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ZIN – a layered ecosystem in the middle of the city The ZIN project transforms the former WTC I and II towers in Brussels’ North District into a hybrid complex combining offices, residences, a hotel, retail spaces, and sports facilities. This large-scale repurposing project serves as a model for sustainable and circular urban development, with […]

Adaptive reuse of a farmstead into a social and logistical hub for sustainable food In response to a call from the Brussels Region, a comprehensive proposal was developed and managed for the adaptive reuse of a former farmstead and adjacent residential building. The site is programmed as a mixed-use hub focusing on sustainable agriculture and […]

In early 2018, the City of Vilvoorde acquired the former ASIAT military site, located in an industrial context along the Zenne River. The redevelopment of this 60,000 m² site was entrusted to Plant en Houtgoed in collaboration with 51N4E. In 2023, the DARSE site—a vacant plot on the opposite bank of the Zenne—was added to […]

Sotiria Kornaropoulou is a senior architect & partner at 51N4E, where she has been contributing to the firm’s wide range of projects since 2006. About her work at 51N4E, she says: “I got to grow along with the office and help structure our hunch that architectural practice is about shaping the outcome as much as it is about […]

The reconfiguration of the central square of Tirana, the capital of Albania, deals with a public space laden with symbolism. Initially, the square was installed according to an Italian masterplan in the ‘20s, later it served as the core space for events during the communist regime, and arriving in Tirana we found a space that, […]