the most obvious sign of which is its installation in a brand new building The project has been designed together with es Associés, L'Escaut and Atelier Gigogne photo: Marie-Françoise Plissart Main designer, SCA es Associés Atelier Gigogne l'escaut Ministry of French-speaking Community Wallonia-Brussels Tuesday - Sunday:

4 photo: Gilbert Fastenaekens / photo: Gilbert Fastenaekens / Musée de la Photographie Avenue Paul Pastur Charleroi The Musée de la Photographie, holding a representative collection tracing the world history of photography (80000 images and 3 million preserved negatives), has positioned itself as a reference in the field of photography in Europe Housed since 1987 in a neo-gothic building - a former Carmelite convent - in Mont-sur-Marchienne near Charleroi, the museum has undergone major works, headed by the Brussels-based architecture firm l'escaut The museum's new wing includes a library, a conference and projection room, a cafeteria, a workshop for children and exhibition rooms for the presentation of contemporary large format photography The construction methods employed, such as the use of cross-laminated, solid wood panels as structural supports for the cantilever, drawing on the experience of Yves Weinand in the field of stability, make it the first of its kind in Europe Visual artist Jeanine Cohen contributed with the colouring of the fine aluminium profiles covering the façade photo: Gilbert Fastenaekens / Artist Structural engineer l'escaut Jeanine Cohen Yves Weinand Ministry of the French-speaking Community Wallonia-Brussels Tuesday - Sunday:

5 photo: Sébastien Reuzé / photo: Sébastien Reuzé / Les Halles de Schaerbeek Rue Royale Sainte-Marie 22b 1030 Brussels The exemplary nature of the undertaking is defined in the Halles de Schaerbeek by the progressive interventions in the development of an innovative cultural project It is the product of the determination of a handful of cultural operators, on the sidelines of institutional circuits, to save a former indoor market at the eleventh hour Three decades of battling and successive building works since 1973 have enabled the premises to be saved and endowed with a cultural vocation, serving as both a showcase and an instrument for multimedia creation and diffusion 'Les Halles' are now internationally acknowledged for their programming whilst not losing sight of their roots within the district 2003 Cooparch - RU Ministry of French-speaking Community of Wallonia-Brussels photo: Sébastien Reuzé / Tram: 25, 92 or 94 / Bus STIB: 65 or 66 / Bus De Lijn: 270, 271 or 272 / Métro: Botanique 5

6 photo: Isabelle et Florian Haerdter photo: Isabelle et Florian Haerdter Zenith Tower Boulevard du Roi Albert Brussels The Zenith Tower forms a key element in the composition of the Schaerbeek business district, at the end of the perspective down avenue Albert II Its vertical division reinforces its axial position and in the central section allows hanging gardens, suspended in balconies over the avenue The lateral façades composed of a double skin propose a chromatic game in the interstitial surfaces, where pleated, shimmering window breasts appear to reduce solidity The tower changes its appearance according to the angle of vision or the inclination of the light Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Urban planner SCAU Codic Marine photo: Isabelle et Florian Haerdter 6