We believe in the institution and their responsibility in the city. With different compensation and cross-financing mechanisms we turn around the plotting of commercial against social functions. The European Commission as Brussels‘ most influential leaseholder enables the formation of a public research centre for Europeanness, a space for learning from multiplicity.

Dweller

programme: housing
total surface: approx. 13.000 m²
share of total usable area: 33% (17% affordable, 16% market price)
owner: all dwellers
price after renovation: 1.200,62€/m² (affordable), 3.200€ (market price)
ground rent: 17,43€/m²/year (1,53%)
size of shown unit: 161,75 m²
unit price after renovation: 194.200,29€

EU Official

programme: office
total surface: approx. 20.000 m²
share of total usable area: 50%
owner: European Commission
price after renovation: 2.567,25€/m²
ground rent: 64,76€/m²/year (6%)
total price after renovation: 52.755.662,47€

Passerby

programme: public
total surface: approx. 7.000 m²
share of total usable area: 17%
owner: Brussels Centre for Urban Studies
price after renovation: 242,69€/m²
ground rent: 16,51€/m²/year (1,53%)
total price after renovation: 1.695.650,06€

We believe that the renovation project could be a collective moment recharging the idea of the European Union in Brussels. For a transformation that goes beyond materiality, we need to reconnect our idea of ownership to responsibility. Only then we can start conceiving a city for each other. Brussels is hosting the European institutions since 70 years. It’s time, the European project starts taking place in Brussels.