Barozzi Veiga and Tab Architects, to renovate the Jewish Museum of Belgium

Barozzi Veiga in collaboration with Tab Architects and Barbara Van Der Wee Architects won the competition for the renovation of the Jewish Museum of Belgium. The team has been selected between a shortlist of five both established and young agencies.

The proposal for the transformation of the museum—described by the jury as a ‘discrete and at the same time present integration in the urban fabric’—focuses on reinforcing the relationship between the cultural institution of the museum and the city of Brussels.

Street view, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

The project, designed by Barozzi Veiga team, aims to formulate a strong answer to reach a recognizable, peculiar, and open identity. Simultaneously, it seeks for an organization of the program in a clear and simple structure.

At the street level, wide display windows welcome visitors to enter from the street into the museum spaces. The ground floor hosts the book shop and the café, which are characterized by the presence of a central patio that brings light to all these functions.

Following a counterproposal to the competition brief, the temporary exhibition space occupies the underground level, while the permanent set-up is organized over four floors.

Last floor hosts a multipurpose space for 250 people, which opens to an exterior loggia that filters the relationship with the city of Brussels. The project maintains the existing façade of the building, which gets crowned with the new belvedere and offers magnificent views of the Palace of Justice and the Marolles.

With few precise gestures the project points to achieve its first objective: make the museum visible in the city and the city visible again from the museum. At the same time, the museum combines different public programs, aiming to be a dynamic place for openness, dialogue, and connection.

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Loggia, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

Access, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

Exhibition room, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

Square view, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

Night view, rendering. Jewish Museum of Belgium by Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects. Images courtesy of Barozzi Veiga

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Architects

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Barozzi Veiga, Tab Architects.
Restoration Architect.- Barbara Van Der Wee Architects.

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Collaborators

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Structural Engineers / façade consultant.- Ney & Partners BXL n.v.
Service Engeneers.- Studiebureau R Boydens nv.
Biophysics and acoustic consultant.- Daidalos Peutz bouwfysisch ingenieursbureau bvba.

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Client

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Beliris.
The French Community (named Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles).
Jewish Museum of Belgium.

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Conpetition, 2020.

Fabrizio Barozzi, Alberto Veiga. Barozzi Veiga

Fabrizio Barozzi born in Rovereto (Italy) in 1976. He currently lives and works in Barcelona.He graduated as an architect in 2003 by the University Institute of Architecture in Venezia. He completed his training in 1999 at the School of Architecture of Seville in 2001 while living in Paris.

He began his training partner in 2003 working as the office of William Vázquez Consuegra and later in 2004 is associated with Alberto Veiga and establish their own professional studio.

He has been Professor of Projects at International University of Catalonia in Barcelona from 2007 to 2009 and since 2009 is Associate Professor of Projects at the University of Girona.

Alberto Veiga (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), was born in 1973 and studied architecture at the School of Architecture of Navarre. After graduating, he worked as an assistant and planner in Patxi Mangado practices in 1997-2001. From 2001-03, he worked as a designer of Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, where he worked on a number of projects awarded. In 2004 he settled in EBV Architects with Fabrizio Barozzi. Projects currently teaches 3rd year at UIC.

EBV Architects is an architectural firm located in Barcelona and founded by Fabrizio Barozzi (Trento, Italy, 1976) and Alberto Veiga (Santiago, Spain, 1973) devoted to architecture, urbanism and interior design. The experience accumulated over the years in collaboration with renowned architects has allowed prestige EBV start a professional career where independent research plays a major role. The study EBV and has been awarded with many awards nationally and internationally.

Tom Debaere, Bert Bultereys. Tab Architects

Tab Architects is an architecture studio founded by Tom Debaere and Bert Bultereys in 2017 and based in Ghent, Belgium.

Bert Bultereys was selected for the Meesterproef (‘Masterpiece’) of the Vlaams Bouwmeester (‘Flemish Government Architect’). Shortly after its founding, Tab Architects was recognised as a promising young design firm by the City Architect of Ghent (Stadsbouwmeester Gent) and collaborated with the City Architect’s team on several theoretical studies. Tom Debaere has also given guest lectures at the Catholic University of Leuven.

Tab Architects has won several architecture competitions and has built a diverse portfolio. Recently, they completed The View, an exemplary residential project that is part of the Tweewaters masterplan in Leuven and features 160 housing units, commercial spaces, and communal facilities. The office is currently working on the execution of a cultural event site in the historical heart of Diksmuide, a multifunctional tower building for the Health Campus in Diepenbeek—representing a new interpretation of contemporary forms of collaboration and research—and the revitalisation of the Nieuw Gent district, a project encompassing a total of 380 residential units.

The work of Tab Architects has been published multiple times in specialised architectural media, including METALOCUS, A+, Bauwelt, Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen (OKV), and others.

Tab Architects is collaborating with Barozzi Veiga on the Abby Museum and two other prestigious projects: the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Casino-Kursaal in Knokke-Heist.

Published on: November 4, 2020

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