Requalification of old places in Brussels: Increasing density and improving urbanity
(2009) ‘Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses’ — Location: Istanbul (12.October.2009)
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- Brussels, originally an industrial city, has become an administrative centre, generating a series of disaffected areas. Sustainable development policies aim to improve the standard of living through urban, social and economical enhancements. Indeed, these policies are considering the construction, the renovation and the requalification of obsolete areas into new dwelling centres. In this context, the present paper shows the results of a broader research commissioned by the Brussels Capital Region, on the residential densification between 1989 and 2007. Through the analysis of this inventory, we have identified two main techniques concerning the rehabilitation of old places into residential uses: firstly the requalification of isolated buildings and secondly the reurbanisation of brownfields. Following two methodological approaches (morphological observation and analysis of social perception), this research has shown us that, in the last twenty years of housing production in Brussels, the main abandoned buildings and sites that were available were requalified increasing density and improving urbanity through the diversity of urban forms relating to public and private spaces.
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Ananian, P., & Declève, B. (2009). Requalification of old places in Brussels: Increasing density and improving urbanity. ‘Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses’, Istanbul. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/221701