Together with urban planner Octave De Koninck, Renaat Braem designed this social housing building in

Together with urban planner Octave De Koninck, Renaat Braem designed this social housing building in the East Antwerp district of Deurne in the organic brutalist style that was typical of his work from this period. He tried to match the norms of social housing with an expressive design language.

Renaat Braem / Octave De Koninck: Arena Social Housing Complex, Antwerp, Belgium, 1960–1965

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Photo: © Stefano Perego 2018