Recypark is an adaptive infrastructure project in the Eurodelta, one of Europe’s most infrastructurally dense regions. Located along the Brussels-Charleroi canal, the project concentrates recycling functions on one side of the plot, thus freeing a space for public use along the canal where different types of visitors can meet. A skatepark and green zone encourage people to use the space in diverse ways, facilitating the project’s integration and promoting its visibility. Both programs are united by a wooden structure, repurposed from an industrial hall to reinforce a common identity, matching the semi-industrial environment and lower its carbon footprint.
Participants
51N4E (BRUSSELS, BELGIUM)
Freek Persyn, Roeselare, Belgium, 1974. Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
Dieter Leyssen, Lier, Belgium, 1989. Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
Authorial Collaborators
Witteveen+Bos, Rotor
Technical Collaborators
Détang Engineering, SecuriSan, Earth’n’Bee, Greisch
Team
Johan Anrys; Freek Persyn; Benoit Lanon; Yann Gueguen; Aline Neirynck; Jan Opdekamp; Jonathan Cludts; Johanna Bendlin; Chloé Nachtergael (Drawing); Sepideh Farvardin (Video)
Thanks
Bruxelles Propreté | Net Brussel; NEWROPE Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation, ETH Zurich; Ruby Press
Supporters
Les Marneurs, Janne Saario
