Sadiq & Polack

BREYDEL EUROPEAN COMMISSION – BRUSSELS


1998

TYPE: Offices & Related Facilities
LOCATION: Brussels, Belgium
YEAR: 1998
SIZE: 60.000 m²
ARCHITECTS: Les Architectes Polak
CLIENT: COB & SOFICOM
STATUS: Completed

The Breydel 1 complex has been used as the temporary headquarters of the European Community. The upper section, a genuine crown of aluminium, extends the façade and its supporting elements in prefabricated concrete.

The Breydel 2 is a huge promotional office building intended to house 18,000m2 of offices behind a combination of granite and recessed curtain walls (collaborative project).