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

PRESSURE ZONE

METHODOLOGY

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

PUBLIC MOBILITY

METHODOLOGY

5MIN WALKING TO NEAREST PUBLICSTATION

NORTHSTATION

PORT

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

MASTER PLAN, CONECTION PLAN

MASTERPLAN

SHORT CONECTIONS LONG CONECTIONS NEW CONECTIONS

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

GREEN SPACE

MASTERPLAN

NEW PUBLIC PARK

GREEN AXISEXISTING PARK

CARS & PEDESTRIAN STREET

MASTERPLAN

CAR STREETS PEDESTRIAN STREETS

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

PARK

MASTER PLAN, PROTOTYPES

MASTERPLAN

MASTER PLAN, PROTOTYPES

MASTERPLAN

PEDESTRIAN MARKET

SOCIALHOUSING

NORTHSTATION

CITYCENTER

TOUR &TAXI

CITYCENTER

MASTERPLAN USE OF THE LAND

MASTERPLAN

SECTION MASTERPLAN

MASTERPLAN

MASTER PLAN, PROTOTYPES

MASTERPLAN

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PROTOTYPE 1PROTOTYPE 1

LOCATION SITE

LOCATION ANALYSES

CONTRAST OF HIGHTnarrow streets

PROBLEMATIC PRESENT VIEWSscale domination & narrow sidewalks & streets

MAIN IDEAS:

CONTINUOUS FLOW & CIRCULATION

RECOGNIZABLE & CONTINUOUS PATHday time

RECOGNIZABLE PATHSNight time

DENSITY OF PEOPLE IN THEAREAPRESENT TIME & PROPOSAL

VEHICLE & PEDESTRAN PATHS

FUNCTIONS

WTC Analyses

PROPOSAL OF WTC

PROPOSAL OF WTC

PROTOTYPE 2PROTOTYPE 2

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SITE ANALYSIS FOR BUILDING APARTMENT

PROTOTYPE

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SITEPARK

ANALYSIS

ENTRANCES VIEWS

PROTOTYPE

ALIGNMENTS

GEOMETRY GEOMETRYGEOMETRY

DESIGN CONCEPT

PROTOTYPE

PEDESTRIAN FLOWPEDESTRIAN FLOW

PERSEPTION OF BUILDINGPERSEPTION OF BUILDING

GROUND LEVEL

PROTOTYPE

Ground floor scale 1:500

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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A

LATERAL ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

PROTOTYPE

SECTION A-A´

LATERAL ELEVATION FRONT ELEVATION

LATERAL ELEVATION

3D VIEWS

PROTOTYPE

3D VIEWS

PROTOTYPE

PROTOTYPE 3PROTOTYPE 3

GENERAL ANALYSIS

DESIGN CONCEPT

SITE PICTURES

STUDY OF VOLUME

PROPOSAL ANALYSIS

PUBLIC SPACE PROPOSAL

PLAN

VIEWS

VIEWS