SAU launches tender process for reconfiguration of ground floor of BIP on Rue Royale

The Urban Planning Corporation (SAU) has published a public procurement notice advertised at European level for the appointment of a multidisciplinary project design team(*) to reconfigure the ground floor of BIP at 2-4 Rue Royale, 1000 Brussels. Located next to the Royal Palace, the complex of...
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SAU obtains planning permission for FRAME, the showcase for mediapark.brussels

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has obtained planning permission for the construction of the FRAME building, the future showcase for mediapark.brussels. Gilles Delforge, the director of the SAU, underlines that ‘This is an important step in the development of mediapark.brussels, where Frame...
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SAU seeks multidisciplinary team to design integrated support centre for drug users

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has published a European public procurement notice with a view to appointing a multidisciplinary team to design and oversee the construction of an integrated centre for vulnerable drug users. The Brussels Region has tasked the SAU with constructing the centre...
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SAU shortlists 5 of 59 proposals received for design of fire station and local sports facility

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU), working with the office of the Region’s Chief Architect, has drawn up a shortlist of 5 of the 59 proposals received in response to the European public procurement notice that it published in early November with a view to appointing the multidisciplinary team...
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SAU working on global energy strategy for Usquare.brussels

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU), which is coordinating the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles as part of the Usquare.brussels project, is working on the development of an energy management strategy for the twenty or so current and future buildings on the 3.85...
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SAU initiates circular economy approach for Usquare.brussels site

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has appointed a consortium run by ROTOR (together with SECO and 3DCM Consult) to assist it in setting up a circular economy approach for various demolition, construction and conversion operations on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks at the corner...
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Usquare.brussels gets rhythm with the programme ‘Decibels’ (RTBF)

From 9 to 13 March, the Usquare.brussels site got rhythm with the music programme ‘Decibels’. The RTBF teams set up shop in the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles to record the next six shows, to be broadcast from mid-April, spotlighting six renowned artists. This will further raise the...
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Usquare.brussels: geothermal test drilling in progress at the initiative of ULB and VUB

Two weeks of geothermal test drilling began on the Usquare.brussels site on Thursday 12 March. The drilling is an initiative of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in the context of the repurposing of several buildings of the former Fritz Toussaint...
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Usquare.brussels hosts recording of RTBF music programme ‘Decibels’

From 9 to 13 March, teams from the RTBF music programme ‘Decibels’ have set up shop in the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles to record the next six shows. This will further raise the profile of See U, the temporary occupation of Usquare.brussels initiated by the Urban Development...
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