Architecture at the service of an avant-garde Belval for cycling and driving.
Jim Clemes and Nico Thurm have designed an impressive cycle bridge to link Belval to Esch-sur-Alzette, as well as sections of the new Micheville link between France and Luxembourg.
Co-living, co-working: new trends or new life ambitions?
Areas redesigned as fully-fledged living spaces are springing up on the outskirts of cities. The new ways of working are changing the way we view our workplaces and with the adoption of environmental issues are giving rise to a whole new way of looking at ones “home”. New trends or…
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…
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…
When the building feeds the city
In Belval, AGORA is partnering with property developers carefully selected for their references and know-how. Gilles Bindels is one of them. The company he founded in 2009, Luxembourg Capital, has long been involved in the development of the site. After the Southlane Towers and the launch of the OMNIA residential…
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…
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…
Urban mobility: car-free cities?
What are the issues for urban mobility within the Belval quarter? "The project was born in 2001 and at that time the subject of mobility was already very important," declares Thomas Rau immediately. There was real demand from the municipalities concerned to reduce private transport. Their fears were that the…
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…