Intermodality, Cornerstone of the New Mobility Plan in Belval
Objective 2035 in Belval : Creating such an attractive network of trains, trams, buses, bike lanes, and shared parking that it will hardly ever be necessary to drive a car in the neighborhood. To develop this mobility concept that will make this dream possible, AGORA has been overseeing a working…
Live at the office, work at home: new formulas break the rules
With his colleague Vincent Prioux, from the Parisian agency PetitDidierPrioux, Cédric Petitdidier designed the Millenium residential complex for Belval, where different forms of housing, offices and workshops share the same space. A conversation with an architect who has sensed that working from home and different forms of flexible working can…
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…
Christine Muller, the architect engaging with the city
Author of one of the first masterplans of Belval, when the quarter was still in the study phase, the Luxembourg architect and urban planner Christine Muller has always disregarded the divisions between urban planning and architecture, in order to bring a singular vision of building in the city. Based on…
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…
Innovation: a solution to rising property prices?
Students, families, the elderly, local and international professionals... all profiles converge today in Belval. And in a global context of rising housing costs and intense demographic pressure in Luxembourg...
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…
The impact of transitional urban planning
It takes decades for a large-scale urban projects to become a reality. Years during which the site is dormant, biding its time wisely before its finest hour. A period of temporary lethargy when it needs regain some of its enchantment, in order to encourage occupation, which, though temporary, could be…