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Introduction"Le Miramar" it's a building designed in 1956-1957 by architect Claude Laurens (1908-2003) thought of as a hotel for the Expo 58. After the World's Fair the building ceased to be a hotel to be sold as individual apartments. The building stands out for its curved facade, its free ground floor for free circulation with V-shaped pillars and the facade work mixing prefabricated concrete pieces with Glasal sandwich panels. Although it is located at the crossroads of different neighbourhoods, the building fits perfectly into the urban fabric and welcomes city residents and tourists from the train when they pass through Gare Du Nord. Everything and that the building became an architectural icon of post-war today has lost its original beauty that has been buried under dirt and bad architectural decisions. Urban ContextThe building is located at an urban crossroads, near the Brussels North railway station. The building works as a link between the park and cultural center "Le Botanique", the working-class Sint-Joostten-Node residential district, an office district in front of the train tracks and the "Cité Administrative de l’Etat". The building is located in front of the tangle of train tracks that connect the city with Europe as natural acoustic barrier for the residential district that is under protection at its back. The building is situated on a corner of two streets, Rue de la Rivière and Boulevard Saint-Lazare, alongside a small square, Place Saint-Lazare. The final volume of "Le Miramar", which works with two individual pieces, comes directly from the urban regulations of the buildings that surround it. The main façade, which faces the square and the train tracks, adopts a curved shape to adapt to the flow of traffic. On the other hand, the secondary façade, smaller and narrower, tries to mimic small-scale volumetries directly related to the residential district. The main volume of the building, corresponding to the curved façade, was partially lifted on V-shaped columns: that way, the ground floor was cleared and traffic was drawn into a service station. The traffic pattern, together with the V-shaped columns and the curved façade, gave the architecture a dynamic character. Despite the restrictions in building heights and alignments, Laurens developed a powerful building that responded to and invoked the particular features of, a heterogeneous urban context. Plan and ConceptIn 1958 the city of Brussels was prepared to receive a large number of visitors to the Expo and for that it prepared several facilities to accommodate them. One of them was "Le Miramar", which was conceived as a hotel but which quickly changed its use to become a private residential building. In addition, its ground floor in the form of a gas station was a direct response to the brutal increase in motor vehicles in the city, not only due to the presence of tourists, but also because of a widespread trend in the modern world. Le Miramar occupies approximately half of the block. On the ground floor most of the plot was intended for the gas station, which was represented on the façade with a large opening to the square for easy access of vehicles. In the back of the gas station you could find a small car wash, a car workshop and some offices. Future of "Le Miramar"Laurens designed the building as a powerful and visual expression of the modern building trying to fit it perfectly with the urban context that surrounds it. Despite the lack of maintenance and poor decisions taken over the years the building still retains its main virtues. "Le Miramar" was an exemplary building of its time designed with the principles of the International Style and built with the most advanced techniques in those years, such as sandwich panels of the Glasal brand. It is a building with two facades, a very popular typology for the construction of houses in the city of Brussels during the post-war period due to the high demand and the development of pressures over the urban fabric. The building is owned by several owners which makes maintenance and conservation very difficult. The large commercial space on the ground floor, previously a gas station, is currently empty and its occupation is vital for the improvement and development of the building. Having several owners also has something positive: the demolition of the building is extremely complex because of the difficulty involved in convincing all of them before such a severe action. The building has to deal not only with internal problems, but also with problems that surround it. The surroundings of it lives in constant change and development, and possibly the one that will most affect the building will be the construction of the "Silver Tower" just in front of it. The construction of this office tower will completely change the role of "Le Miramar" and its relationship with the neighborhood. Since the demolition of the building is unlikely, an improvement of it is very necessary for its adaptation and conservation. Since the demolition of the building is unlikely, an improvement of it is very necessary for its adaptation and conservation. This renovation should focus on the improvement of energy efficiency, to improve the comfort of the tenants, and the restoration of the facade that surrounds the building. Due to the high level of degradation that this suffers, the repair of the pieces will not always be the best option and possibly should be replaced by new parts. Sources
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