Bed gate 2
Rue Vandenbogaerde, 1080 Molenbeek A found bed in the process of being transormed to a fence around a reclaimed bit of city green. Below are some previous stages of this work in progress: http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=1836 http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=1035 more…
Ex shop
Thys-straat, 1060 Sint-Gillis This former shop is inhabited. The small entry niche is converted and now houses plants. Judging from the blue signs next to them, the plants are under safe camera surveillance. more…
New lock Old handle
Rue Lisbonne, 1060 Saint-Gilles more…
Scratch & peek
The glass wall of the corridor that spans the central hall of the Bozar museum in Brussels is temporarily blocked with grey self adhesive plastic. A scratched hole in the plastic allows a view on the lower storey. Is this expression of spatial curiosity intended as a critical intervention addressing problematics of representation of female […] more…
Square basement cover
Rue de Prague, 1060 Saint-Gilles Look at me I am an urban reparation. more…
You are here
Rue de Mirroir, 1000, bxl more…
Alternative trash can
Rue Pierre-Victor Jacobs, Molenbeek,Brussels Where to put once garbage when there is no trash can around for miles ? Empty poles that no longer serve their original purpose will do very well thank you. more…
Wild bells
Ribaucourt straat, Molenbeek, Brussels A nice organic doorbell constellation. Bells galore more…
plug plug plug
Rue Masui, spotted by Tristan Boniver more…
Mosaic floor
One of my favorite Brussels musea is the Cinquantenaire Museum. It houses an amazing collection of historic items, ranging from medieval silverware, gothic sculptures and Flemish tapestries to 19th and 20th century furniture and interior design. The big internal square on the groundfloor in the history wing deserves a place in the collection of its […] more…
Metal collector
Often old appliances are illegally dumped in our neighborhood. A possible reasons can be that the city garbage service ‘Bruxelles Propreté’ is not always very effective. Throwing certain materials away in containerparks is paid, and can be expensive. Not everybody has a car to bring big objects to a container on the other end of […] more…
Cover Bank Table
Rue du Canal 21, 1000 Brussels A multifunctional solution to protect a basement ventilation shaft from dust and rain. To low to be a seat, to high for a lid, it most resembles a coffee table. more…
New door
Brocante Oxfam Solidarité – Rue Dubois-Thorn, 105, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles Not sure where to start to describe this reparation, but that is exactly what is so exciting about it. At several moments in time, this door has been constructed and repaired in a non-planned, improvisational manner with materials that were at hand. I guess that at […] more…
Streetlight blocker
Sint-Gilliskerkstraat, 1060 Saint-Gilles A construction to keep light from street lanterns away from the window of an appartment. Black light more…
Stabilizer sacks
Boulevard Adolphe Max Plastic bags filled with sand are an effective way to stabilise postcards stands. Weather proof and versatile. Can be found all over the center of Brussels. more…
Giant exhaust
Metro Louiza, 1050 Brussels Crazy curled up pipe connected to the airconditioning system of the Leonidas chocolate shop in metrostation Louise. Less space consuming but equally weird alternatives could have been to cut the exhaust through the window pane such as in this shop in Saint-Gilles, or to lift up the pipe above head level […] more…
Artisanal fix
Wasserijstraat, Brussels more…
Crushed / Cosy corner
The urban furniture on the pedestrian area between the housing blocks situated between the Wasserijstraat, Rue des Tanneurs and Nieuwland are well known for its swift deterioration. Youth like to make noise, piles of trash arrise overnight, cars crash poles and fences. A typical accident that happens regularly is that the corners of the wall […] more…
Safety for all
On a short visit to Rotterdam two people crossed my path driving electric wheelchairs pimped with reflective materials, sensors, meters, flashing lights. The women tells me she and her son tour Holland to raise consciousness for safety conditions of wheelchair users. They came directly from Rijswijk, some thirty kilometers from Rotterdam. Her sons cap reads […] more…
Window string
Artisanal solution for broken window handle. Temporary men’s toilets, first floor of the Central railway Station, Rotterdam, Holland more…
Exit through window
Hallepoortlaan / Avenue de la porte de Hal more…
Broom support
Opzichterstraat, corner Rue van den Boogaerde A broom support for a satelite dish. The colouring pencil used to stabilise the broomstick in the iron wall mount shows that this low tech improvisation is well thought through and carried out in detail. more…
Postkot
A DIY collective postbox for the inhabitants of Rue des Fleuristes 57. Not far from there, another example of the same species can be spotted: more…
City-stick
Baross Uta, Budapest From our Budapest correspondent Robin van’t Haar www.cityscripts.com more…
Low tech reparation
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