Architecture of transparency
![](/sites/default/files/styles/w1800/public/2022-04/6L_10_bw.jpg?itok=ZD_vsT5p)
Developed in the pre-war period, concrete and steel structures are improving. They allow transparent alternatives to the traditional construction system, in which the solid and heavy exterior walls, at once serve as a load-bearing structure and as an envelope.
Former Fiat showroom, Chaussée de Gand 294, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, architect Jean-Pierre Van Den Houte, 1962.