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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 13
1 CONTEXT 21
Glaverbel and aGC Glass europe 23 aGC Glass europe and louvain-la-neuve 25 aGC Glass europe and aXa belGium 28 THe proCedure 29 THe desiGn and build Team 30 WorKinG in a buildinG Team 31 enerGY and THe european ConTeXT 39
2 aRChITECTURE 45
THe desiGn inTenTions 47 THe aula maGna and aGC Glass buildinG in louvain-la-neuve 53 THe siTe and iTs surroundinGs 57 THe orGaniZaTion oF THe plan 69 FleX-oFFiCe, a neW World oF WorKinG 81 THe GallerY 93
3 ENGINEERING 105
THe sTabiliTY oF THe buidinG 107 THe double sKin FaCade WiTH iTs Glass louvres 137 eXpansion/ConTraCTion oF THe FaCade’s
louvre-bearinG sTruCTure 149 ComForT 157 a nearlY Zero-enerGY buildinG 171 THe CHoiCe oF GlaZinG 181 opTimiZaTion oF visual ComForT and daYliGHT availabiliTY 183 THe buildinG’s TeCHniCal FaCiliTies 187 Fire saFeTY 203
4 aRT 213
pure GreYs and Colour 215 THe inTeGraTion oF arT 217 liGHT 3 219 THe deCor 224
aPPENDICES 241 CollaboraTion oFTHe buildinGTeam 242
breeam inTernaTional inTerim assessmenT reporT 244 CREDITS 251
CrediTs 252 General CapTions 255
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