Gare Maritime in the media
01.12.2020
That the Gare Maritime would be an eye-catcher proves the articles that have appeared about this particular project.
Neutelings Riedijk Architects creates a human-scale covered city in the huge converted goods station in Brussels with hot CLT and floor-to-ceiling glazing.
Gare Maritime, a landmark in the Belgian capital, has been transformed into a sustainable space for work and shops by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek.
Gare Maritime, once Europe's largest freight station on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels, has been transformed into an indoor city with a mixed programme of working and shopping and plenty of public space to relax. Under impressive steel roofs, Neutelings Riedijk Architects designed the new Gare Maritime as a city quarter; 'a city where it never rains'.
THE OLD GARE MARITIME IN BRUSSELS REOPENS WITH A NEW DESIGN BY NEUTELINGS RIEDIJK
The endless corridors of the station, a marvel of steel architecture, have become an urban interior: today they house the largest building made of laminated wood on the entire European continent.
Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Bureau Bouwtechniek have converted a railway station in Brussels into a mixed-use development, the largest CLT project in Europe.
Jan de Moffarts Architects, Bureau Bouwtechniek, Ney & Partners and Boydens carried out the restoration of the old railway sheds. The riveted lattice girders and three-hinged trusses were carefully restored and strengthened in places.
The treasury that the Thurn & Taxis site represents for Brussels continues to spout jewels. The latest jewel in this urban crown is the renovation cum redesign of the Gare Maritime freight station into a covered collection of new pavilions in wood, where working, shopping and relaxing are given a place surrounded by greenery and sheltered from the weather.
