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PICT -3- BXL DAY

Public Participation and the Use of ICT

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Agenda (1)Zoom in on BXLPublic Participation in Neighbourhood Contracts

Site Visits: Neighbourhood contracts in BXL/ Schaarbeek Historic/morphological structures of BXL Sites for study in research and education

Recyclart: Art + Work + Public Space + Social Cohesion

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Agenda (2)ExpoDevelopment of tools 1: ‘3DP’Development of tools 2: ‘4D’

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Zoom in on Brussels

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(1) WHAT? Fringes and fractures

(2) WHO?Urban arena

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Topography / Morphology

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Canal

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Zoom in on Brussels (1)Historical: Pentagon/ first and second crown

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Zoom in on Brussels (1)Administrative delimitation

Brussels Capital Region19 municipalities(no neighbourhoods)Statistical sectors

Tension with morphological developmentMorbid grow of the ‘peripherical’No boarder for economy and

infrastructure

Compact Region with high institutional density

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Zoom in on Brussels (1)City of Brussels

shifts in the 19th centurylocation of lever zonesrelation city - region - federal state

heritage (mayors and kings)economic activities (offices, administration, Heyzel,

tourism)

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Zoom in on Brussels (1)Brussels ‘CAPITAL’

European headquartersState capital NATO

Brussels Capital Region

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Ministries from the Frenchspeaking community

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Zoom in on Brussels (1)Urban Fractures

Vaulting of the ZenneLeopold II: Roi Urbaniste (1865 - 1909)North-South Junction‘Manhattan’European Quarter Brussels

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Zoom in on Brussels (2)

Urban policiesPlanning tools on regional and municipal levelSmall-scale interventions

Urban Arena actions, media and debate

Urban Development on-site

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Planning tools today

Regional Development Plan

www.gewop.irisnet.be

Regional Land Use Planwww.gbp.irisnet.be

Municipal Development Plans

Specific Land Use Plans

1962 National Planning Law

1979 Regional Plan

1991 Regional Planning Law Brussels

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Zoom in on Brussels (2)

Urban policies: Small-scale interventionsUrban Permits (regional functionaries)Primes, subsidies, urban dutiesLocal interventions:

URBAN, Interreg, Objective II, ‘Four cities’ Neighbourhood contracts Prior Action Programmes SIF-interventions

Actions and research

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Actors in Urban Planning

Policy makers:elected and administration, region and municipalities

Civil society:different interest groups, overarching and local

Market:Economical Actors and Sectoral Interests

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Diversity of actors and interests, domains

But: All actors on the same level?

Free and flexible co-operation?

Public Negotiation?

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Zoom in on Brussels (2)Urban Development on-site ?Urban Development on-site ?

Plan and realisation: Unaccomplished Modernism

Use of space: Lived functionality and shifts of population

Actions and debate: diverse audiences(e.g. Plein Open Air, Citoyen et Participation, Studio Open

City, Disturb, Conference Draps, etc.)

>> obvious and hidden development >>the unintended (and unexpected?)

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