This was my very first design exercise at Sint-Lucas. We had to chose one (or multiple) location(s) in Brussels and design a point, line and a plane. A point can be very small, like a streetlight or a tree, but it can also be huge, like a tower. A line can be a street, a long building, a tunnel, a repetition of skylights, etc. But it can also be taken vertically, like a tower. A plane can be a park but also the gigantic roof of a huge building. It can be the face of building. Even Richard Serra's large steel sculptures can be considered planes.
Location
The site is located behind the Academy Palace on top of the small ring between 'Belliardstraat' and 'Luxemburgstraat'. It features a museumtower and a large park.
Point
We had not yet started the physics course, so I decided to design without the rules of gravity. It was the last opportunity to do so. It became a museum located in a 93 m high tower. I wanted 8 galleries, two on each face of the tower. In the core there is a gigantic elevator (81 m²) going from ground level to the panorama deck. It stops at each gallery.
Line
I combined a repetition of skylights and a tunnel. I wanted to let the people in the tunnel feel when it's daytime, so I gave them a bit of sunlight. The existing tunnel has to be refurbished and new lanes in the other direction have to be added. It's part of the small ring.
Plane
The location is near Brussels' largest park, but I wanted to add another, meant for the visitors of the museum, the businessmen and women in the offices nearby and eventually politicians and diplomats who work in the surrounding area. I created all the park furniture, made of concrete. The benches are designed you can either sit or lie down on it. Finally I added some nice trees to the pattern.
