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LAI, YI-CHEN (author)The project is to transform Belgium National Bank into a working environment capable of accommodating diverse activities. Given its economic capacity and social responsibility, the bank also has a public attribute that allows it to accommodate specific public events.<br/> propose to open part of the bank's space as a financial culture center,...master thesis 2022
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YU, CHEN (author)The National Bank of Belgium occupied a large, closed block on the edge of lower and upper Brussels. The building complex will become the workplace of the bank’s 1500 office-based staff. Moreover, the bank sees itself as a more open, permeable environment because of the increasingly digital finance and the move out of security functions. The...master thesis 2022
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Goedert, Gina (author)During the 1950s and 1960s, Luxembourg underwent a major economic-political transformation that allowed the country to position itself as an internationally recognised financial hub and centre for European affairs. The degree of influence that this economic- political evolution of Luxembourg had on the architectural and urban development of...student report 2022
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Calzati, S. (author), Santos, Francisco (author), Casarola, Giulia (author)The 2008 economic crisis has opened the door to new strategies for managing urban resources. In fact, the interest in urban commons (UC) has (re)surfaced both within and outside academia. While literature accounting for existing experiences is growing; UC as a practice begs for further systematization concerning the needed negotiation between...journal article 2022
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- Ronner, E.I. (author), Vermeulen, P.E.L.J.C. (author), Hachez, Aurélie (author) journal article 2022
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Stoschek, Dominik (author)Since its creation in the 1950s, one of the European Union’s greatest aspiration has been the search for a common European identity as its slogan “United in diversity” euphemistically conveys. Officially adopted in May 2000, after it had been chosen by a media jury from more than 2000 proposals, the motto is one of many European symbols...student report 2021
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Bröckel, Marion (author)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...master thesis 2021
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Mahieu, René (author), Asghari, H. (author), Parsons, Christopher (author), van Hoboken, Joris (author), Crete-Nishihata, Masashi (author), Hilts, Andrew (author), Anstis, Siena (author)We investigate empirically whether the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) improved compliance with data protection rights of people who are not formally protected under GDPR. By measuring compliance with the right of access for European Union (EU) and Canadian residents, we find that this is indeed the case. We...journal article 2021
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Uyttebrouck, Constance (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), Teller, Jacques (author)This paper addresses the governance of the ‘live-work mix’. This concept refers to the renewed intertwining of living and working activities in new housing and urban development in the context of welfare state restructuring, development of the knowledge economy and globalisation. Implementing live-work goals can be difficult because a...journal article 2021
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Thijssen, Pebbles (author)Research about the covered river Senne in Brussels. This former river seems to be invisible, but this research shows that this former industrial river still lives in the city (within the architecture and the urban structure). What can a revitalization of this covered river mean? And how does architecture relate to this revitalized space?master thesis 2020
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Yang, Lin (author)Brussels has a complex political background and social texture. The existing administrative centre does not meet the demands of 1700 employees anymore. The city centre is going to build a new city hall-the Brucity, and move 1700 staffs from the old administrate centre- Muntcentrum. While the Brucity is an enormous volume breaking the urban...master thesis 2020
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Huang, Luna (author)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...master thesis 2020
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Stańczak, Magdalena (author)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,...master thesis 2020
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van der Drift, B. (author)The essence of the program and of its articulation resides in the duality which exists between the plinth of the block and the tower. The plinth volume, of a pedestrian scale, dedicated to the productive city and the community facilities, forms a base for the existing building. Small scale production spaces which surround a courtyard, construct...master thesis 2020
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Schiesaro, G. (author)The project developed as a continuous effort to define the idea of spolia. A term that surpasses the re-appropriation of material becoming an active approach to architecture becoming an attitude towards the city and the landscape in the consciousness that a deep relation is established between the forms and the culture that generate these forms....master thesis 2020
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Rutkūnaitė, Gabija (author)The street is a complex socio-physical network that reveals various layers of life in a city: its historical setting, planning, political and economic situation, and cultural mentality. Studying such complexities of social life is important in order to understand the constantly changing identity of space. In the face of globalization, cities are...master thesis 2020
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van Roij, N.J.A. (author)The project is set in a fragmented neighbourhood called Cureghem in the south-west of Brussels. The newspapers often portray the neighbourhood as poorly developed with low living standards. The project considers that spatial transformation is only acceptable if it responds to current-day social and spatial issues. In the urban design of the...master thesis 2020
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Phan, T. (author)Our society is expanding and in response to this, cities are undergoing transformations. The pluralism of an individualized society, relating to one’s own needs and desires, is perceptible in the way we dwell in the city. However, this doesn’t mean that a larger cohesive (social) structure isn’t essential. Indeed, Brussels, the capital of the...master thesis 2020
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Ruigrok, L.J.M. (author)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...master thesis 2020