Willem II Passage: an Augmented Brickwork

Civic Architects, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Low Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Agency of Urban Organization, Architect’s role, Connections, Dataviz & simulation, Ecological researches, Energetic Approach, Glass panels, LED, Light, Lighting design, Project, Recycling, Technological Approach, Technopoetry, The Netherlands, Tilburg, Urban Paradigms

The Willem II-passage is a new public space that connects the historical inner city of Tilburg with the railway redevelopment area ‘De Spoorzone’. CIVIC architects, together with Bright, designed an award-winning sequence of spaces which seamlessly tie together architecture, public space, cultural heritage and traffic space. A specifically designed and produced glass brick façade creates a familiar but surprisingly striking effect.