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From the Marolles to Saint-Gilles — civic and private Art Deco

From the Sablon to Saint-Gilles, this route links public Art Deco — François Malfait’s school, Jean-Baptiste Dewin’s Saint-Pierre hospital and the Victor Boin swimming pool, remodelled by Richard Ingelbrecht between 1938 and 1940 — with the former Hoguet clothing workshop, Albert Herent’s former Chrysler garage and the Wielemans town house.

6 stops · Duration 2h · Distance 4 km

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1. Athénée Robert Catteau

   François Malfait · 1927

   School of the City of Brussels built by François Malfait from 1923 to 1927 on the site of the former Minimes convent.

2. Hôpital Saint-Pierre

   Jean-Baptiste Dewin · 1935

   Saint-Pierre University Hospital, designed by Jean-Baptiste Dewin from 1926 to 1932 (foundation stone 1929, inaugurated 1935) and occupying numbers 296A to 322 of rue Haute.

3. Maison Hoguet

   Georges Ligo · 1929

   The former Hoguet clothing workshop, built in 1929 by the architect Georges Ligo (the façade is signed "Ligo G / arch 1929").

4. Piscine Victor Boin

   Richard Ingelbrecht · 1940

   Swimming baths built on the corner of Rue du Fort to designs by the architects Cooreman and Jules Rau and opened in 1905, then entirely remodelled in the Art Deco style between 193

5. Ancien garage Chrysler

   Albert Herent · 1928

   Large Art Deco garage of 1928, signed on the base "A (lbert) Herent Architecte".

6. Hôtel Wielemans

   Adrien Blomme · 1926

   Town house combining Art Deco and Hispano-Moorish exoticism, commissioned from the architect Adrien Blomme by the brewer Léon Wielemans; Blomme drew his inspiration from a journey to Andalusia and its palaces.

Translated from the French original.