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IEDER ZIJN HUIS: THE RENOVATION OF A
MODERNIST SOCIAL HOUSING TOWER BLOCK
CHARLOTTE NYS
ORIGIN ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING
THE RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE IEDER ZIJN HUIS SOCIAL TOWER BLOCK
COMPLIES WITH CURRENT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INSULATION, COMFORT,
FIRE SAFETY, ACOUSTICS AND SAFETY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILDING, ITS LAYOUT AND
ORGANISATION, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL LOGIC. THE RESOURCES USED
AND THE RESULTS OF THIS AMBITIOUS OPERATION, WHICH INCLUDED PROBLEMS
REGARDING HOUSING, ECONOMICS, ENERGY AND HERITAGE, ARE PRESENTED HERE.
The following contribution is a presentation of the renovation project of
the Ieder Zijn Huis modernist tower
block in Evere. Through Beliris, the
federal government has undertaken
to renovate this building. Beliris
determined the general building
programme, including the important principle that the homes must
comply with current regulations, in
particular the Energy Performance
of Buildings (EBP) regulations.
This had to be done with the necessary respect for and/or conservation of this heritage's characteristics. For this project the building
history research was carried out
by Ghent University, the building
physics and acoustics were studied
by Daidalos Peutz, the techniques
were studied by Marcq en Roba
and the stability and architecture
by Origin.
Belgium has an exceptionally
rich and extensive heritage when
it comes to social (i.e. govern-
ment-assisted) housing. The construction of social housing has
played an active role in the history
of our Belgian architecture.
Pictured are two garden city buildings (fig. 1 and 2) and two tower
blocks (fig. 3 and 4). This recent
heritage was built between the
1920s and the 1970s. The difficulty with these homes is that they
often do not achieve current comfort requirements or comply with
EPB regulations. Heritage buildings are all too often in a terribly
dilapidated state. They are mostly
unlisted, which means that this
valuable heritage is in danger of
being lost.
Ieder Zijn Huis is located in Evere.
A defining feature of this building
is that the tower is long, narrow
and high: 9 m wide, 90 m long
and 50 m high. In 1954, Willy
Van Der Meeren received the
design commission from mayor
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Franz Guillaume, a socialist who
was very interested in this type of
residence. Initially, Le Corbusier
had been asked to build this tower
block. When he declined, Franz
Guillaume turned to Willy Van Der
Meeren. There were two calls for
tenders because the initial price
was too high. Construction began
in 1959 and the building was delivered in 1961.
WILLY VAN DER MEEREN
AND HIS CONSTRUCTION
PRINCIPLES
Willy Van Der Meeren was born in
1923 and died in 2002. He trained
as an architect at the La Cambre
modernist school of architecture.
Van Der Meeren is best known
for the CECA house, which he
designed together with Leon Palm
as a solution to the acute housing
shortage at that time. It was an
inexpensive labourer's cottage that
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Contents
EDITORIAL
A WORD OF WELCOME
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS WHEN RENOVATING?
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE: COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGES?
URBAN FORMS, TYPOLOGY AND IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF OLD BRUSSELS BUILDINGS
THE LISTED HOUSES OF THE LE LOGIS AND FLORÉAL GARDEN CITIES ADAPTATIONS TO CURRENT ENERGY AND COMFORT NEEDS
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN LE LOGIS AND FLORÉAL
ANALYSIS OF UNCERTAINTIES IN DYNAMIC THERMAL SIMULATIONS FOR OLD HOUSING: A CASE STUDY OF ONE APPARTMENT AND ONE HOUSE IN THE PARIS REGION
RISK ANALYSIS FOR APPLYING INTERIOR INSULATION IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS: A CASE STUDY OF THE FORMER VETERINARY SCHOOL IN ANDERLECHT
IEDER ZIJN HUIS: THE RENOVATION OF A MODERNIST SOCIAL HOUSING TOWER BLOCK
HE BRUNFAUT TOWER: PRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN CHALLENGES OF A RENOVATION
PRESENTATION AND RESULTS OF THE “PLAGE” PROJECTS LOCAL ACTION PLANS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT
THE BELGIAN BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A CONTRIBUTION TO HERITAGE MAINTENANCE EXPLORING THE TRAINING OF HERITAGE ADVISORS SPECIALISING IN ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE RENOVATION OF A BRUSSELS HOUSE: A CHALLENGE FOR BUILDING TRADESMEN
CONCLUSION
COLOPHON
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