Le Baixu - Tour & Taxis, Brussels
“Le Baixu”, meaning “beautiful” in the language of the Pataxos Indians form Bahia in Brazil, is an intimate concert venue in a converted cellar. It lies is in the heart of a former railway industrial site in Brussels, now rehabilitated in a working and cultural epicentre. It also is the name of the association that wishes to offer artists and small music groups a human scale and cosy venue to perform in. The venue holds concerts of classical music, jazz, world-music along with exhibitions, screenings and lectures.
Information Sheet
Renovation/Transformation Le Baixu - Tour & Taxis www.lebaixu.be
Location Brussels, Belgium.
Project Cost n/a.
Time Frame January-September 2022.
Owner Le Baixu asbl, Tour & Taxis, Brussels.
Architect(s) n/a.
Seat Count Venue from an 80-seat capacity to a 120-standing audience for both amplified and non-amplified music concerts. Total area: 150 m².
Uses Classical music concerts, jazz concerts, world-music concerts, exhibitions, screenings and lectures.
Services Acoustic concept of the hall including construction supervision and post-opening services and excluding building isolation and noise and vibrations.
Team Vincent Berrier, Kahle Acoustics.
Le Baixu with its exposed stoned-walls and acoustic curtains here displayed on the rear back wall of the venue. Photo © Bernard Coutant pour Le Baixu
Entrance through the basement in Le Baixu with an 80 to 120-audience members' capacity. Photo © Bernard Coutant pour Le Baixu
Entrance through the basement in Le Baixu with an 80 to 120-audience members' capacity. Photo © Bernard Coutant pour Le Baixu
Mobile wall panels for low-frequency absorption (on the left) and broadband absorption (on the right) to support variable acoustics of the venue Le Baixu. Photo © Kahle Acoustics