140-Renault Factory

Refurbishment of the main façade zone

Brussels-Vilvoorde
BELGIUM

13 000 sqm. (1985); (01-140).
Invited competition entry; preliminary design

Services Performed:

– Architecture
– Mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering
– Structural engineering

Description:

2003.03.14

Renault wished to refurbish its Brussels factory, along with Foster’s Swindon project in Great Britain and Vasconi’s project in Boulogne Billancourt.

SAMYN and PARTNERS’ competition winning entry reuses the existing building structure and takes advantage of a 4 m wide zone, that is currently unused, along the façade and on each of the three levels of this multi level “factory”.

Such zone safely reorganise all pedestrian traffic in the factory, and offers a greenhouse to improve an otherwise uninviting industrial environment.

Main Bibliography:

PROFIL D’UN ARCHITECTE – PROFIEL VAN EEN ARCHITEKT, Sint-Lukas Archief, 1989, 112 pp.; (Belgium).

Credits:

Architecture and Engineering: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS All projects are designed by Philippe Samyn who also supervises every drawing

Structural Engineering: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS with SETESCO (sister company 1986-2006) or INGENIEURSBUREAU MEIJER (sister company since 2007) if not mentioned

Services engineering: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS with FTI (sister company since 1989) if not mentioned

01-140	RENAULT INDUSTRY, VILVOORDE.
Client:	RENAULT INDUSTRY.
Architecture:	A. Charon, J. Mouvet, N. Laporte, D. Spantouris, Ch. Van Deuren.
Structure:	Samyn and Partners
Services:	Samyn and Partners