The goal of the project was to give a new identity to the administration of Etterbeek and bring together all the different functions in one building the city administration a public social action center and a local police station. We designed this particular shape to increase communication and flux between existing neighborhoods. The organic shapes flow around public spaces creating plazas, paths and courtyards.
The administrative building houses, the new City Hall of Etterbeek, the Public Social Action Center of Etterbeek and a local police station. The City Hall structure consists of prefabricated and in-situ concrete in combination with steel girders and trusses in more difficult areas. The facing system is a steel curtain wall on which are placed fiber concrete sunshades. Indoor divisions were constructed using glass partitions, light gypsum board structures, gypsum blocks and concrete blocks.
▼建筑外观,external view of the building ©Georges De Kinder