The open spaces of housing estates, as laboratories of the living, An exploration of the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam and the Cité Modèle in Brussels

Baes, Nathanaëlle
(2023) U&U Hybrid metropolization — Location: Ecole d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille (28.June.2023)

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If the current ecological crisis is both a crisis of our human societies and a crisis of living beings, it is also, and above all, according to Baptiste Morizot, a crisis of our relationship with living beings. Although this crisis is directly linked to the abysmal disappearance of many species, it is also closely linked to the way in which we humans occupy and inhabit the Earth. The aim of this article is to identify, through field experiments, the multiple ways in which the question of the living in the urban environment can be addressed. This article is part of a research project that attempts to reveal the potential of singular places in the Second Belt of Brussels, the open spaces of public housing estates, by looking more closely at how they offer posts for observing the living in the urban environment but also places for experimentation around multiple coalitions. The hypothesis is that the ongoing project and processes dynamic on these open spaces can draw renewed attention to a specific architectural heritage as well as provide better care and better relations with all species that coexist, while also giving a political voice to all living beings through new coalitions. To do this, we will look at two specific sites: the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam and the Cité Modèle in Brussels. Observation work conducted in the field and meetings with key actors have enabled us to better understand the dynamics at work on each of these sites.
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Baes, N. (2023). The open spaces of housing estates, as laboratories of the living, An exploration of the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam and the Cité Modèle in Brussels. U&U Hybrid metropolization, Ecole d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/103289