cone + chain
Hovenierstraat, 1080 Molenbeek Bxssl Garage Privé, parking reserved 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…
Numericollage
Some DIY house numbers from my neighborhood. more…
All together now: Basement covers
Here are some images of improvised repairs, alterations to covers of coal cellars that are no longer in use. Some quite decorative ones such as the one above, others are more pragmatic. The basements that were used back in the days to stock coals in general now serve some other function. It used to be […] 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…
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…
City park grave
There are many homeless people in Brussels. Since two years one guy lived in a small tent right in the middle of the park on the Quai à la Houille, next to a very popular children’s playground. A photo of the tent in 2014 can be seen on Google maps. He died recently. The place […] 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…
Wifi free
Avenue Fonsny, 1060 Brussels Badly translated or very much avant-garde ? Does this café offer free wifi or is it a space where you can enjoy the abscence of wireless radiation ? 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…
Bed hek
Rue Vandenbogaerde, 1080 Molenbeek An old bed served well in the upgrade of The fence around this reappropriated garden. Below is an earlier version: http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=1035 more…
Corner Winkel
A nice bilingual shop sign on Rue du Midi, 1000 Bxl. In Dutch / English ‘Corner Winkel’ would mean: corner shop. In German / English it could be a poetic way to translate corner. ‘Corner angle’, ‘Corner corner’ hmm suggestions welcome. 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. more…
Depannage immediat
Rue de l’intendant, Molenbeek There’s too many cars? The world is in need of immediate reparation? Not sure how this plastic illustration of the northern hemisphere is best interpretated. In the middle of fading blue plastic continents apears a sign of a car that is being towed. more…
plug plug plug
Rue Masui, spotted by Tristan Boniver more…
No Fiets
Belgradostraat, 1060, Brussels 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…
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…
Don’t crash my green spot
Rue Vandenbogaerde, 1080 Molenbeek Bad parking often means a sudden death to many improvised green corners in the area. This orange cone and the reflector pole next to it are meant to create a visual delimitation to the parking place in the hope that big bumpered cars don’t crash the low wooden gate surrounding the […] more…
New house number
Avenue Charles Woeste, Brussels Sometimes you need to replace your house number. It’s a small job that takes just one minute. You could paste the numbers left from where they used to be. It helps if your wife can judge spacing and lineage of the numbers. You can use a glue that will last for […] more…
Woman, gas burner, household steps, roof window
Boulevard du Jubilé, Molenbeek 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…
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