Immeubles de logements sociaux, rue du Fort 117-121

Three Art Deco social housing blocks designed in 1922 by the architect Joseph Van Neck for the Société coopérative saint-gilloise de constructions d’habitations à bon marché. The elevations of six storeys and five bays, nos. 117 and 121 identical and symmetrically flanking no. 119, are characterised by an interplay of projecting volumes: a triangular oriel on the axis, trapezoidal oriels and balconies with pierced brick parapets. Red and yellow brick, bluestone, render and exposed-aggregate concrete form a refined interplay of materials beneath widely projecting cornices. The buildings were renovated in 1982 and again in 1997, when flats were created in the roof space.

Translated from the French original.