The Palace of Wine, 1892-2006, and the Merchie-Pède department stores, 1898-2007 (French edition)

🏛️ Two buildings, two stories, one iconic neighborhood

The Palace of Wine, 1892-2006, and the Merchie-Pède Department Stores, 1898-2007 explore two iconic buildings of the Marolles district in Brussels :

• The Palace of Wine, designed by Fernand Symons
• The Merchie-Pède department stores, imagined by François Timmermans

This book covers more than a century of history. commercial, social and architectural, through these two urban monuments.

🏗️ A story of change and revitalization

✔️ A time travel, from origins to reassignment
✔️ A spotlight on the architectural approach contemporary carried by Christophe Gillis
✔️ One Heritage and urban study Documented and rigorous
✔️ One valuation of Brussels heritage in all its complexity

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📄 Period documents
📐 Plans, sections, elevations, synthesis sketches
🎯 Everything for understanding architectural evolution and contemporary anchoring places

🧱 A dialogue between heritage and contemporary architecture

This book features a Subtle dialogue between past and present, between historical architecture from the end of the 19th century and contemporary interventions conducted by the Brussels CPAS (Public Center for Social Welfare), illustrating the capacity for reinvention of urban heritage.

📖 Book features:

• Title : The Palace of Wine, 1892-2006, and the Merchie-Pède Department Stores, 1898-2007
• Authors : Nicolas Verschueren, Cristina Marchi
• Editor : CIVA
• Collection : Mutations
• Publication date : October 28, 2006
• Format : Paperback
• Number of pages : 117
• Dimensions : 23 x 17 x 1.5 cm
• Weight : 450 g
• Language French
• ISBN : 978-2-930391-18-2
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