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In the 1970’s, André Polak’s son Jean-Michel Polak also joined the office as an architect. The most important and monumental building of their time in Les Architectes Polak done in collaboration with civil engineer Andre Waterkyn is the monument called “ATOMIUM” in Brussels. Built as a part of the 1958 Expo held in Brussels.
Feb 20, 2012 · The Atomium was created by André Waterkeyn and the Polak brothers. André Waterkeyn had the original idea to magnify an iron crystal. To carry out his plans in the fifties, he received the help of the architects André and Jean Polak, two sons of the Swiss architect Michel Polak. André passed away in 1988, while André Waterkeyn died in 2005.
The brothers André (also Andre) (* 19th January 1914 in Montreux , † 2. April 1988 in Hoeilaart ) [1] and Jean Polak (* 13. June 1920 in Montreux, † 16 February 2012 in Uccle ) were Belgian architect . They were the architects of the Atomium devised by André Waterkeyn . [2] Before that, after the Second World War , they had taken over the ...
In this way, for instance, Atomium in Brussels by engineer Andre Waterkeyn and architects Andre and Jean Polak, constructed initially for Expo'58, visualizes crystal lattice of iron (Fig. 4).
Atomium. Remarkable monument erected on the occasion of the 1958 World's Fair on the Heysel Plateau, by architects André and Jean Polak (son of Michel Polak), and engineer André Waterkeyn. It rises to 102 m in height and weighs 2600 tons, the 9 spheres of 250 tons each are connected by tubes, some containing escalators.
Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and Jean Polak as a tribute to scientific progress, as well as to symbolise Belgian engineering skills at the time, it is located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), where the exhibition took place.
In this way, for instance, Atomium in Brussels by engineer Andre Waterkeyn and architects Andre and Jean Polak, constructed initially for Expo'58, visualizes crystal lattice of iron (Fig. 4).
