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Brussel (gewest) --- Anderlecht --- 626/627 --- Water --- 711.4 --- 72.037 --- 373.67 --- Sint-Lucas --- 626.1 <493> --- 711.4 <493 BRUSSEL> --- 711.553.4 --- Kanalen --- Waterwegen --- Stedenbouw --- 21ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Eenentwintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- Architectuuronderwijs --- Onderwijs (architectuur) --- Studentenprojecten --- Inland navigable waterways. Canals. Canalized rivers--België --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw--België--BRUSSEL --- Stadsplanning: havenwijken haventerreinen --- City planning --- 711.553.4 Stadsplanning: havenwijken haventerreinen --- 711.4 <493 BRUSSEL> Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw--België--BRUSSEL --- 626.1 <493> Inland navigable waterways. Canals. Canalized rivers--België --- 711.553.4 Stadsplanning: havenwijken; haventerreinen --- Stadsplanning: havenwijken; haventerreinen --- Architectuuronderwijs ; Gent ; Brussel ; Sint-Lucas ; LUCA --- Architectuuronderwijs en ontwerppraktijk --- 711.4(C)(493) --- Onderwijs ; kunst- architectuuronderwijs --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; vormgeving en analyse van de stad ; België --- Projet d'architecture

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This research involved a long-term participatory study embedded in the Solidary Mobile Housing (SMH) project, a Living Lab aimed at developing, testing, and refining a model and prototype for the co-creation of solidary living in mobile homes on un(der)used urban spaces in the Brussels-Capital Region. The aim of this PhD was to extend the knowledge contributions of the practice-oriented SMH project with a deeper study on how the co-creation of temporary housing on urban waiting spaces, for and with homeless people and civil society organisations, can contribute to socio-spatial resilience. Moreover, the PhD also aimed to understand the consequences of this for urbanism and architectural design. In order to address these aims and questions, in this PhD, we have interwoven Participatory Action Research in the SMH Living Lab with a theoretical and case study review​ and a Critical Reflection on the SMH methods, experiences, and outcomes.In this PhD, temporary use of waiting spaces for housing is put forward as a small step towards, in the short-term, rapidly providing more affordable housing for the most vulnerable citizens. Moreover, this PhD also identifies a long-term perspective, focusing on adopting a more ‘transitional’ approach to the city, and leading to the transformation of the Brussels housing system to include more solidary and inclusive modes of housing production.The outcomes of this study further include solid policy recommendations for operationalising transitional use of waiting spaces for housing. In conclusion, the PhD culminated in the formulation of a future perspective for increasing socio-spatial resilience through the solidary appropriation of urban waiting spaces and Networked Critical Spatial Practices, which we called ‘the Futuring Stack’.

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The project concentrated on post-industrial areas along the canal of Brussels. The aim is to rethink those sites by providing strong infrastructural network all along the water. After series of analyses, the site of Biestebroeck was chosen to be a starting point for Canal revitalization. The area is situated in the great proximity to the city centre and to Midi station. Biestebroeck itself is an industrial area that does not fully function anymore. It became huge waiting space and remains in the state as we see for almost a decade. The aim of the project is to keep the identity of the area, but fulfil it with facilities that answer the needs of society today. By implementing wooden movable structures we creating unusual space combinations for super-diverse population of Biestebroeck.

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The Brussels capital region has undergone tremendous urban development over the years. In this transformation process, there are always two ends to a stick. On the one hand, there is a rapid development in a limited amount of space. On the other hand, ‘spillover’ territories of these larger development sites are formed. Over time these spillover spaces become part of the urban fabric as vacant spaces that are anticipating for a new user or to assume a new function. Essentially, they are in a period of waiting. Brussels is composed of many such urban voids that lose their function for a temporary period. These vacant lands were referred to as ‘Waiting Spaces’ (De Smet, 2013). The dissertation questions the potential of these vacant spaces to become a place of solidarity that can bring together diverse sets of communities and create a new sense of place in them. It questions, how can Place-based Solidarity be used for rethinking the way we design for Temporality of waiting spaces? How can the solidary appropriation of waiting spaces enable urban resilience? What are the potentials of engaging informality in architecture and bottom-up appropriations? The research focuses on the main key concepts of; Waiting spaces, Place-based solidarity, Informality, Urban resilience and Participation. To obtain a clearer understanding of these concepts, a literature review is conducted through surveying a range of different sources which enabled to understand the key concepts being explored and propose a suitable theoretical framework. Analysis of a selected set of case studies, gave the possibility to understand the different ways in which they have been implemented architecturally. The chosen case studies emerge from different cultural backgrounds and personal experiences. Through place-based solidarity and commons, architecture becomes a resource for solidarity. The design aims to address this in the urban and architectural scale. In the urban scale, it proposes an informal solidarity network for temporary use for waiting spaces in Brussels. It elaborates on how this could be managed and implemented, whilst making connections with the regional development plan for Brussels. In the architectural scale, spatialising solidarity has been explored through interventions that stimulate interactions between culturally diverse communities, on a particular waiting space in Brussels. The research concludes with a summary of the key points, the practices which permitted to achieve the objectives and the importance of this research in this day and age.