Fall 2018_ Concepts and Analysis_ UD Studio 1
Faculty: Viviana d'Auria, Racha Daher, and Erik Van Daele
This urban design studio revisited Brussels' North Quarter, a contested area with a complex history of infrastructural and social transformation linked to economics, changing visions, residential fabric demolition, vacancy, and migration. The studio focused on the growing housing
shortage in Brussels, and design investigations explored the development of the urban fabric in the area. Qualitative living entails more than shelter, as dwelling and housing cannot be elaborated in isolation; public space structure, mobility trends, and civic amenities entered into the equation. Through thoughtful integration of multiple components and realities, as well as in collaboration with different stakeholders, the studio aimed to create qualitative urban tissues for an inclusive North Quarter.
