The Public Green, country and urban living at the same time
As a “private space open to the public”, the Public Green is not a park but a landscape of vegetation, surrounding and encircling the residential buildings, which local residents and visitors are invited to make their own. In Belval Nord, a calming white and green setting is revealed: the pristine…
Quality of life for all: AGORA’s winning bet
There are the students we see cycling past, riding on the cycle track on their own lane, to arrive on time for lectures. And the employees picnicking at lunchtime in the park a stone's throw from their offices. There are the residents shopping just outside their apartment block, and the…
When art interacts with urban vision
Art and the city are old friends. They have rubbed shoulders for thousands of years. In Pompeii, which was buries 2000 years ago, were found on the walls... almost 11,000 graffiti. As for the modern city, it too does not escape the enthusiasm of the artists. Whether it is street…
When urban planning draws on history
We are in 1850, between Belvaux and Esch. It’s Sunday and families are dressed in their Sunday best to stroll through what is now a recreational area full of nature. It must be said that the forest growing here, the “Escher Bësch”, is a very popular place. Also known as…
Jourdan Serderidis: a happy entrepreneur and developer in Belval
This is first of all a success story the European way. It all starts in 2003 when Jourdan Serderidis, a Greek entrepreneur who has made his career in Belgium, founds Arηs in Luxembourg. he name chosen by the young forty-year-old looks promising: Arηs, pronounced , is the son of Zeus…
Once upon a time there was… knowledge in Belval
In Belval, grey matter is the most fertile of resources. On the Terrasse des Hauts Fourneaux, a territory of knowledge and research, the buildings created by the Fonds Belval (Belval Fund) create an avant garde campus of teaching and research structures and innovative startups, from which the world of tomorrow…