204-Morgan Guaranty Trust

Euroclear Operations Centre

Brussels
BELGIUM

28 600 sqm. (1988); (01-204).
Invited competition entry

Services Performed:

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

Description:

2001.07.18

A quintessentially urban project entailing a main high-rise cylindrical building, covered with a dome, complemented by an adjacent low-rise building having a prismatic triangular form.

The tower, is 33.3 m in diameter and is free of internal columns due to its floor structure, which is composed of suspended spherical caps, and the remote location of lifts and service shafts.

Gentle curving staircases sweep around the two transparent external façades of the building.

Main Bibliography:

L’ARCA, n° 32, November 1989, pp. 97-98; (Italy).
GLAS – Architektur und Technik n° 4-96, August 1996, pp. 5-6; (Germany). – Jacopo della Fontana “SAMYN and PARTNERS; Architecture to be lived”, l’ARCA EDIZIONI, Milano, 1997; 171 pp.; (Italy).

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

01-204	EUROCLEAR OPERATIONS CENTRE, BRUSSELS.
Client:	MORGAN GARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW – YORK.
Architecture:	W. Azou, Y. Azizallahoff, A. Charon, P. Duthoit, F. Janssens de Bisthoven, T. Khayati, D. Mélotte, E. Robert, B. Selfslagh, Ph. Tircher, J. Van Rompaey.
Services:	MARCQ & ROBA