AHI Architectural Heritage Intervention

“Contributing to enhancing our heritage, as the way forward for 21 st Century architecture is our raison d’être; to emphasize a diverse, rich vision that necessarily complements the intervention is our mission, and achieving it with reflexive and purposeful efforts is the challenge”.

This project, founded in, and directed since, 2011 by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal, architects and members of the Group of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA), has, through the years become a platform that includes four actions that are both independent and transversal.
 
The European Award, a biennial event that brings together and showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.

The International Biennial, a framework that serves to compare and gain closer insight of quality interventions in architectural heritage in non-European countries.

The digital Archive, a live and open window that provides a panoramic view of interventions in the history of our surroundings.

The Forum, a meeting place where you can participate in on-going debates about the main preoccupations and lines of thought about interventions in architectural heritage in Europe.

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La Roue School

  • La Roue School
  • La Roue School
  • La Roue School
  • La Roue School

Built in 1935, the school and its interior have been listed as a monument since 2007. This project marks its first large-scale restoration. Originally a primary school, the renovation program included the introduction of a kindergarten. To avoid major demolitions in the main building by accommodating the new program, a new extension was added at the far end of the courtyard, replacing a temporary structure. Several shared functions were placed in the original building to minimize the extension’s footprint. As a result, its ground occupation is less than that of the demolished elements, which preserves the surface area of ​​the courtyard. This four-story building includes a multipurpose room and an amphitheater, accessible to all students from both the playground and the new building. Inscribed in a dense urban fabric lacking public spaces, the school also serves as a communal hub during holidays and after school hours. The sport hall, grand foyers, showers, dining areas, courtyard, and extension facilities are accessible to the neighborhood.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7

Year

2021

Author

AAC Architecture
Marc Vande Perre, Céline Vandewynckel

Project team

Marianne Decroly, Toon Possemiers, Eric Bruyère

External collaborators

Stability engineering: UTIL
Technical Installations and Energy performance: CENERGIE
Acoustic specialist: ATS

City

Brussels

Country

Belgium

Surface area sqm

3.150

Cost €

7.649,957

Client

Public
Municipality of ANDERLECHT, Buildings & Housing

Original Programme

Education

Programme

Education

© Photographer

Nicolas da Silva Lucas

Períod

Modernism

Type of intervention

Restoration / addition

Level of intervention

Total / Integral