Place des Bassins: a dream come true for architect Shahram Agaajani
Designing the Place des Bassins, imagining a new public squareon the remains of the former Belval sintering basins, was a stimulating challenge for the architects Metaform and Latz + Partner. Combining the new with the old, overcoming the depths of the basins and imagining multiple public uses: the task fascinated…
METZESCHMELZ: a participatory architectural and urban planning competition!
In order to design the foundations of the future Alzette Quarter, teams of architects, urban planners and landscape architects attended an intensive week-long design workshop watched by citizens who were invited to discuss their dreams for this territory at the same time. Interview with Jörg Faltin, the great orchestrator of…
Alzette-Belval: an exemplary cross-border collaboration towards an IBA?
In the wake of the Belval and Alzette revitalisations, a new Franco-Luxembourg urban agglomeration is taking shape. Here is the story of the prefiguration of a cross-border IBA, under the aegis of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC - Alzette Belval. In the long run, the IBA could…
Live at the office, work at home: new formulas break the rules
The Millenium residential complex developed in Belval by the Luxembourg developer Tralux is based on a provision of 104 apartments. A large number of housing formulas have been put forward in this wide range of proposals. This was AGORA’s initial choice, when it launched the call for submission of projects…
The sociologist in urban design
Developing the urban environment is a complex adventure. The constraints are of course technical, technological and spatial. They are also social: the city, a living and shared space, is experienced and lived in by a wide variety of users. This is why AGORA frequently chooses to integrate the perspective of…
