Stage 2

Étape 2

Head to Rue Antoine Bréart (welcome to Saint-Gilles!) to admire the sculpture workshop of Jacques Sermon and Henri Pletinckx that dates back to 1900 and was designed by Richard Pringiers. Although its ground floor was modified to become a garage, a renovation re-highlighted the first floor and the fresco above the garage. On the same street, at number 101, is a superb 1906 house of white brick enhanced with blue stone. It’s the work of the architect Paul Vizzavona. At number 95 is the Yseux house, designed by Fritz Seeldrayers and built by the architect in 1901 at the request of his mother-in-law, Mrs Yseux.

Walk along Avenue Jef Lambeaux to number 12, where the Peerebom family home was built in 1898, commissioned by the father, Antoine, and designed by his architect son, Georges. If you feel like it, you can continue and admire the imposing Saint-Gilles town hall at the end of the street. Built between 1900 and 1904, it was designed by architect Albert Dumont in a French neo-Renaissance style.

Turn around, head to Place Antoine Delporte 17 and have a look at the asymmetrical white house designed by Paul Hamesse in 1907. Back into Forest and, at 25 rue Henri Wafelaerts, the Geubel house, designed by Louis Couprié in 1907, that looks as if it came straight out of a fairy tale. Further on, and in a more sombre style, at number 53 you’ll find the clinic of Doctor Van Neck, the first work of architect Antoine Pompe, built in 1910. Certain aspects of this Art Nouveau building prefigure the architecture of the interwar period.

Join Avenue de la Jonction. At numbers 11 and 13 is a more eclectic set of two asymmetrical houses designed by Paul Le Clerc in 1902. Take the next street, Rue Félix Delhasse and at number 24, you’ll find an imposing house designed by Emile Lambot in 1905, heavily influenced by the style of Victor Horta.