Djao-Rakitine

Ban de Gasperich New Business DistrictLuxembourg City, LuxembourgDescription: Pedestrian open spaces of the new Cloche d'Or business districtLocation: Luxembourg City, LuxembourgStages: Concept design to detailed designPeriod: 2016 - 2017Area: 1.5 hectaresClient: Grossfeld DevelopmentUrban planning: Andrew Phillips ArchitectsEngineer: TR EngineeringDR Team: Irene Djao-Rakitine, Chun Wing Fok"Ilot B" is a new business district within the new Ban de Gasperich Masterplan in Luxembourg City.Together with Andrew Phillips, Djao-Rakitine has been developing a network of pedestrian open spaces distributing the office buildings.It includes a series of courtyards, pedestrian streets and piazzas, designed to incorporate significant level changes across the site as well as run-off management. Run-off is collected through a series of brass channels, grilles and fountains aiming to celebrate the presence of water. A custom made palette of concrete based materials is used across the site for paving and retaining walls.An urban manual including palette of vegetation, furniture and materials suitable for different typologies of open spaces has been developed for the different districts of the masterplan.Also see

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