Gare Maritime, Brussels

Foto: Maxime Vermeulen

Foto: Achim Birnbaum

Location	Brussels, Belgium
Year of Construction	9/2018–11/2019
Architect	NEUTELINGS RIEDIJK ARCHITECTS, Rotterdam
Engineer	Ney & Partners, Brussels
Investor	Extensa Group, Brussels
Client	CFE Bouw Vlaanderen nv, Antwerpen
Products	6,000 m³ LENO (CLT) and 3,000 m³ Glulam Glue Laminated Timber, Laminate Veneer Lumber (LVL)
Services	Design, manufacture and assembly of the timber construction
Building Type	Office and Commercial
Contract Value	approx. 12,6 Mio. €

The Gare Maritime, consisting of seven interconnected historic railway station halls, was converted into a large office, shopping, gastronomy and event complex. ZÜBLIN Timber erected four or five-storey buildings in the halls 12 in pure wood construction, consisting of large ribbed ceilings (LENO Cross Laminated Timber board on glulam rib) on a support structure. In a twelve-month construction period, 9,000 m³ of timber was used, of which 6,000 m³ was LENO Cross Laminated Timber and 3,000 m³ glued laminated timber, 200 m³ veneer laminated timber and 80 m³ beech.

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Video Gare Maritime in Brussels (English 1:41)

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Time lapse (German 1:17)