MAIB34_2020_1_collectivespaces_Joyce.Jamal

REPURPOSING SCHAERBEEK’S TRAM DEPOT City, Citizens, Space Joyce Jamal

WORKING IN SCHAERBEEK

Collective Spaces

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Site Plan

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Personal Focus Area

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Schaerbeek’s Tram Depot

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Case Study & Inspiration

15 - 16

Strategy & Intentions

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Plans

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Sections

25 - 26

Concluding Image

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Schaerbeek’s Tram Depot Studio’s Focus Areas

Schaerbeek

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GROUP ANALYSIS - COLLECTIVE SPACES As defined by M. de Solà-Morales, “Collective spaces are not strictly public or private, but both simultaneously [They] are public spaces that are used for private activities, or private spaces that allow for collective use, and they include the whole spectrum in between.” Source: M. de Solà-Morales, “Public and Collective Space: The Urbanisation of the Private Domain as a New Challenge”, in La Vanguardia, May 12th, Barcelona 1992, reprinted in “A Matter of Things”, Nai Publishers, Rotterdam 2008

To understand the idea of collective spaces and it's different variations, we aimed to map the different possible locations/sites in Schaerbeek which could be regarded as collective spaces.

Firstly, we strategically categorised the areas in scale, circulation, levels, users, temporality and intimacy, to assess their collectivity. Then we moved on to focusing on the user's experiences and solely regarding the spaces and their degree of collectivity based on their appropriation of space.

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PR IV AT E

ALLOWS

COLLECTIVE SPACE

IC

INDIVIDUAL USAGE

OF THE PUBLIC SPACE COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY

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POSSIBLE INDOOR COLLECTIVE SPACES Buildings that allow public usage and can allow collective activity

Cultural Co-Working Transportation Community Center Market Local Cafe In The Ground Floor Social Housing

CASE STUDIES LOCATIONS Gare du Nord West Entrance

LUCA’s Courtyard Parc Reine-Verte

Gare du Nord Rue Allard South Entrance

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Rue Royale-Saint-Marie

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GROUP ANALYSIS - RESEARCH & OBSERVATIONS SCALE

CIRCULATION

LEVELS

SCALE

CIRCULATION

LEVELS

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USERS

TEMPORALITY

INTIMACY

USERS

TEMPORALITY

INTIMACY

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GROUP ANALYSIS - SYNTHESIS

We learn from our case studies that even though some spaces are wel

street elements, as shown below, can evolve into unintended collecti

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ll designed they fail as a collective space, However, we noticed small

ive spaces

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R E P U R P O S I N G

S C H A E

R ue

Cha u

ssĂŠe

Roy a

de

le-S ain te-M arie

Hae

cht

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R B E E K ’ S

D E P O T Scale: 1/5,000

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T R A M

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CONTEXT ANALYSIS - PERSONAL FOCUS

Athéné royal

Commune of

Alfred Verwée

Schaerbeek

School

Towards the end of the Friday Market part of the Rue Royale Sainte Marie,

Mariaschool Schaerbeek

NON-MARKET DAY

there is a large structures complex that is the SNCB’s tram depot.

In the area, we have several notable buildings/spaces, (Athéné

royal

Mariaschool

and

three

schools

Alfred

Verwée,

an

MARKET DAY

Elementary

school), Place Lehon, Eglise Saint Servais

and

the

Commune

of

Schaerbeek.

The

street’s

experience

becomes

completely different on Market Day.

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Schaerbeek’s tram depot

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Elementary school

Eglise Saint Servais

Place

Rue Roy ale Sainte M arie (Market on Frida ys)

Lehon

Schaerbeek’s tram depot

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CONTEXT ANALYSIS - THE DEPOT 1889 Drawing

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The Chaussée de Haecht is one of the longest roads in Schaerbeek. First a path crossing the fields, the Chaussée de Haecht is a very old trade route linking Brussels to several country villages. The path was paved in the middle of the 15th century and eventually became a wide causeway in the 18th century. With the arrival of the railway in the 19th century, the route of the old path underwent some modifications. It was in the 1850s that it took its final name of “Chaussée de Haecht”.

In the 19th century, it was furnished with mansions in neoclassical style. The small farmhouses which border it were gradually replaced by buildings of all styles.

From 1870, the chaussée de Haecht hosted the first Brussels tram line: the line coming from the Bois de la Cambre to Schaerbeek.

In 1874, a tram depot was built along the causeway at the corner of Rubens Street.

The depot complex is made up of four buildings: a vast depot with two vessels, a two-storey

carriage

house,

a

building

housing the stables, saddlery and workshop, and an office building.

The depot currently services the 25, 92 and 93 lines as well as two trams from the 55 line daily.

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CASE STUDY & INSPIRATION Finland’s Education System It was a goal that started gradually following the end

Grow

of the World War II as a response to the many orphaned children due to the war casualties.

Ch

The new guideline comes as a response to the

Ed

psychological and physiological well being of the

&

students while having their best interest in mind.

Finnish students have a healthy balance between school life and free time, allowing them to engage more

in

various

extra-curricular

activities.

Develop

This

balance continues after they finish school, with a healthy work-life balance.

Saunalahti School / VERSTAS Architects “In the “Future School” educational activities will increasingly take place outside the traditional classroom and introduce new ways of learning.

Saunalahti school is a building tailored to support the pedagogical ideas of a forward-looking school. In its operation, the school puts special emphasis on new ways of learning, art and physical education and collaboration. The building supports these ideas by creating places for interaction of various scales and atmospheres.

Learning and doing with ones own hands improves learning

results.

Art

and

physical

education

versatilely contribute to good learning and growth.”

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Skills

Study

Analyze

Early

hildhood

ducation

Basic

& Care

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Education

Pre-Primary Learn

Education Solve

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STRATEGY & INTENTIONS

Project’s Objectives Following thorough research on the condition of the nearby school to the depot (Mariaschool Schaerbeek), it turned out that this primary school (whose facilities welcomes children from ages 4 to 11 years old), is fully subsidized and offers free education but lacks space for more classrooms and spaces for other activities.

The school right next to the depot, also an elementary school, follows the typical shape of

classrooms

and

corridors,

wrapped

around a playground courtyard that is closed off from the public.

In my proposal I’ll make the playground area visually open but unaccessible by the public for security reasons.

Another element to my proposal is keeping the depot’s areas fully functional with their intended use but open up the complex using commercial spaces as well as green areas. Trams and cars will no longer be allowed into the courtyard and most importantly, including the Friday Market of the Rue Royale Sainte Marie in this space by having it extend and end in the courtyard.

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Open up the depot from three sides by: removing two walls and a structure

Implement a new function in this structure: expand Mariaschool there

Redesign the elevated courtyard, turning it into a school playground and non-tram accessible

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Gallery

Co

Reading Area

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ommercial Space Commercial Space

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For Temporary Use

Open Space Flexible Space

Eating Area Entrance + Administration + Circulation

Mariaschool

Garden Area

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Recess Area

Drop Off Zone

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Student Lounge + Toilets

Flexible Classroom

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Classroom

Classroom

Open Space

Classroom

Classroom Mariaschool Administration + Circulation

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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Student Lounge + Toilets

Flexible Classroom

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Classroom

Classroom

Open Space

Classroom

Classroom Mariaschool Computer Lab + Circulation

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SECTION AA’

SECTION BB’

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CONCLUDING IMAGE

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