On the 30th of September 1937 the sanitarium, designed by Maxime Brunfaut, was opened under international interest. La Prévoyance Sociale, who gave the assignment, had bought a building site 19 km south of Brussels. The modernistic building first served as a sanitarium for tbc patients, then as a nursing home. When the sanitarium was closed down in 1987, 50 years after its grand opening, it faced an uncertain future. In 2007, after 20 years of vacancy, only a shade of the glory was left from the building that was inaugurated 70 years ago. As a result of this ‘anniversary’ the action “SaveTheSanatorium” was started, which is devoting up to the present as well to the conservation as to the restoration of the building. contact: info@redhetsanatorium.be