Flats in city’s Euro quarter are part of wider development
AZPML has won a European competition to design three residential blocks in Luxembourg.
The units are part of a wider development of nine blocks which will be designed by different architects.
The scheme is in the Kirchberg district of the city where its neighbours include European institutions such as the European Court of Justice and the European Investment Bank.
AZPML – the practice founded by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Maider Llaguno after Foreign Office Architects split – teamed up with French practice Beckman N’Thépé Architectes on their winning bid.
They were competing against Steinmezt de Meyer, Amann Canovas Maruri, KSP Jürgen Engel with Dagli Atelier, and Christian Bauer with Manfred Müller.
AZPML said the design and use of grey brick were intended to ensure the buildings fitted into the local context. Staggered balconies would allow different configurations of flats and ensure every building was subtly different.
Various environmental strategies were used including planted roofs and facades of concrete and mineral wool.
The winning designers for the other blocks were French practices Tank and Petit Didier Prioux and Austria’s AllesWirdGut.
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