Engineering sciences - Architecture & Buildings
Under the cobblestones, the history of the Grand-Place
Since 2017, the Centre de Recherche en Archéologie et Patrimoine (CReA-Patrimoine) has been exploring Brussels' Grand-Place and its surroundings. The aim: to understand how this central location of the city was built and transformed between the second Middle Ages and the end of the modern era. Here's a look back at these unusual excavations in one of the world's most beautiful squares.
Public showers in Brussels: prospects in the face of shortcomings
While access to water and hygiene is recognized as a fundamental right, the supply of public showers in Brussels remains largely insufficient and poorly distributed. In a new publication from Brussels Studies, three ULB historians - Pauline Bacquaert, Chloé Deligne and Sophie Richelle - together with French geographer colleagues, analyze the current shortcomings, history and uses of public showers in Brussels, and sketch out concrete avenues for rethinking these essential services.
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Doctoral fellow Department of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Ghent
