Gare Maritime Brussels Mixed-Use, Building Transformation, Belgian Architecture Redevelopment Images
Gare Maritime in Brussels
12 Oct 2020
Gare Maritime Brussels Development
Design: Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Location: Brussels, Belgium, Europe
A city where it never rains

Gare Maritime, once Europe?s largest railway station for goods on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels, has been transformed into a covered city with a mixed program of working and shopping and plenty of public space to relax. Under impressive steel roofs Neutelings Riedijk Architects designed the new Gare Maritime as a city district; ?a city where it never rains?.
Public gardens and squares

The old station from the beginning of the 20th century consists of three larger and four smaller halls. Under the existing roofs of the side aisles, twelve wooden pavilions have been added to accommodate the new program. ?The pavillions create a new structure of boulevards and street, gardens and squares, that follows the existing urban context and the building structure in a natural way, like a true city.? Michiel Riedijk ? architect
The central space in the heart of the building has been kept open for public events. It has a pleasant climate which follows the changing of the seasons. Inspired by the ?Ramblas?, on both sides of the event space a green walking boulevard is created.
The 16 meters wide pedestrian routes give enough room for spacious inner gardens, with a hundred large trees. Gare Maritime counts...