Nexus
Questing the Event-based City and its integration in the Sustainable Urban Regeneration of Brussels Capital Region.
Our main vision for the regeneration of the Heysel Plateau and the stadium area was to transform the stadium from a barrier, quite literally with the gated area around the stadium, to a connection point or guide.
By renovating the stadium and turning into a connecting element, we find a pedestrian axe that establishes a continuity in between the housing neighborhood on the west side, to the Atomium and the Park of Laeken on the east side. This connection we call our green promenade. On the west side we find already a kind of beginning of a green boulevard with a small park in the middle in the 19th century urban structure. This is for us the perfect location to extend this green network onto our site to connect the housing with the green of the park. We suggest renovating the stadium by keeping the monumental façade, and the brick wall from 1985, but to add an external belt as done in 1995. This external belt will hold the ticket entrances so the large gated area around the stadium won’t be needed. The stadium is turned into a new center point by adding other programs to the belt such as shops, restaurants, cafés, offices and a sports museum which will be accessible by an external balcony.
- Assignment title
- The Heysel Plateau and the Stadium Area.
- Academic year
- 2019-2020
- Study year
- MA1
- Structure Material
- steel, reinforced concrete
- Structural System
- beam-column
- Programme
- public building, other
- Approach
- refurbishment & conversion
- Course(s) attached
- ARCH-H400
- Date of defense
- 15 May 2020
- Affiliation
- BRUFACE
