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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Piscine d'Ixelles

  • Piscine d'Ixelles
  • Piscine d'Ixelles
  • Piscine d'Ixelles
  • Piscine d'Ixelles

Piscine d'Ixelles is the oldest swimming pool in the Brussels-Capital Region and one of the oldest in Belgium. Built between 1900 and 1904 by the architects Alexandre Cooreman and Jules Rau, the building has retained its main heritage features, with the exception of the roof structure, which was modified in 1945. The entire building is listed since 2007. This renovation project is the first total renovation of the site since its construction. The historic entrance from « Rue de la Natation » (The Swimming street), the pool and the individual changing cabins have been restored to their original state. The pool tank has been preserved as a historic example of early reinforced concrete. A newly-built extension provides an entrance and reception area for groups and people with reduced mobility. The entire building has been adapted to the contemporary swimming pool standards and energy performance requirements. The project pays tribute to the construction techniques used at the time by the implication of local craftsman and artisans.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7

Year

2024

Author

AAC Architecture
Céline Vandewynckel, Marc Vande Perre

Project team

Julie Hoogewys, Ana Miralles, Teodora Stefanova

External collaborators

Stability engineer - GREISCH: Mïchael Cant, Valérie Benats, Anne-Claire Olivier
Technical Installations and Energy performance -ECORCE: David Pulnus
Contractor: InAdvance - Valens

City

Brussels

Country

Belgium

Surface area sqm

3.613

Cost €

7.051.086

Client

Public
SPF-Beliris - Federal Public Service "Mobility and Transport"

Original Programme

Sports and Leisure

Programme

Sports and Leisure

© Photographer

Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

Períod

Eclecticism

Type of intervention

Transformation

Level of intervention

Total / Integral