African Design Magazine March 2016 | Page 54

ROJECT TEAM ARCHITECTS: UNStudio with JaspersEyers Architects CLIENT: TD Immo Invest BVBA LOCATION: Brussels, Belgium BUILDING SURFACE: 48 000m2 MAIN CONTRACTOR: CFE NV – BPC Brabant LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Lodewijk Baljon landschapsarchitecten seating, where the elevators to the apartments are also located. The apartments in Le Toison d’Or vary in size from small to large, enabling a varied demographic of city residents. To ensure high levels of daylight in the interiors, the floor to ceiling heights reach at least 2.7m in living areas. For the apartments situated along the Avenue de la Toison d’Or, this height increases to more than 3m. Open kitchens in the form of large furniture elements create an informal entertaining space in the heart of the apartments and determine the circulation through the spaces. Le Toison d’Or has been developed with high standards of sustainability. Main features are the excellent thermic isolation of the façade (including triple glazing), a high standard of acoustic insulation, an inventive cogeneration installation system for both the apartments and the retail units and the use of glass-fiber reinforced concrete. AD