Article source: AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH

Between forward-facing high-rise buildings and blast furnaces of the past the new Steelyard square forms the center of Belval Ouest, a city development project which is currently constructed in Luxembourg on the grounds of a former steel mill. The disused industrial site´s atmosphere was characterized by wideness and roughness as well as pioneer plants such as mosses and birch. The former situation is necessarily literally covered by the new use and new design. Our major goal was it to let the now hidden qualities shine through the redesign.

Image Courtesy Roger Wagner

• Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH
• Project: LUX – Landscape design
• Location: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
• Client: Agora – société de développement,
• Competition: 12.2004
• Start of Construction: 07.2006
• Completion: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015
• Netto floor area: 10.000m2
• Planning: AllesWirdGut
• Collaborators: Paula Groß, Jan Schröder
• Photos: Roger Wagner

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