This project seeks answers to the question: ‘How can practices of temporary use of urban voids contribute to contemporary urban (re)development?,’ The international masters students in Sint-Lucas School of Architecture are contributing to this blog in the framework of the Theoretical Component (TC) course
Bruxelles-Midi, l’urbanisme du sacrifice et des bouts de ficelle
A book about the saga of quartier Midi
« Bruxelles-Midi, l’urbanisme du sacrifice et des bouts de ficelle » is a book based on real experiences, interviews and stories of the inhabitants of quartier Midi. It is good documentated with articles and documentaries of the media about the area, law textes, juridical documents, lots of pictures, quotes, etc.
Every chapter focusses on this environment from a different approach: the history, the urban planning, the juridical aspect; or a different protagoniste in this story: the region of Brussels, the community of Sint- Gillis, Charles Picque, the SNCB,...





