Brussels, linked to a now lost strong industrial culture, is investing heavily in re-establishing manufacturing in the heart of the city. The project proposes a training centre as a meeting place for different artistic practices located in one large hall. The site is located exactly on the boundary of two mono-functional areas: one industrial and one residential.
The first idea related to the site was to conceptually reconnect the two areas in a hybrid solution: a building for living, working, and studying. The residential and reductive portions become different but interconnected moments. This friction generates a curious series of thresholds that allow a clear reading of the variation in accessibility, from the street to the garden and from the factory to the dwellings. The residential units are designed to be a single extended public floor and arise from the reflection of what it means to live in proximity to the factory.
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