The new headquarters of RTBF, Belgium's French-language public broadcaster, will be located around the Place des Médias, within a newly conceived media park, and will seek to establish a connection with its neighbor, the future VRT Flemish television building. The project reinterprets the archetype of the urban palace— a private residence with a public purpose— combining the art of creating public space with precision and the crafting of a personalized interior world. RTBF occupies the shared space of the city and is shaped by its users. The opacity of our historical reference is replaced by facades of infinite depth, openly revealing the inner workings within. The building becomes a "naked palace" that, through its outward simplicity, reflects a sense of unity and purpose.

Within its compact footprint, the building offers interior spaces that foster stimulating proximity between production, editorial, and administrative areas, encouraging interaction over hierarchy. The cross-section reveals the internal dynamics of the project, which superimposes and integrates three distinct worlds. Linked to the media square is the public world of studios. At the center lies the world of information, organized around the newsroom. And crowning it all is the world of offices, interspersed with a cascade of hanging gardens.

Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Program

New RTBF headquarters + studios & newsrooms

Location

Boulevard Auguste Reyers 52 – 1044 Brussels

Client
Conception

2015

Completion

2025

Status

Execution

Surface

38 000 m² HS & 25 750m² SS

Architects

MDW Architecture + V+ vers plus de bien‑être

Consultants

Tractebel
KAHLE
Bureau Bouwtechniek

Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF
Maison MDW - RTBF