Résidence César Franck - Rue du Vieux-Mayeur 2

Résidence César Franck - apartment building Rue du Vieux-Mayeur 2
1953-1955 architect: Jean Poskin & Henri Bonhomme

This building is the result of the beginning of the collaboration between Poskin and Bonhomme, two figures
set to become essential in high-rise construction. With its large terraces and large windows, the residence betrays the growing influence within the association of the young Henri Bonhomme.

It includes a work by the visual artist Rets (abstract fresco in enamelled zinc) on the ground floor. The Notger I residence which faces it, presenting a rounded concrete facade, bears more of the Poskin mark, with its large curved terraces, avestige of the Art de cospirit. However, it was in the Notger I building (plastic artist J.Félix) on rue du Vieux Mayeur, the first of the whole, that the latter gave free rein to his inventiveness by erecting a resolutely modern, very open building with the structure reveals great constructive genius.