Samyn and Partners

Profile of Samyn and Partners, headquartered in Belgium. Eight projects submitted by Samyn and Partners have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: Philippe Samyn – © Samyn and Partners

Principal

Philippe Samyn

Brief description

PHILIPPE SAMYN and PARTNERS sprl-bvba, founded in 1980, is a private company owned by its partners and lead by its design Partner Dr Ir Philippe SAMYN. With its affiliated companies, it is active in all fields of architecture and building engineering.

Philippe Samyn's architectural and engineering design approach is based on questioning, which can be summarised as a "why" methodology. The firm approaches projects openly to all sorts of possibilities whilst listening closely to its clients demands.

Its projects are often published in the international specialised press.

The firm's client services include Planning and Programming, Urban Planning, Landscaping and Architectural Design, Interior Design, Building Physics, MEP and Structural Engineering, Project and Construction Management, Cost and Planning Control, Quantity Surveying, Safety and Health Coordination.

Published projects

: Total Service Stations — Aire de Ruisbroeck by Samyn and Partners Phase 1: The service stations at Ruisbroeck are located on one side and the other of the Brussels-Paris highway on a flat, open and narrow piece of land...

: Cultural and Services Centre by Samyn and Partners A park on the city’s periphery houses the multipurpose hall (shows and music), as well as a community centre for the elderly. A very tight budget coupled...

: Princess Elisabeth Station by Samyn and Partners The International Polar Foundation (IPF), led by the civil engineer and explorer Alain HUBERT, was commissioned in 2004 by the Belgian Federal government to...

: Euro Space Center by Samyn and Partners Situated at Libin-Transinne along the highway that connects Brussels to Luxemburg, the Euro Space Center is responsible for the diffusion of knowledge...

: House in the Outskirts of Brussels by Samyn and Partners This house for an artist includes the street level of an existing small house. It now houses the entry hall, a family room and a kitchen; the living-room and...

: Immobiliere SEM Office Building by Samyn and Partners The old building was a construction typical of the ‘60s, but it was prematurely worn-out and needed an overall revaluation. The old decorative columns have...

: Groenhof Castle by Samyn and Partners The castle was built around 1830 in an asymmetrical French style. In accordance with principles of monument conservation, all the interventions are carried out...

: Docteur Farr's House by Samyn and Partners This house juxtaposes and assimilates an asymmetrical floorplan into a symmetrical structure, with all the rooms facing South. It the first building designed...

Key projects

2005-2013 - Seat of the European Council and the EU Council, Belgium
2000-2006 - Dexia Tower, Belgium
1999-2008 - NMBS Train Station Canopy, Belgium
1998-2001 - Totalfinaelf Europe: Service Stations, Orival Area, Belgium
2004-2007 - The Glass Centre, Belgium
1996-2001 - Aula Magna, University Of Louvain, UCL, Belgium
1998-2000 - Fire Station, Netherlands
Since 1994 - Restructuration of the Brugmann Hospital, Belgium
Since 1993 - Psychiatric Hospital Sans Souci, Belgium
1992-1995 - Walloon Branch of Reproduction Forestry Material, Belgium
2007-2008 - IPF Belgian Antarctic Base: Princess Elisabeth, Antarctic
1988-1990 - Building For Eric Boulanger, Belgium
1986-1988 - Chemical Research Center Shell, Belgium

Industry affiliations

Association of Professional Architects of Belgium (Brabant)
Association of Professional Architects of France (Ile-de-France)
Association of Professional Architects of Luxembourg
Association of Professional Architects of Great Britain (RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects)