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| Kortenberg building | |
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French:Cortenbergh | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office building |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | Avenue de Cortenbergh /Kortenberglaan 150, 1040City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′43″N4°23′24.5″E / 50.84528°N 4.390139°E /50.84528; 4.390139 |
| Current tenants | Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) bodies of theCouncil of the European Union andEuropean External Action Service |
TheKortenberg building is an office building of theEuropean Union (EU) inBrussels, Belgium. It houses mostly bodies related to theCommon Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
The building was constructed in 1977 for an insurance company.[1] That use of the building started after the establishment of theEuropean Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the precursor of theCommon Security and Defence Policy, in the early 2000s under the auspices ofHigh RepresentativeJavier Solana, who stated on several occasions the need to build a "strong in-house strategic culture".[2] Before, during the decade of the 90s and the late 80s, the building was used by the DG IV of the European Commission (Competition).
Most of the newly-establishedEuropean External Action Service (EEAS) has been in theTriangle building, at theRobert Schuman Roundabout, since 2012, but for security reasons, CSDP departments have been unable to move to the building, which is 500 m (1,600 ft) away.[3]
Thepostmodern L-shaped building was designed by the architectural firm ARCHI + I. It is located at the corner of theRue Le Titien/Titiaanstraat. Towards theAvenue de Cortenbergh/Kortenberglaan, there are eight floors, the last of which is set back; towards the Rue Le Titien, four floors are surmounted by the glass roof of the auditorium. Windows with aluminum frames forming a glass base on the first two levels; then going up level by level in a staircase to reach the top of the building on the Rue Le Titien side; the glass roof then describes a slope up to the height of the neighboring houses.
The rest of the façades are in red Indian granite: granite of the base and the blind bay towards the Rue Le Titien unpolished; disc patterns under the unpolished windows also. Entrance of modest size between two colossal stainless steel columns rising to the full height of the building and appearing to cross the granite blocks. Rear façade alternating bands of red and brown bricks.
The interior consists of modest offices around central corridors and an indoor garden.
Part of theEuropean External Action Service (EEAS):
CSDP agencies outside the EEAS:
The MPCC, the JSCC and the CPCC together form the permanent military and civilian strategic level facilities in the EU command-and-control structure.
TheEU command and control (C2) structure is directed by political bodies composed ofmember states' representatives, and generally requires unanimous decisions. As of April 2019:[5]
| Political strategic level:[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISS | EUCO Pres. (EUCO) | Chain of command | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SatCen | CIVCOM | HR/VP (FAC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INTCEN | HR/VP (PMG) | HR/VP (PSC)[6] |    CEUMC (EUMC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CMPD |  DGEUMS[3] (EUMS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dir MPCC[3] (MPCC) | JSCC | Civ OpCdrCPCC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operational level: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MFCdr[4] (MFHQ) | HoM[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tactical level: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC[2] Land | CC[2] Air | CC[2] Mar | Other CCs[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forces | Forces | Forces | Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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