DESIGN / BRIEF

Sebastiano was part of the project team at Conix Architects in Brussels, for the design of a new 240-apartment complex located in the city’s outskirts.

The project was undertaken for the ‘Bouygues’ group developers and the brief was to create a series of medium-density, low-cost apartments with basement parking, on a former sports ground site. The new complex was designed as a series of independent, inter-connected blocks of varying heights that follow the slope of the land and surrounding density of neighbouring building types. The apartments were built around the perimeter of the site to allow for a large communal courtyard garden for the neighbourhood and occupants.

The materials used were primarily masonry and two tones of brickwork to vary and distinguish forms and variation through window frame configurations helps provide detail and relief from the monolithic forms.

Energy efficient initiatives include rainwater harvesting to underground tanks for use as grey water, significant use of insulation and green roofs throughout.