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BRUSSELS: PATCHWORK CITY

where radical HETEROGENITY co-exists next to a radical NEGLEC TION OF DIFFER-ENCES

a SURREAL LANDSCAPE of dreams, char-acterised by fragmentation, multilinguism, hybridity

LES EXTRÊMES SE TOUCHENT

PATCHWORK CITY 1. ANALYSIS

INTERMEDIATE SPACE concept

Urban planning examples from the past have learned us that too often a RADICAL SEPARATION or a MEANINGLESS MIX is created when acting upon verry different cultures and situations happening on the area of intrest. Within Brussels there exists a highly fragile relation between these different living environements.

A RADICAL SEPARATION in the Brussels’ context would lead to more ISOLATION and different ways of DISINTEGRATION of the neigh-bourhoods. A MEANINGLESS MIX would cause the LOSS OF IDENTITY of the different neighborhoods and could result in a space where nobody feels home anymore.

We obtain a way of CONNECTIONS between the different neighborhoods WITHOUT THE LOSS OF IDENTITY. This goal will be accieved by interventions in the spaces IN-BETWEEN the existing neighbourhoods. These spaces, accesible by anybody, will become the MOTOR TO THE INTEGRATION and will RE-CONNECT in between the neighbourhoods as well as to the city center.

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1. ANALYSIS

borderThere are different BOUNDARIES inbe-tween the Brussels neighborhoods, going from tactile transitions to sharp edges.

“Somethimes you can only see things when all that is familiar has disapeared. The body has moved itself in a way that also changed perception. Only later we notice that we crossed a boundary. What was even just before now has moved meaning.”

‘The city isn’t here. Making boundaries visible’, Paul Blondel

intermediate spacesIN-BETWEEN SPACES are places which fall in between the ordening character of the urban fabric. (SPACIAL) As well as situations which fall out of the nominal social order, a ‘free-zone’ where everything is possible. (SOCIAL)

INTERMEDIATE SPACES are spaces which take over the characteristics of a transition zone. It’s a zone of experiment, where unstable compo-nents of the urban dynamic get a place. They make conflicts visible and transform them into something new, by social and spacial RE-CONNECTION

intermediate functionsThe CONNECTION between the individ-ual neighborhoods and the in-between area happens by intermediate functions. They are differentiated katalyst projects which form the MOTOR FOR THE INTER-MEDIATE SPACE and integrate in the so-cial and spatial context of the neighbor-hoods. The intermediate functions act as a GATE from the varied public at the in-termediate space to the defined public of the neighborhood. This happens with a lot of attention to PRESERVE THE CHAR-ACTERISTICS of the spaces.

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INTERMEDIATE SPACE map intermediate spaces

1. ANALYSIS

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INTERMEDIATE SPACESNOT LOCATED BETWEEN QUARTERS:

metro stations

opportunities & focus fields

public building or space: market/square/park/ some curiosity/public school

tactile transition

CURATE / COORDINATE concept

1. ANALYSIS

CURATE COORDINATECURATE: Intermediate spaces

Bring readability: Making “the Culture of Difference” readable SHOWING the different rooms cf. Curator museum

COORDINATE: Rooms Coordinating rooms as MOTOR for the neighbourhood Supporting the character of the neighbourhood Encourage cultural + social development Harmonize in a common action or effort

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openurban space

quarter

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CURATE: BRING READABILITY

Some intermediate places lost their MEANING, lost their READABILITY by transformations in the city network

Reintegrate: Still existing but lost meaning, function, or interrupted ex. Old West station/ Abatoire/ Historical roads (Extension Ribaucourt street through T&T site, Antwerpstreet, ...)/ ...

Integrate:

Replaced functions ex. South + North + West station/ ... Demolished sites ex. North quarter/ Demolition metro network Molenbeek, Anderlecht/ ...

CURATE: READABILITY

CURATE / COORDINATE curate: readability

1. ANALYSIS

CURATE: READABILITY Explaining existing network? > look at BXL 19th Cent.

1876WEST STATIONWEST STATION

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ABATOIRE BXL

ABATOIRE ANDERLECHT

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SOUTH STATIONSTATION GROENDREEF

EXTENTION RIBAUCOURT STREET THROUGH T&T

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1864 Old West Sation:(lost meaning - function) Cur-rent situation: Street structure: leading to mean-ingless building Abatoire Anderlecht:(interrupted view / square in front of Abatoire) Relocated abatoire: Ninoofse poort (+1944) > Anderlecht (°1890)Ribaucourt street:Old extension Interrupted by the T&T siteNorth & South station:(Old situation: integrat-ed in city: e.g. entrance= representive square)

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CURATE / COORDINATE curate readability

1. ANALYSIS

SOUTH STATION - ABATOIRE - WEST STATION NORTH STATION - TOUR&TAXIS - LAKEN

CURATE / COORDINATE curate axes

1. ANALYSIS

present materials

chuff, (natural) stone, concrete, gravel, steel, glass

the environment is full of GRAY materials and ‘GREEN’ spaces with grass and other vegeta-tion. The overall view is very monochrome and the absence of human activity is very visible in the representation of colour.

proposed materials wood, used as building material warm energetic colours.

because warm and energetic colours are lack-ing in the environement we would like to use them to highlight certain areas. We will use ORANGE because out of a research we found that this contrasts most with the environement. The missing of WOOD in the environment’s materials will make this our material of choice for any new additions.

MATERIALS / COLOURS north station - T&T

1. ANALYSIS

How can we (re)connect the neigh-bourhoods within the city?

The use of a METHOD will make the intermediate space READABLE. This space will connect to all differ-ent neighborhoods and rooms with their own atmospheres. The interme-diate space will act as a CORRIDOR through the city, where everybody feels at home.

The actual connection between the urban corridor and the neighbour-hoods will happen through the ROOMS, which are the intermediate functions. They will be planned in di-alogue with the neighborhood’s at-mospheres. Because of that, they will be verry different from eachother.

The urban corridor will CURATE the culture of differences, which is made visible in the rooms by acivities which COORDINATE cultural and social identity.

2. STRATEGY URBAN CORRIDOR

repetitionA key characteristic of the urban corridor, which will lead people through the inter-mediate space and will curate the urban functions is the REPETITION OF ELE-MENTS: in orange colour and woorden forms.This repetition wil MAKE THE CITY READ-ABLE.

The urban corridor exists of FOUR PLANES embracing the passengers. At certain area the corridor is fragmented, depending the current situation and the connections between the intermediate space and the different quarters.

The corridor will exist of elements to pro-vide the BASIC NEEDS of its users and passengers, such as lightening, sitting facilities, overlooking and orientation.

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2. STRATEGY MASTERPLAN layers north station-T&T

URBAN CORRIDOR & GATES to Urban rooms (system of recognizable dispersed “points”)

URBAN ROOMSUrban (M)(e)(a)(e)ting rooms

2. STRATEGY MASTERPLAN layers north station-T&T

3. MASTERPLAN GENERAL VIEW urban corridor

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URBAN CINEMAURBAN KITCHEN

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3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER pedestrian trails and bicycle path

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTERtraffic

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER trafic

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER Urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

lighten up facades

URBAN MARKET HALL

lay- out market marks IDENTITY

experience of walking by

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3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

'zien en gezien worden'

market urban meeting point sit

ACTIVEPASSIVE SOCIAL

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3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER Urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

FACADE zone'social'

PEDESTRIAN'social''active'

'necessary'

PAUZE & STOPHello & Goodbye

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One- way TRAFFIC HELLO &GOODBYE

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MARKET'social''active''passive'

HELLO &GOODBYE

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3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER Urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTER urban M(e)(a)(e)ting room

SIDE CORRIDOR TO RESIDENTIALURBAN GARDEN

'zien en gezien worden'

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soft one- way traffic

3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTERUrban garden

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3. MASTERPLAN NORTH QUARTERUrban garden

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TERRAS & WATER SURFACEref. alongside Du Rhône (in front of town hall), Lyon

TERRAS ESPLANADEref. waterfront, Toronto

3. MASTERPLAN ELBOW - VERGOTEDOK terrases

Euralille, TGV station Lille

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Euralille, tgv station Lille

3. MASTERPLAN ELBOW - VERGOTEDOK niv. uban rooms

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1 Water Tower2 Panorama3 Green Valley4a. Signal-cabin 4b. Pavilion signaller4c. Service station

Current risk of marshy soilCurrent visible pondingFormer building site (wells)Proposed soaking area Proposed lakesProposed watertransport + WADI system

IMPORTANT ELEMENTS + IMPORTANT AXES +WATER INTEGRATION :::> CREATING ROOMS

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LOCAL Garden for the neighbor-hood

1 Urban square (Town hall Laken)

2 Urban Livingroom (Reconversion depots) Multimedia, library, play/ game room/ ... - Public function supporting neighborhood - Meaningful start/ end point of green valley - Connection downtown Laken <> park

3 Thematic gardens (Soft recreation) Urban Bethroom, urban gardens, orchard, eco-garden, water garden, ... Rest areas interwoven in the city (large contact area with crowded neighborhood)

5 Play forest (Soft/hard recreation ) - Transition: Hard recreation <> residential area - Water buffering of green valley

6 Event/ sport meadow (Hard recreation) Openness: -View green valley -Multifunctional use urban activitiesn (T&T events)

7 Hardened area (Hard recreation)

8 Recreational docks

9 Urban square on scale of T&T depot

10 Residential/ Mixed use Transition: - Urbans square <> Residential area - Different scale T&T <> Residential area

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Creating rooms: Answering the city life by exploiting the characteristics of the place

CREATING ROOMS

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS site overview

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Reconversion depots

Library, Multimedia centreLibrary, Multimedia centre Wintergarden:playroom/ salonWintergarden

Depot > Urban livinroom

Floorplan Reconversion Depot Small depot > Garden house

Auditorium(Cinema, theater, ...)

Expo/event area

Wintergarden(Playroom, urban salon)

Library; Multimedia centre

Wintergarden

Bar

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Pedestrian Boulevard Illuminated strip surrounding Play forest:Buffer: Park <> more naturally forestControl: View in lower forest area + illegal dumping

Axes, footpathsExtention/ connection axes in park + neighborhoodAlternative routes

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URBAN CORRIDOR

URBAN SQUAREinterwoven in existing urban fabric

URBAN CORRIDORIMPORTANT VIEWPOINT

In . ter . weave

to become woven together, interlaced, or intermingled

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS urban square

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS urban square

DIFFERENT USESpossibility to divide the space in different roomsliminal body

INTIMATE PUBLIC INNER COURTYARD

ACTIVE PUBLIC SQUAREextention of the t&t building

URBAN SQUAREpublic room, connecting the urban fabric with the park area

MIXED USESthe inner space will have a more intimate charac-ter connecting both halls with the office functions

OFFICES PUBLIC SPACESthe spaces will accomo-date the offices and have the same daily use

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS urban square

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS urban square

URBAN GATE

T&T RELATED FUNCTIONSticketing, info point

RESIDENTIAL completion of building bl ock

WORKSHOPScircus school, local innitia-tives

EXISTING URBAN SQUAREviewpoint from neighborhood, entrance to the park

ENTRANCE TO T&T BUILDINGwindow to the urban square

FACILITIES TO THE BUILDINGtoilets, cloakrooms, kitchens, meeting rooms

RESTAURANT

COVERED PATHconnection to the offices, creating a couterweight to the functions in both halls

3. MASTERPLAN TOUR & TAXIS urban square