How is the contemporary city supplied with goods and how can industrial production remain/become part of the cityscape? What is the role of a contemporary distribution centre and how can architecture help to integrate it in the urban fabric? What is the impact of new mobility such as cargobikes, electrical vans and inland shipping on the supply chain of the city? Strategies to keep industry in mixed urban areas were developed in order to maintain work and manufacturing in the city of Brussels. Appropiate urban typologies, stimulating a densification and mix of industrial activity, logistics and housing/facilities, were discussed and conceived. And ideas for public space, where functional needs for deliveries as well as qualitative space for bicycles and pedestrians are taken into account, were launched. The workshop was led by Mark Brearly, Professor of Urbanism at The Cass, London Metropolitan University and BSI-Citydev Inter-university Chair, Brussels 2019 and assisted by Architecture Workroom Brussels, Port of Brussels, MSA, BMA, Citydev, Omgeving Vlaanderen and Architectuurplatform Terwecoren-Verdickt.




INDUSTRY IN THE CITY LEFÈVRELAAN
Location: Brussels
Client: Citydev.brussels