Symbiosis: for innovative circular management of urban resources
A sustainable circular city in which all resources are managed in an interconnected way, serving each other with the aim of combating climate change.
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…
METZESCHMELZ : building the new from the old or the StadtFabrik vision
The future Alzette Quarter is based on the vision of the Danish architects Cobe and Urban Agency, chosen by AGORA after an international competition. To create a dialogue between the industrial history of the site and its new uses, they propose to be guided by the “Stadtfabrik “ concept of…
The industrial wasteland: a fascinating urban planning study subject
During the urban planning study on the Alzette Quarter, students architects were interested in the major AGORA project. And the aim was? To suggest their own ideas and train for the job on a site unique of its type. Supervised by their teachers from the Münster School of Architecture (MSA),…
Belval South: Priority for families
The last piece of the puzzle in Belval, in the Belval South quarter, AGORA wants to develop a universe for a comfortable family life in the heart of the urban density and the hectic bustle of the city. Multiplying the forms of housing for young families while avoiding the housing…
From remediation to provision of site services
Nothing pleases Vanessa Villeneuve more than putting on her hard hat and construction site equipment: she loves field work more than anything else. A civil engineer from the Charente region, she is responsible at AGORA for taking charge of infrastructure projects as well as monitoring the remediation concept and the…
From Belval to Rodange, AGORA anticipated the development of the South
Conducted by the Luxembourg government and ArcelorMittal in 1997, three years before the creation of AGORA, the AGIPLAN study identified a development potential on ten or so sites totalling 650 hectares of industrial wasteland. An area five times bigger than Belval's. A huge territory to reinvent. AGORA has been working…
Belval, an ambitious urban project at European Level
First-time visitors to Belval are dazzled by the imposing character of the blast furnaces and the university quarter built on the industrial remains of the former site. There is good reason. Even AGORA collaborators, though they are experts who have seen others, continue to be impressed by the scale of…
Belval, a quarter with a design based on a bold masterplan
The musicians of the orchestra interpret the pieces strictly following a score. In urban planning, the same thing happens: architects, engineers, landscape and urban planners always work from a masterplan, a reference planning document built around the same vision, the same consistency and the same game plan. The Belval masterplan,…
The birth of AGORA, a development company unlike any other
Before a university, a park, a shopping centre and a complete living environment was built in Belval to the delight of its new residents, there was a vast wasteland and strong political will to revive the area. This is how the State of Luxembourg and the giant ArcelorMittal have joined…