Rethinking Brussels Midi station area

Master thesis (2011)

Authors

Contributors

W. Vanstiphout (mentor)
M. Van Dorst (mentor)
Programme
Design as politics (Architecture) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2011 Ozola, E.
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Published Date

31-10-2011

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Programme

Design as politics

Abstract

The graduation project aims to lessen the social tension between the well-off and authoritarian and the poor and powerless, its frontier being Brussels Midi station area where a decline in authenticity and openness can be observed. Theses issues are addressed by acknowledging the effects immigrant cultural identities have on urban environments - running opposite the threatening tendency to exclude marginal societal groups and the increasing nationalism in the politics of numerous European countries.