PRIMARY STRUCTURE – Kanal Brussels, 2019

This studio takes place in the Brussels Canal Zone. Through the lens of Gilbert & George, we explore the area on foot. A series of walks is documented and becomes the basis for selecting two sites for intervention.

Why these two places?

Gilbert & George, The General Jungle or Carrying on Sculpting (1971).

Perhaps the connection is familial: two Pakistani brothers, one running a kebab shop, the other a second-hand car garage. Perhaps they are two vacant plots of exactly the same width. Two squatted buildings with an industrial past, coincidentally both occupying a corner. Or two mirrored houses facing each other from opposite sides of the canal.

The relationship may be obvious or accidental, spatial or social, factual or constructed. What matters is that the two sites begin to speak to one another. After closely observing and documenting what is already there, the two projects are developed simultaneously.

Like a game of chess, every move on one side demands a countermove on the other.

Research

fig 502A, END MODEL CNC

fig 502B, END MODEL CNC

fig 502C, END MODEL CNC

fig 501A, END MODEL

fig 501B, END MODEL

fig 501C, END MODEL

fig 500A, A. Lavalléestraat

fig 500B, A. Lavalléestraat

fig 500C, A. Lavalléestraat

fig 500D, A. Lavalléestraat

fig 499A, DAUWSTRAAT MODEL

fig 499B, DAUWSTRAAT MODEL

fig 499C, DAUWSTRAAT MODEL

fig 499D, DAUWSTRAAT MODEL

fig 498A, Final maquette

fig 498B, Final maquette

fig 498C, Final maquette

fig 497A, PICARDSTRAAT DETAILSECTION

fig 496A, DAUWSTRAAT DETAILSECTION

fig 495A, TOWER

fig 495B, TOWER

fig 495C, TOWER

fig 495D, TOWER

fig 494A, BEEKSTRAAT

fig 494B, BEEKSTRAAT

fig 494C, BEEKSTRAAT

fig 493A, Axonometric NG17

fig 492A, Section A110

fig 491A, Section A110

fig 490A, Housing tower – AXO

fig 489A, Tandartsenpraktijk

fig 488A, Huisartsenpraktijk

fig 487A, maquettefoto A. Lavalléestraat

fig 486A, A110 – 2M wide cohousing

fig 485A, roof structure

fig 484A, Work in progress model CNC-site

fig 483A, DETAIL – brick meets wood

fig 482A, Betonnen wafelstructuur

fig 481A, test materiality – housing tower

fig 480A, NG17 – preliminary design 06/05 – hostel + offices

fig 480B, NG17 – preliminary design 06/05 – hostel + offices, Part of structure with cantilever

fig 479A, detail – wood & wood connection

fig 479B, detail – wood & wood connection

fig 479C, detail – wood & wood connection

fig 478A, Work in progress – Dauwstraat, Processed with VSCO with preset

fig 477A, Structure Beekstraat

fig 476A, Structure LaVallée

fig 475A, Model housing tower

fig 474A, Stut-opties

fig 473A, test housing tower

fig 472A, detail – concrete & wood connection

fig 471A, Werkmaquettes concept DAUWSTRAAT/PICARDSTRAAT, Processed with VSCO with preset

fig 471B, Werkmaquettes concept DAUWSTRAAT/PICARDSTRAAT, Processed with VSCO with preset

fig 470A, work in progress

fig 470B, work in progress

fig 469A, housewithonepencil.

fig 468A, Review Primary structure – Kanal Brussels, Processed with VSCO with m5 preset

fig 467A, KANAL review KUL UCL ULB

fig 467B, KANAL review KUL UCL ULB

fig 467C, KANAL review KUL UCL ULB

fig 466A, Wachtstaven

fig 465A, vertrapping

fig 464A, work in progress

fig 464B, work in progress

fig 463A, FUNDERING

fig 462A, Werfbezoek hoofdkwartier BNP Paribas Fortis

fig 462B, Werfbezoek hoofdkwartier BNP Paribas Fortis

fig 462C, Werfbezoek hoofdkwartier BNP Paribas Fortis

fig 461A, volumestudie

fig 460A, workshop

fig 460B, workshop

fig 459A, GEORGE & GILBERT

fig 459B, GEORGE & GILBERT

fig 458A, werf, Aldi. Sint-Niklaas

fig 458B, werf, Aldi. Sint-Niklaas

fig 457A, belibel

fig 456A, Collage Rules

fig 455A, l’unionfaitlaforce

fig 454A, hopvandenbrandenstraat.

fig 453A, Tree Tops 2.0

fig 452A, Structure, Libelco

fig 452B, Structure, Libelco

fig 451A, bOb

fig 451B, bOb

fig 451C, bOb

fig 451D, bOb

fig 450A, House Botte – bOb Van Reeth

fig 449A, Marc-Antoine Laugier ‘Essay on Architecture’

fig 449B, Marc-Antoine Laugier ‘Essay on Architecture’

fig 448A, Enclosed house

fig 447A, Enclosed house

fig 446A, depotdesign

fig 445A, George&Gilbert

fig 444A, renovated structure

fig 443A, Enclosed houses

fig 443B, Enclosed houses

fig 442A, collage de canal.brussels á la G&G

fig 441A, Collage Gilbert and Georges

fig 440A, Repitition

fig 439A, wonen VS industrie

fig 438A, Collage geïnspireerd op Gilbert & George

fig 437A, Gilbert & George

fig 436A, Adjacent

fig 435A, Old vs. new

fig 434A, VERNACULAR

fig 433A, George&Gilbert

fig 432A, Visible structure, structural detail 1

fig 431A, mapping trough the lens of G&G

fig 430A, hopvandenbrandenstraat.

fig 430B, hopvandenbrandenstraat.

fig 430C, hopvandenbrandenstraat.

fig 429A, Gilbert & George