Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Program

335 housing units, Sports Hall & public space

Location

Rue Rempart des Moines – 1000 Brussels

Client

Logement bruxellois & Régie foncière

Conception

2019

Completion

2028

Status

Planning

Surface

54 880 m²

Architects

LAN Paris (architects) + MDW Architecture + Coloco (Landscape)

Consultants

Greisch, Matriciel

Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines

At the heart of Brussels' Pentagon, the Dansaert district is set to gradually reconnect the five blocks of the Rempart des Moines, which were disrupted in the 1960s. The competition brief was clear : a complete overhaul of the buildings on the site. This condition necessitated a full reconfiguration of the area and, given its scale, an alteration of the district's urban morphology.

The project consists of 340 housing units, divided into three distinct typologies : a classic curtain-court island with a generous green core at the center of the site; a denser, open-plan island with patios in the southern section; and a bow-shaped building to the north that establishes a direct relationship with Square Jacques Brel. The arrangement and alignment of these blocks shape a central trapezoidal public space, encompassing three key elements: the pre-existing Institut Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, a sports hall, and a pavilion dedicated to community facilities. In this way, the architecture reestablishes a morphology that is consistent with its surrounding context.

The project was selected following a tender process led by Logement Bruxellois and the Régie Foncière de la Ville de Bruxelles. The TEAM 5+ consortium includes architects MDW Architecture and LAN Paris, landscape and urban planners COLOCO, and engineering consultants GREISCH and MATRICIEL

Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines
Maison MDW - Rempart des Moines