Urban vacancy: mapping the European research landscape
by Bas van Heur Abstract Although still a niche within established disciplines, research on urban vacancy has boomed in recent decades, with different research communities investigating different dimensions of vacancy. However, these communities rarely communicate with each other, leading to parallel debates, different conceptual vocabularies and diverging empirical foci. This becomes particularly problematic in the […]
“When Sharing means Caring” at Ruimte Delen
On the 16th of October 2023, RABBKO and the City of Brussels hosted “Ruimte Delen”, a cultural platform adressing the theme of ‘sharing space’. Rising real estate prices are making it harder to find suitable workplaces. The spatial pressure on the city is sky-high. It is high time to look at space differently with our […]
Caring is Owning. Designing community welfare infrastructures for a resilient city
As part of the WELCOMIN project, this intensive international workshop explores the limitations and potentials of community ownership and community welfare mixed infrastructures in Brussels. In the framework of a prospective approach and supported by the input of international experts and local actors, research by design will allow envisioning spatial, functional and governance arrangements that can lay the foundation for caring and community-centred policies and cities.