WoW is located in the heart of Waterloo, on the fringes of the Jules Descampe municipal park, and blends in with the surrounding urban landscape and structures while still letting nature shine through. This creates spatial permeability, opening up vast green open spaces for pedestrians and cyclists, while maintaining a certain degree of privacy with respect to the urban space. 

The architecture is modest and efficient. The choice of timeless materials and the vegetation, which extends up to the roof with abundant landscaped foliage, makes a strong statement.

Local shops, a mixed offering of residential units and the inclusion of an office building create a sense of social cohesion.

For the WoW project, Eaglestone is working with CO2 Logic to draw up a carbon footprint and calculate the climate impact of the construction phase as well as the usage phase of the future building to ultimately achieve carbon neutrality. Through this initiative, more than 13,000 tons of CO2 equivalent are offset. 

In addition, Eaglestone supports and fulfils the EPB requirements to make the WoW project a development that achieves the Quasi Zero Energy Standard (QZEN). As a committed player, Eaglestone goes beyond urban planning requirements, including the installation of solar panels on the roof to cover part of the electricity needs of the common areas.

WoW also opts for greening, with numerous plantings adorning the roadway, roofs and facades, encouraging biodiversity within the site and its surroundings. The esplanade, the pedestrian street and the paths to the park and the community centre encourage soft mobility. Users will benefit from electrical outlets for recharging bicycles and a pre-wired connection for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations.

Carbon offsetting, soft mobility and biodiversity preservation are all part of the WoW project’s active commitment to ecological and responsible development.