NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD, BRUSSELS
INTRODUCTION
AAA LOCATION
• 10MIN WALKING TO THE CITY • WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION• WATER FRONT • EMPTY BUILDINGS• FORMAL INFRASTRUCTURE• AVAILABLE EMPTY LAND
FRIGIL IN BRUSSELS NORD
INTRODUCTION
FRIGIL: (fraj-uh l;) adj. Lacking in substance or force.
In the past 50 years, the European city has beenTransformed from an industrial city to one based on a service economy.In Brussels on the 19th and 20th century industries have left a huge mark in the city.
The transformation of Brussels into the service city has so far
www.youtube.com, Project, A. B. (2007). Brussels a manifesto towards the capital of Europe a theory on the city, Festival kanal Plan Agenda. PDF, http://dictionary.reference.com,
The transformation of Brussels into the service city has so far resulted in the rise of property development of office space.These are Monfunctional office district with poor public space, where there isno life outside office hours.
•“The corridor along the canal..Is currently one of the most heterogeneous parts of the city, inhabited by a highly diverse socioeconomic composition of inhabitants…is the symbol of the east-west disconnection and imbalance”. (Project, 2007)
• Brussels demographic challenge young educated families move out of the city looking for affordable housing + garden.
• High immigration, for 2020 Brussels will need 50,000 new homes.
• Two paradox high quality and
DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION
INTRODUCTION
• Two paradox high quality and affordable housing for middle class and sufficient social housing to accommodate the rising population.
“Building for Brussels, Bozar”,
1.business.belgium.be 2. WWW.flickr.com 3. www.immovast.be www.bozar.be, Building for Brussels, Bozar, exhibition guide,
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METHODOLOGY, by CHORA
METHODOLOGY
Is an example of a design methodology that has the potential to reveal comprehensive nuances of a site as well as its scientific and social strata.
Gary Doherty, Article Prototypes in Pinkenba, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
RUE DU PALAIS
LIMIT OF THE SITE ANALYSIS
AV. DU PORT
METHODOLOGY
RUE D´AERSCHOT
NORD STATION
TOUR &TAXI
BLV. BAUDOUIN
BRUSSELS NORD 1880-2010
CANAL
RAIL STATION
MAP 1880 1880
2009
METHODOLOGY
RIVER SIENECHAUSE D’ANVERES
2009
1880-2009
ACTUAL FUNCTIONS
METHODOLOGY
• FEELING OF UNSAFETY
• WORKERS PREFERE TO GO TO THE CITY(NEAR, DIVERSITY)
• BIG BUILDING BLOCKS
• MONOFUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
Commercial buildingsSocial & green spacesLeisure activitiesCultural buildingsChurchesGovernmental buildingsOffices Train stationschool
SIMON BLV.• LACK OF RELATION BETWEEN
BUILDING AND STREET.
• LACK OF ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
AREAS WITH POTENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL ZONE
TOUR & TAXI
COVER RIVER SIENNE
METHODOLOGY
TOUR & TAXI
SOCIAL HOUSING
BUSINESS DISTRICT
NORD STATION
SOCIAL HOUSING
GAUCHERET PARK
BRUSSELS CITY
CONECTION PLAN, ACTUALITY
METHODOLOGY
LACK OF CONECTIONBETWEEN EAST AND WEST
SHORT CONECTIONS LONG CONECTIONS
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
WELL CONECTION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
ACTUAL RELATION, PEDESTRIAN-STREET
METHODOLOGY
EXISTING ENTRANCES EXISTING ENTRANCESSERVICE ENTRANCES SERVICE ENTRANCES
CONCEPT OF MASTER PLAN
MASTERPLAN
PEDESTRIAN FLOW BETWEENEAST AND WESTEAST AND WEST
PEDESTRIAN FLOW BETWEENNORTH AND THE CITY CENTER
PLAZAS AND PUBLIC SPACES
MASTERPLAN
PUBLIC SPACEAT PEDESTRIAN MARKET
PUBLIC SPACES ARE LINKED BY PEDESTRIAN STREETS TO ENHANCE THE SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN INHABITANTS.
PUBLIC SPACEAT BASSIN
PUBLIC SPACEAT SOCIAL HOUSING
PUBLIC SPACEAT WTC SHOPPING MALL
NEW BUILDINGS
MASTERPLAN
PEDESTRIAN MARKET
PARKBUILDINGAPARTMENT WTC SHOPPING MALL
SOCIAL HOUSING
SCHOOL
HOUSING
BUILDINGAPARTMENT
BUILDINGAPARTMENT
MASTER PLAN, PEDESTRIAN-STREET RELATION
MASTERPLAN
EXISTING ENTRANCES NEW ENTRANCES EXISTING ENTRANCES NEW ENTRANCES
MASTER PLAN, PROTOTYPES
MASTERPLAN
PEDESTRIAN MARKET
SOCIALHOUSING
NORTHSTATION
CITYCENTER
TOUR &TAXI
CITYCENTER
DESIGN CONCEPT
PROTOTYPE
PEDESTRIAN FLOWPEDESTRIAN FLOW
PERSEPTION OF BUILDINGPERSEPTION OF BUILDING
FLOOR PLANS
PROTOTYPE
1st and 2nd floor scale 1:200 3rd and 4th floor scale 1:200
5th and 6th floor scale 1:200
SECTION AND ELEVATIONS
SECTION A-A´
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LATERAL ELEVATION
FRONT ELEVATION
PROTOTYPE
SECTION A-A´
LATERAL ELEVATION FRONT ELEVATION
LATERAL ELEVATION