Jeugdhuis 'Jeunes'
This youth centre in Brussels was designed as a contemporary town house by AgwA. The façade is composed of horizontal strips, alternating precast concrete elements with strips of windows. The windows have been divided into vertical segments by heavy wooden frames that tectonically appear to support the concrete bands. On the inside, the wooden window frames add a subtle luxurious gesture to the sober spaces. The interior was conceived as a split-level system, offering spatial openness while still defining discrete rooms. Designed inside out, the building breathes a straightforward brutalist atmosphere that contributes to the varied streetscape of Brussels.
- Louis De Mey
Composite Presence at Biennale Architettura 2021
This project is part of the exhibition Composite Presence in the Belgian pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
AgWa: "Jeunes, a youth house in Brussels questions the typology of the terraced house. The users dreamed of large open spaces, which was contradictory to the narrow and closed plot. By using split-levels wrapped around the central core, the project could develop in height, as a continuous unit without interruption. The horizontal windows disrupt the typological continuity of the street and inscribe the facility in this particular urban fabric."
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