A civic building as urban stage for public life and democracy: An investigation of the city of Brussels, the public realm and its citizens

Research__Brussels as an urban stage of differences__Activism I Activation__Political Space My work is an investigation of the city of Brussels, of public space and its citizens. The results of the analysis of the city of Brussels show above all the diversity of the city. The city can be seen as a fragmented, heterogeneous and superimposed space...

City Hall of Brussels: a community's gathering point

The project is about the design of the city hall of Brussels as a critique of the proposal of BruCity. One of the characteristics of Brussels is the heterogeneity at its urbann fabric and most of all its society. So, this project is aiming to investigate the design of the building that can work as a gathering point, strength the bonds between...

A City Hall in Brussels

Brussels will build a new administrative building in the city centre, which will provide new residences for approximately 1,700 government employees. With the expansion of Brussels' urbanization, the decrease in air quality has gradually attracted people's attention. The project hopes to form an ecological corridor by planting oak trees in some...

City Hall Brussels

According to the World Migration Report 2015, published by the International Organisation for Migration, 62% of the people of Brussels are foreign-born or of foreign descent. That makes Brussels the second most diverse city in the world. The heterogeneity of the city of Brussels can be witnessed on the different levels such as class, culture,...

City Hall Brussels

Currently, a new administrative centre for the municipality of Brussels, Brucity, is under construction. A building that represents itself as a developers block and lacks any description of truly defined public space which allows the public to engage with its governance and its politicians. As a critique, a new city hall has been designed....

Modern Agora

The graduation project Modern Agora is about the design for a new city administration in Brussels. The design is critiquing and responding to the already in construction BruCity project, which centralizes all the 10 departments with 1700 city employees. Brussels is the capital of Belgium and at the same time that of the European Union, which...

City Hall Brussels

The city of Brussels wishes to realise a new administrative building centrally located within the city’s pentagon. Brussels, being the capital city of both Belgium and the European Union, is considered a heterogeneous city, consisting of 183 nationalities. This heterogeneity becomes a defining characteristic of the metropolis, however a variety...