- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: Carrière de pierre
Mons: The Latest Architecture and News
Mégalithes Stone Totems / Maignial Architectes & Associés + Mathieu Collos Architecture
Mons Memorial Museum / Atelier d'architecture Pierre Hebbelinck - Pierre de Wit
- Area: 2800 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: ACH Build
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Professionals: BE Greisch, Spiret&Prévert
Centre of Design-Mons Belgium / Matador Architects
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Architects: Matador Architects
- Area: 900 m²
- Year: 2015
The Woodland Cabin / De Rosee Sa
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Architects: De Rosee Sa
- Area: 35 m²
- Year: 2015
Video: Tour Through Mons International Congress Xperience with Daniel Libeskind
In light of the recent opening of Mons International Congress Xperience (MICX), Daniel Libeskind hosted a private tour through the conference center, explaining his thinking behind the building’s expressive form. The experience was captured on this short film by Spirit of Space with the intention to open the discussion up to a larger audience.
The building, an important new landmark in the Belgium city of Mons, is described by Libeskind as “an expression of contrasting geometric forms.” Aside form providing function and “lively” spaces for auditoria and conference use, the building aims to be “a hinge between the old city and the new.”
Mons International Congress Xperience (MICX) / Studio Libeskind + H2a Architecte & Associés
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Architects: H2a Architecte & Associés, Studio Libeskind
- Area: 12500 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, Bitubel, Triplaco Print Acoustics
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Professionals: Venac, CIT Blaton/Galère, NEO&IDES, Ney & Partners, Putman, +2
Covering of the courtyard of the Carré des Arts in Mons / Ney & Partners + AgwA
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Architects: AgwA, Ney & Partners
- Area: 3570 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: AgwA, Ney & Partners, Kahle Acoustics, Lixon, Veldeman
Naves Temporary Pavilion Proposal / Appareil
Designed by Appareil, their proposal for Naves, a temporary pavilion for the city of Mons, Capital of Culture in 2015, addresses a contextual relationship to the gothic surroundings as an exploration on lightness and transparency. Inspired by this historical context, this project explores structural and material logics to revisit the gothic arch; the ‘curve’ is examined as a bending element caught within a woven collaborative structure of glass fiber tubes, in which the use of compression is exchanged by the one of tension for the building to achieve maximum lightness. More images and architects' description after the break.