Vision of the architect of the project

Fabeck Architectes

Tatiana Fabeck is a Luxemburgish architect-urban planner active since 1996. After completing her schooling in Luxembourg, Tatiana Fabeck joined the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris where she graduated in 1994. Fabeck Architects has been successful in a number of competitions organised by the City of Luxembourg including the "Plan Lumière" (together with the French architect Yann Kersalé) in 2006. In 2008, she won the competition for the Maison des Sciences Humaines in Belval, extension of the University of Luxembourg. In 2011, she won first prize in the competition "Vivre sans voiture" (Living without a car) aimed at designing housing without garages or parking spaces in the Limpertsberg district of Luxembourg City to allow for more living space.

It is the nearness of the park that inspired the architecture of the building. The observation of the structure of the trees has driven to the concept of this innovative façade.

That is to say a more structured façade at the base, analogy to the tree trunk which becomes more and more filigreed in the upper levels, as tree branches.

This is what gives its grace to this pure and elegant building.

The Boulevard Royal is a place were Luxemburg sandstone has a good place, shall it be on historical houses or more contemporary buildings. We have opted for a golden dominant structure which reminds this warm language from the sandstone.