Located along Brussel’s canal, in the Molenbeek district, lies an outstanding retrofit that helped regenerate part of the city. Indeed, the retrofit of the iconic Belle-Vue brewery complex exceptionally changed this part of the city. The huge site has been reassigned to fulfill multiple destinations: hotel, housing and a contemporary art museum, the MIMA.

Adding to its exceptional patrimonial value, this project also achieves a formidable performance with nearly 90% energy savings. Together with the MIMA, which presents the most significant art of its time, the entire development brings back hope to a neighborhood that had been under the social scrutiny after the deadly terrorist attacks of 2015. The Belle-Vue Brewery complex is Passive House and received the Brussels’s Exemplary Building award.