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FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais

2013 · Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France

Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France

7°C · 14.3h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais

Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France · Exact work coordinates

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FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais

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Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France

Climate: 7°C · 14.3h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais

2013 · Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20131850
PlaceDunkirk, Hauts-de-France, FranceBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextDunkirk, Hauts-de-France, FranceRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate7°C · 14.3h daylight · 16 km/h wind7°C · 14.3h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusArt center5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Anne Lacaton
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal
  • Lacaton & Vassal
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Lacaton & Vassal
  • Lacaton & Vassal

Notable works

  • Church of Our Lady of Laeken
  • Palace of Justice, Brussels
  • Church of St. Catherine, Brussels
  • La Monnaie
Typologies
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • courthouse
  • civic building
  • monumental architecture
  • house
  • performance venue
Materials
  • steel
  • glass
  • polycarbonate
  • stone
Carbon signals

Steel, Glass, and Polycarbonate look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Glass
  • Polycarbonate

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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