Christine Conix
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Christine Conix | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | Hoger Instituut voor Architectuurwetenschappen Henry van de Velde |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Won contract out of 28 firms to redesign Vrije Universiteit Brussel[1] |
| Practice | Architecture |
| Buildings | Atomium |
| Projects | Redesign of Moroccan city of Nador |
Christine Conix (born 1955) is a Belgian architect whose projects have been described as innovative and diverse and creative.[2] She created her firm Conix Architects[3] in 1979 in the Antwerp city of Wilrijk;[4][5][6] by 2007, her firm employed 67 people[4] and by 2014, it had offices in Brussels, Warsaw,[7] Rotterdam, Terneuzen, with the head office in Antwerp.[8][9] In 2013, Conix architects won a contract to rebuild a Moroccan city named Nador to transform it into a center for economics and tourism, which involves constructing critical infrastructure such as houses, schools, and hospitals.[10] Conix Architects designed a renovation and expansion for the Atomium in Belgium, a structure originally built for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.[10][11] It designed the Belgian pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010.[10] Her firm won a contest among 28 architectural firms agencies for architectural work relating to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.[1][12] Conix believes intuition should play a large role in architectural design, and believes in sustainability,[5] and sees no significant difference between men and women today in the field of architecture.[2] She studied architecture at the Hoger Instituut voor Architectuurwetenschappen Henry van de Velde in Antwerp.[13]
