Call for project authors for the construction of 460 student rooms in Ixelles

The SAU is publishing a call for project designers for the creation of 460 affordable student rooms on the site of the former Gendarmerie barracks in Ixelles.
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International research centre inaugurated in the heart of Usquare.brussels: VUB and ULB expand with a beautifully renovated former barracks

On Thursday, 15 February, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) presented their new international research centre during an official inauguration. Designed with the circular economy in mind, this joint project between Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije...
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Usquare.brussels: the SAU is looking for a multidisciplinary team for the architectural design of the Brussels Autism Centre

The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region gave the go-ahead at the end of September for the establishment of the future Brussels Autism Centre on the Usquare.brussels site in Ixelles. He also entrusted the management of the project to the Urban Development Corporation (SAU), which has been coordinating the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks for several years now and which therefore has the task of making the Autism Centre a reality within the new Usquare.brussels district.
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Usquare.brussels: SAU extends See U temporary occupation programme

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has decided to extend See U, the temporary occupation programme for Usquare.brussels, the conversion project at the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, until March 2022. With the start of the first renovation work on the site drawing near, See U’s...
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SAU starts participatory process for the design of Usquare.brussels public spaces

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has invited local residents, temporary occupants and students to participate in the design phase of the redevelopment of 18,000 m2 of public spaces on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks at the corner of Boulevard Général Jacques and Avenue de la...
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Usquare.brussels: new phase in conversion of former Fritz Toussaint barracks

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort, and the rectors of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Annemie Schaus, and of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Caroline Pauwels, held a meeting yesterday to move forward Usquare.brussels, the project for the conversion of the former...
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See U, the Usquare.brussels temporary occupation programme, scoops prize at the Visit.brussels Awards

For more than 10 years now, the Visit.brussels Awards have honoured projects that have enhanced the prestige of Brussels, both nationally and internationally. In each of the competition’s nine categories, different initiatives which are helping to improve the quality of the reception accorded to...
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ULB and SAU launch competitive tender for the first renovations, restorations and transformations of buildings at Usquare.brussels

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) – acting on behalf of the two universities involved in the Usquare.brussels project, ULB and VUB – and the Urban Development Corporation (SAU) have published a European public procurement notice with a view to appointing the general contractor responsible for...
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Usquare.brussels: the Region issues planning permission to the SAU and to the universities ULB and VUB

Usquare.brussels, the conversion programme for the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, has just taken an important step forwards: the Brussels-Capital Region has issued planning permission for the first two projects for the renovation and repurposing of iconic buildings on the site. The...
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