Scenario 1 – WELCOMIN | community welfare mixed infrastructures

Scenario 1

THE ECO-RESILIENT CITY

The first scenario explored by the project has a time horizon of ten years. In such a lapse of time, we assume the demographic trend of Brussels to stay the same. This scenario assumes such an increased population will overall determine an increased pressure on the built and non built fabric of the city, therefore accentuating environmental needs and societal challenges, although in a very gradual way. Following these changes, we adress welfare infrastructures as spaces that will attempt to complete existing forms of welfare and assure the protection of existing resources. We build upon this scenario through several case-study. The first one is regarding the Marais Wiels and its Metropole building. We further develop our research through studying sites such as Neerpede, Park Ouest, Friche Josaphat and Schaerbeek Formation.

Photo of the Marais Wiels, a green space in Forest (Brussels) overlapped with the text "let's save the marais wiels"

Caring is Owning. Designing community welfare infrastructures for a resilient city

December 22, 2022

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.