Few districts in the Brussels region can boast a green heritage as extensive and varied as that of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, which incorporates part of the magnificent Sonian Forest (forêt de Soignes). The area is home to several landscaped parks and a similar number of lakes, as well as a river flowing through a valley of undeniable bucolic tranquillity, and all surrounded by spacious open neighbourhoods, flower-rich gardens and tree-lined squares and avenues.
Of the total 2,187 acre expanse, an estimated 500 acres or so, or around a quarter of the neighbourhood’s entire area, is made up of public green spaces.
Some of these spaces are of such high ecological quality and landscape value that they have been awarded listed status by the Belgian Commission Royale des Monuments et des Sites and are included in the European Natura 2000 network, which endows them with a legal status that will ensure they will be managed and preserved for future generations.

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Marc Corbiau

Most of Marc Corbiau’s work is in Belgium where his reputation is well established. He works mainly in Uccle, Brussels and Flanders, but also abroad with numerous projects in Switzerland, Israel, the Dominican Republic, Greece, France, Spain, etc.
He started working when he completed his studies and he is still practising.
« For more than 40 years, Marc Corbiau has been building houses like few others, vast and luxurious, for a demanding and cultivated clientele.
Working with the best craftsmen, decorators, artists and garden architects, he completely furnishes them, adorns them with works of art and surrounds them with dream gardens.
Each of his designs is realised taking close account of the tastes, the culture or the memories of the future occupants. In spite of this diversity, there is always a unity of inspiration that finds its source in the understanding of ancient art and architecture and in the knowledge of Palladianism, but also in a deep sympathy for American Minimalism.
From this approach, which reconciles classicism with modernity, concerns for harmony with a quest for elementary geometries, there results an extraordinary feeling of serenity and calm ».

Introduction to the book « Marc Corbiau Architecte » by Pierre Loze

MDW Architecture

MDW Architecture was founded in 2001 by Marie Moignot and Xavier De Wil and today employs a team of 35.
The company has forged an international reputation through a range of projects offering architectural excellence, such as the « Les Courses » ultra-low energy residential building development, the conversion of the Villa Weber (the former headquarters of the Red Cross) into prestige apartments, and the new headquarters of Belgium’s public French-language broadcaster RTBF.
Additionally, MDW Architecture is considered a standard-setter in Belgium with respect to research into sustainable development and its integration into high-quality architecture.
The ability to combine creativity with sustainability, both elevated to the highest and most demanding standards, is without a doubt the company’s main hallmark.
MDW Architecture has been awarded several distinctions in recognition of its approach, including two Mipim Awards, six Bâtiments Exemplaires ( Exemplary Buildings ) awards from the IBGE ( Institut Bruxellois pour la gestion de l’environnment ), the Prix Belge de l’Architecture et de l’Energie and a nomination for a European Mies van der Rohe prize. The company also received a prestigious Global Award for Sustainable Architecture for its entire process and approach in 2013.