Sturdy upgrade
Be careful while parking, this orange cone is re-enforced with a steel rod and base. Avenue Fonsny more…
Breath of air
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Pavers rearranged
Rue de Merode, 1060, Saint-Gilles Stack of pavement tiles reordered into temporary skateboard object. Note the bridge in the middle. more…
ça pousse bien ! ..
Rue de Liverpool, 1070 Anderlecht .. as someone shouted when seeing me taking this picture: “ça pousse bien!” 🙂 more…
My place
Reserve your parking spot with two traffic cones. Use screws nails and bolts to make sure they are firmly attached to the pavement. 1000 Brussels more…
Don’t piss on my mailbox
Quai du commerce, 1000 Bxssls I suppose most guys would interpret this stainless steel triangle as a desperate sign to please not pee in that corner, but apart from blocking completely the lower letterbox, what does the triangle actually do ? Technically speaking it is still very possible to pee in that corner I guess […] more…
Crate shield
Scheldestraat, 1080 BXSL Shields for basement windows made from plastic crates. Perfect fit, widely available, keeps out trash, lets through air. more…
Liberal semantics
Boudewijnlaan, 1000 BXSL Unemployed people need to fill out a stamp card (stempelkaart / carte de pointage) to indicate whether they worked, were unemployed, or were on a holiday. The liberal Union helps its members and employees to understand the difference between a square metal box for depositing documents from a square metal box to […] more…
From shit scraper to rain pipe
. Many 19th + early 20 century houses in Brussels have a small space at foot level next to the main entrance. It is where the so called ‘shit-scraper’ used to be installed: a metal bar that you can use to scrape off the soles of your shoes, before entering the house. Having become obsolete, […] more…
Hollow symmetry
Rue d’Andenne, 1060 Saint-Gilles more…
Skywalkers cross here
Avenue Antoine Depage, 1050 Ixelles, Bruxelles more…
Bed gate extension
Two notable additions to the gate around the claimed space in Rue Vanbogaerde: An added side bar connects the two sides: it’s beginning to become a fenced of mini garden. Also: new obstacle are added to prevent cars from parking into the gate. Previous posts about the bed gate are here: http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=1860 more…
Horse collar
Avenue Tervueren, 1150, Woluwe Saint-Pierre, BXL This sculpture lost its stability. It is secured with an elastic band to the tree next to it. more…
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…
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