Xaveer De Geyter architecten (XDGA)

new Schuman square . Brussels

Xaveer De Geyter architecten (XDGA) . one schuman

The architects bureau Xaveer de Geyter from Brussels is the laureate of the international urban design competition for the redevelopment of the new Schuman square. The bureau is assisted by Tritel (mobility), Ney and Partner (stability) and Michel Desvigne (landscape architecture).
The competition was organized by BELIRIS in association with the International Union of Architects; the jury consisted of representatives of the Federal State, the Brussels Capital Region (among whom the Brussels Master Architect Olivier Bastin), the European Commission, the European Council, the City of Brussels and a team of international experts.
In the meantime, the project will be further elaborated with the main public shareholders and the residents concerned; the realization of the project is planned for 2015; the project cost is estimated at € 16 million.
An exhibition with a survey of all introduced projects is planned in the beginning of 2012.

The jury particularly appreciated the strength, elegance, readability and simplicity of the project, which proposes a real attractivity and identity to the square, and both succeeds in solving most of the technical and practical issues in a single urban gesture. The jury also highlighted the capacity of the project to create a new urban focus point without damaging the existing important focus points, especially as far as the project enhances the link with the surroundings, for example the Jubilee Park.