Quartz, a full lifecycle project
The Quartz office building in Brussels has replaced a dated office building.Poponcini & Lootens and VK architects+engineers, part of Sweco, designed a passive office building that complies with the NZEB criteria and was awarded a BREEAM Excellent certificate.
Posted on 08/11/2023World Water Day: no water to waste
March 22nd is not only the second day of Spring, it is also World Water Day since 1993. A day to remind us that this essential resource is precious and above all limited. Several countries and areas worldwide suffer from drought, some the whole year through. As a provider of life-cycle based design solutions, VK architects+engineers is well aware of its part of the solution. Valuing people and planet, it is only natural we provide our design partners and clients with an integrated approach regarding water management.
Posted on 22/03/2021Smart hospital, digital hospital and digital transformation
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary scientific approach that aims to formalise and understand the design and validation of complex systems. In this context, a system refers to a set of human or material elements that are interdependent and interoperate within boundaries that may or may not be open to the environment, which in this case is a hospital.
Posted on 24/03/2023