llse became an architect at St-Lucas Brussels in 2003. She has been a BB'er since 2006. She is part of Team Architecture (French-speaking).
Architect: KCAP Architects&Planners, evr-Architecten i.c.w. Bureau Bouwtechniek
Client: Stadsontwikkeling Antwerpen Zuid NV
Surface: 15.000 m²
Timing: 2014 - 2019
Status: Executed
Photographer: Sarah Blee
Advisors: Establis (stability), CES (EPB, techniques)
At 80 metres, this tower rises like a new icon for Antwerp South, at a link location between Antwerp city centre and the river Scheldt.
The 15,000 m² building has a four-storey substructure and a 26-storey tower. The ensemble is characterised by a wide variety of housing typologies for different target groups: young families, the elderly, singles and working couples. Given the special location on the park, a large number of dwellings are at ground level.
The façades provide space for individual infill with terraces, gardens, winter gardens and/or garden sheds. The receding façade surfaces are designed as collective green gardens for the residents.
The plinth contains a double-height passage, lobbies for the offices and flats and an active ground-level residential programme.
The new 24-storey residential tower containing 141 flats is to be the most ecological tower in all of Flanders. The insulation and ventilation techniques envisaged are so advanced that its energy consumption will be four times below the current building standard. Indeed, average energy consumption in the residential tower would be limited to 15 kWh per cubic metre.
The tower will be connected to the heat network of a thermal power plant. Initially, the heat will be produced using natural gas, then residual heat from nearby businesses. Eventually, the aim is to connect half of the city of Antwerp to this heat network.We built a BIM model in collaboration with stability consultancy Establis. We were responsible for the discipline model Architecture.
The major challenge in this project was managing an extensive library of exterior joinery elements. As many as 406 unique joinery types were needed to build the various facades.
Through a thorough system of nested subcomponents and a well-thought-out and proven parameter structure, a detailed, comprehensive and complete statement of measurements was generated from the BIM model.
This project also prompted us to develop a number of Revit addins that automate the creation of large plan sets.
From Team Architecture (private sector Antwerp, Limburg, Flemish Brabant and Brussels) (3)
