Charleroi

Marcel Leborgne — the modernist

A Charleroi architect, Marcel Leborgne (1898-1978) blended modernism, the ocean-liner style and touches of Art Deco, from the De Heug building to the Résidence Albert and the Cité de l'Enfance in Marcinelle, a pavilion-style orphanage.

3 stops · Duration 1h · Distance 1,5 km

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1. Immeuble De Heug (Pianos De Heug)

   Marcel Leborgne · 1934

   Modernist building by Marcel Leborgne (probably with his brother Henri), built in 1933-1934 for the De Heug piano factory at the corner of quai Arthur Rimbaud and rue du Bastion d'Egmont.

2. Résidence Albert

   Marcel Leborgne · 1938

   Residential and commercial building by the architect Marcel Leborgne, erected in 1937-1938 in Marcinelle at the entrance to avenue Meurée.

3. Cité de l'Enfance de Marcinelle

   Marcel Leborgne, Raymond Van Hove, Victor Bourgeois · 1939

   Pavilion-style orphanage designed in 1938-1939 on the highest point of Marcinelle, on the initiative of the Intercommunale d'Œuvres Sociales (IOS) of the Charleroi region.

Translated from the French original.