#bruxellisation

[heritagebrowser]

Some 17th and 18th century gabled houses in Brussels.

Brussels looked before the 19th century not dissimilar to the Flemish cities with streets lined with gabled houses and an urban fabric woven with rivers and canals. The 19th century brought haussmannisation and canalusing the rivers underground and the 20th century bruxellisation /brusselization continuing the onslaught on the picturesque historical city.

[maaarine]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusselization:

"In urban planning, Brusselization (UK and US) or Brusselisation (UK variant) (French: bruxellisation, Dutch: verbrusseling) is "the indiscriminate and careless introduction of modern high-rise buildings into gentrified neighbourhoods" and has become a byword for "haphazard urban development and redevelopment."

The notion applies to anywhere whose development follows the pattern of the uncontrolled development of Brussels in the 1960s and 1970s, that resulted from a lack of zoning regulations and the city authorities' laissez-faire approach to city planning. (…)

The writer André de Vries asserts that the penchant for heavy-handedness can be traced back to the reign of King Leopold II in the late 19th century, and possibly even all the way back to the bombardment of the city by Louis XIV's troops in 1695.

"There is barely one building still standing", he says, "from before 1695, with the exception of some churches and the Town Hall".

Leopold II sought to give Brussels the image of a grand capital city of an imperial/colonial power.

By the middle 20th century, there was a tacit alliance between urban development entrepreneurs and local government, with a modernist agenda and with their sights set firmly on large-scale development projects.

The citizens of Brussels were largely left out of the process. (…)

Further radical changes resulted from Brussels's role as the center of the EU and NATO, beginning with the construction of the European Commission's headquarters in 1959.

The introduction of a high-speed rail network in the 1990s was the latest excuse to speculate on multiple rows of properties for modern office or hotel redevelopment, which led to the razing of neighborhood blocks near Brussels-South railway station.

These changes caused outcry amongst the citizens of Brussels and by environmentalist and preservationist organizations.

The demolition of Victor Horta's Art Nouveau Maison du Peuple/Volkshuis in 1965 was one focus of such protests, as was the construction of the IBM Tower in 1978.

Many architects also protested, and it was the architectural world that coined the name Brusselization for what was happening to Brussels.

Architects such as Léon Krier and Maurice Culot formulated an anti-capitalist urban planning theory, as a rejection of the rampant modernism that they saw overtaking Brussels.

In the early 1990s, laws were introduced in Brussels restricting the demolition of buildings that were deemed to have architectural or historical significance, and in 1999, the city authorities' urban development plan explicitly declared high-rise buildings to be architecturally incompatible with the existing aesthetics of the city centre.

This led to the rise of what was termed façadisme, i.e. the destruction of the whole interior of a historic building while preserving its historic façade, with new buildings erected behind or around it."

maps.app.goo.gl/6tb7gVF9FdU4yTqF7:

[brusselisation]

Belgium, Brussels, Council of the European Union, October 2009

[lionelcampionphotographe]

Typical 70's building, result of the "bruxellisation" anarchic architectural plan in Brussels Belgium . . #typicalarchitecture #70s #bruxellisation #anarchic #architecturalplan #bruxelles🇧🇪 #brussels🇧🇪 #belgium🇧🇪 #belgique🇧🇪 #ruehaute #immobilier #cellphonepicture #samsungpicture #nofilter #lionelcampionphotographe (à Rue Haute) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ioy1pHaLL/?igshid=1ksle7266i2ou

[diabolita]

Here’s the second video I directed for the single Brussels which appears on Gold, the third Baby Fire album. It features Rey the podenco in front of notorious architectural disasters which have happened in Brussels since the late Fifties.

[anecdoteshistoriquesinutiles]

Anecdote historique inutile n°62 : bon, elle n'est pas fun celle-là. On sait que l'antisémitisme a des racines millénaires. Pour vous en convaincre, voici une charmante légende du "miracle des hosties poignardées par les juifs". Cette histoire chrétienne qui se racontait à Bruxelles au Moyen-Âge rapporte qu'en 1369, le Vendredi Saint, un juif vola à l'église Saint-Catherine un ciboire contenant des hosties consacrées et alla les porter à la maison d'un rabbin. Là les juifs poignardèrent les hosties. Or il en jaillit du sang à jet continu, et la chose finit par être ébruitée. Comme on n'attend jamais grand chose pour chercher noises au pauvre peuple israëlite, suite à ça tous les juifs du ghetto de la Montagne de la Cour furent torturés et massacrés, tandis que le Duc confisqua (naturellement, fdprince) tous leurs biens. On dit que l'hospice des douze apôtres fut bâti à l'emplacement de la maison du rabbin, déclarée maudite et rasée. Fort heureusement, la bruxellisation est à son tour venue à bout de cette maudite rue, dont il ne subsiste qu'un petit tronçon très impersonnel. On dit qu'il faut éviter de perdre la mémoire pour ne pas que l'histoire se répète, bien il serait temps...

[plusominus]

Mercredi matin, Mont des Arts, Bruxelles

[zirigoza-blog-blog]

Reposting @bruxellisation: Belgium, Brussels, July 2015 - www.BRUXELLISATION.com #bruxellisation #verbrusseling #photography #art #rue #street #sidewalk #city #ville #buildings #urban #urbanism #urbanisme #urbex #houses #architecture #urbanexploration #dreaminstreets #lacalleesnuestracolectivo #burnmyeye #worldstreetfeature #unposedcollective #best_streetview #lensculturestreets #streetselect #apfmagazine #StreetsGrammer #fromstreetswithlove #siamstreetnerds https://www.instagram.com/p/BqRquIiFk50/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sl5wfhh5xrqz

[extremerunning]

Reposting @bruxellisation: Netherlands, Rotterdam, September 2018 - www.BRUXELLISATION.com #bruxellisation #brusselisation #verbrusseling #photographie #photography #art #street #sidewalk #city #ville #buildings #urban #urbanism #urbanisme #urbex #houses #architecture #urbanexploration #fotofirst #allcitiesarebeautiful #il_instagram #streetphotography #streetphotography_color #ig_street #SPicollective #myfeatureshoot #everybodystreet #hcsc_street #photoobserve https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo7NavglMCw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m2uasj2jc9l2

[giodb]

#Bruxelles #terrainvague #smiley #greysky #bruxellisation #renew #ruine #building #tag #urban (presso Brussels, Belgium)

[villesallantvers]

#Marseille #Bruxellisation #Verbrusseling #gentrification #aculturation #façadisme #dikkenek #MRSBXL (à Marseille, France)

[ritaeng]

Brusselization (n.)

In urban planning, Brusselization (UK and US) or Brusselisation (UK variant) (French: bruxellisation, Dutch: verbrusseling) is "the indiscriminate and careless introduction of modern high-rise buildings into gentrified neighbourhoods" and has become a byword for "haphazard urban development and redevelopment".

The notion applies to anywhere whose development follows the pattern of the uncontrolled development of Brussels in the 1960s and 1970s, that resulted from a lack of zoning regulations and the city authorities' laissez-faire approach to city planning.

[brusselisation]

Belgium, Antwerpen, April 2018 - www.BRUXELLISATION.com

[jmontaujoie]

Belle-Epoque parisienne.  1887-1890 Plafonnier d'une boucherie, volailler, gibiers du Paris de la ''Belle Epoque''. Plafonnier signé, situé, créé dans un atelier du Marais parisien entre 1887 et 1890. Huile sur toile fixée sous verre, rehaussée de feuilles d'or. Démonté durant les '' années Pompidou" correspondant à la période de "bruxellisation" de la capitale Belge. 11m² + 1 long plafonnier de couloir, 1 long imposte de vitrine et 2 impostes de portes. Surface totale de 17,30 m². #artnouveau #camondo #decointerieurelyon #decointerieure #decointerior #belleepoque #marais #parisbelleepoque #masterpiece #architecteinterieurparis #masterpieces #museedesartsdecoratifsparis #architectedinterieur #parisartnouveau #ihavethisthingwithceilings #newyorkinteriors #lainteriordesigner #dallasinteriordesign #parislemarais #miamiinteriordesign #londoninterior #artnouveaubruxelles #artnouveauparis #ihavethisthingwithfloors #carnavalet #londonarchitecture #lemaraisparis #maraisparis #ihavethisthingwithfloors https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBzUdfFdwo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mma72ux4ioz1

[somnambuilst]

英国より。「サイケ」との冠が付くバンドですが、独特なセンスでのポップで、なかなか他に無い感性。地味に良いです。

(https://open.spotify.com/track/2tR2U5hVHz4ck5zfPWMf36?si=EyNpRUQSRFGmL11XssVkPgから)