| Albert residence | |
|---|---|
Résidence Albert | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Dwellings, Offices |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Classification | Since 2010 by IPW, "52011-CLT-0076-01" |
| Location | Avenue Meurée, 97-99 Marcinelle, (Charleroi), Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°24′11″N 4°26′40″E / 50.402920°N 4.444520°E |
| Construction started | 1937 |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Client | Marcel Roisin |
| Owner | Private co-ownership |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Marcel Leborgne |
The résidence Albert ("Albert residence") is a nine-story modernist-style apartment building built by Marcel Leborgne in the late 1930s located in Marcinelle, a section of the Belgian city of Charleroi.[1]
Architecture
editThe Albert residence in Marcinelle was built in 1937-1938, classified in 2010.[2][3][4]
It is a modernist corner building of nine floors designed for Marcel Roisin. On the first floor, it has a commercial duplex and a garage for about ten cars. Above, there are eight levels with about fifteen apartments.
The corner is marked by a clear rotunda that gives a vertical momentum. The horizontality of each level is marked by a rhythm alternating the bay windows and the white concrete spandrels, as well as the terraces' tops. The terraces are presented as boat gangways. The inspiration of the naval architecture is found in the windows and the teak cladding between the windows.
By placing the rotunda at the end of a facade and not at the median axis of the triangle formed by the plot, Marcel Leborgne avoids the difficulties of fitting out the room with its biscornue shape at the corner of the building. The partitions remain parallel and the rooms keep their right angles.
In order to attract the bourgeoisie to this apartment building, the residence is equipped with a high degree of modern equipment: elevator, complete electrification of the kitchens and bathrooms, central heating. Originally, the apartments were all equipped with "Cubex" kitchen furniture, a functional storage system with standardized compartments created in 1930 by the Belgian architect Louis-Herman De Koninck.[5] There is also one "maid's room" per apartment.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Patrimoine monumental de Belgique 1994, p. 83.
- ^ Bioul 2004, p. 227-230
- ^ "L'aménagement du territoire et l'urbanisme en Wallonie". lampspw.wallonie.be. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Arrêté de classement sur le site officiel". Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Van Loo 2003, p. 244
Bibliography
edit- Le patrimoine monumental de la Belgique, vol.20, Wallonie, Hainaut, Arrondissement de Charleroi, Liège, Pierre Mardaga, 1994 ISBN 2-87009-588-0.
- Anne-Catherine Bioul et Anne Debecker (photos), Vivre aujourd'hui dans un intérieur d'autrefois, à Charleroi, Namur, Ministère de la Région wallonne, 2004, pp. 227-351 ISBN 2-87401-171-1
- Anne-Catherine Bioul, Les Cahiers de l'Urbanisme, Service public de Wallonie/Éditions Mardaga, n.73, septembre 2009, pp. 81-85 ISBN 978-2-8047-0029-4.
- Pierre Louis Flouquet, Bâtir, n.80, july 1939, pp. 297-329.
- Chantal Mengeot et Anne-Catherine Bioul, Le patrimoine de Charleroi : Les fleurs de l'industrie : Art nouveau, Art déco et Modernisme, Namur, Institut du patrimoine wallon, 2015, ISBN 978-2-87522-148-3.
- Ivan Strauven et Anne Van Loo (eds.), Dictionnaire de l'architecture en Belgique de 1830 à nos jours, Antwerp, Fonds Mercator, 2003, pp. 390-391. ISBN 978-9-0615-3526-3
- Iwan Strauven (eds.), Judith Le Maire (eds.) et Marie-Noëlle Dailly (eds. and photos), 1881-2017 Charleroi métropole, Brussels, Mardaga et Cellule architecture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, 2017, ISBN 978-2-8047-0367-7.