The opening in 2007 of the first contemporary art centre in Brussels in the lower part of the municipality of Forest, which is characterised by an industrial urban fabric and socioeconomic insecurity, seems to have marked a new era for this neighbourhood. WIELS defines itself as “an international laboratory for the creation and diffusion of contemporary art”. Using a typology based on international literature, the objective of the study is to confront the rationale behind the creation of this cultural institution with the social and spatial transformations which have taken place in the neighbourhood since its establishment. In this article, we attempt to understand how WIELS contributes to urban development through culture. By combining dif...
For over twenty years, artists and cultural activities have been studied in scientific literature, n...
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Due to a flexible and cross-cutting approach, the urban project is emblematic of contemporary urbani...
The opening in 2007 of the first contemporary art centre in Brussels in the lower part of the munici...
Since the end of the 1970s, the canal area in Brussels has been an innovative setting for avant-gard...
The new pedestrian area has been one of the main urban projects designed for the centre of Brussels ...
The new pedestrian area in the centre of Brussels is one of the most important urban projects of the...
The adoption of an International Development Plan (IDP) by the regional government at the end of 200...
This essay examines how the contemporary city is being redefined as a fundamental crucible in which ...
This essay examines how the contemporary city is being redefined as a fundamental crucible in which ...
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This text is a short account or summary of urban imaginations which have conditioned the formal view...
At the end of the 1960s, the urban area of Brussels underwent a modernisation process which deeply t...
For over twenty years, artists and cultural activities have been studied in scientific literature, n...
This article focuses on the changes initiated by the new public policies for the urban revitalisatio...
Due to a flexible and cross-cutting approach, the urban project is emblematic of contemporary urbani...
The opening in 2007 of the first contemporary art centre in Brussels in the lower part of the munici...
Since the end of the 1970s, the canal area in Brussels has been an innovative setting for avant-gard...
The new pedestrian area has been one of the main urban projects designed for the centre of Brussels ...
The new pedestrian area in the centre of Brussels is one of the most important urban projects of the...
The adoption of an International Development Plan (IDP) by the regional government at the end of 200...
This essay examines how the contemporary city is being redefined as a fundamental crucible in which ...
This essay examines how the contemporary city is being redefined as a fundamental crucible in which ...
This article provides an overview of the spatial development of office building production in Brusse...
This article deals with the socio-spatial situation of Hip-Hop. The study of the spatiality of break...
Informed by object-oriented and relational perspectives on space, this article argues for more compl...
This text is a short account or summary of urban imaginations which have conditioned the formal view...
At the end of the 1960s, the urban area of Brussels underwent a modernisation process which deeply t...
For over twenty years, artists and cultural activities have been studied in scientific literature, n...
This article focuses on the changes initiated by the new public policies for the urban revitalisatio...
Due to a flexible and cross-cutting approach, the urban project is emblematic of contemporary urbani...