Town Planner
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GRANDE HALLE, Brussels – Belgium
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Located in the heart of the Heyvaert district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, well known for the car trade to Africa, this flagship project of the « Petite Senne » sustainable neighbourhood contract is built on the site of a former industrial hall built in 1910 on the Quai de l’Industrie. The site, which extends into the interior of the…
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PARC PIERRE PAULUS, Brussels – Belgium
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The Parc Pierre Paulus was originally two independent gardens, one belonging to the Pelgrims house and the other to a convent. The English garden of the Pelgrims house had a theatrical organisation, a sort of décor composed of false rockeries, fountains and water features. Then the convent garden was dramatically opened up by the construction…
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PLACE MARIE JANSON, Brussels – Belgium
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As part of the « Parvis-Morichar » sustainable neighbourhood contract in Saint-Gilles, StudioPaolaVigano’ and vvv architecture urbanisme were commissioned to renovate the Place Marie Janson. The idea was quickly to connect the built front, the Saint-Gilles forecourt and the interior of the square by creating a sloping surface to let the water run off and collect it…
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PARC @ TOUR & TAXIS, Brussels – Belgium
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This video presents the development of green spaces on the site of Tour & Taxi and mainly the large park designed by town planner Bas Smets. On the edge of this park, the former Brussels Regional Minister for the Environment, Energy and Housing of the Brussels-Capital Region, Céline Frémault, commissioned Bas Smet to create a work…