Museum of european History

Bruxelles, Belgium
Blick vom Park auf das Museum
Photo © Christian Richters
Gläsernes Implantat
© Christian Fabris
Lichtfuge mit Freitreppe
Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour
Fassadenanschluss Neu- an Altbau
Photo © Christa Lachenmaierr
Dachrand Glashaus
Photo © Christa Lachenmaierr
Blick vom nächtlichen Park auf das Museum
Photo © Christian Fabris
Architects
JSWD Architekten
Location
135, Rue Belliard, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Year
2017
Client
EU Parlament, EU Kommission
Team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, TPF engineering

Built in the 1930s, the “George Eastman” building was originally a dental clinic, is located in Leopold Park, at the heart of the European Quarter of Brussels. By creating a House of European History at this location, the park and its history are brought together with the current European condition. The existing building, in need of repairs, will be expanded with a transparent implant. The free exhibition box arrangement inside the glazed volume is purposely placed in contrast to the symmetry of the older building. During the day, the printed glass envelope frames the dynamic interior activities and filters the view; the unsophisticated
form of the overall volume predominates. At night, the envelope dissolves; the light reveals the interplay of the solid and empty volumes, offset against each other.

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