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Sustainable Dwelling
This book examines the social and spatial dimensions of dwelling from the perspective of sustainability. This publication avoids the traditional energy and technological dimensions of sustainability to position the notion of sustainable dwelling at the crossroads of spatial polyvalence and residents' empowerment. In the field of housing, this publication identifies the recurrent properties of 'sustainable space’ and the variety of the socio-cultural practices that can embody them. Its purpose is to comprehend how the concept of sustainability is reflected in housing spaces as well as to analyse how inhabitants put those spaces to the test.
Brussels Housing
Modern urban terraced houses or row houses emerged in Europe from the 17th century onwards. Usually two to three storeys high and with a garden at the back, they formed the traditional urban block. In Brussels, this bourgeois form of housing took on a particularly varied and inspiring form – including the well-known Art Nouveau residences – and forms the DNA of the city to this day. This publication analyses 100 selected examples illustrating the emergence of the terraced house and its further development in other forms of housing. The result is a broad panorama and a history of the architecture and development of the city of Brussels with its particularly heterogenous cityscape. This expanded edition comprises a new chapter by Kristiaan Borret, the city's former bouwmeester. 13 new case studies were added and the content was updated. A project index facilitates quick navigation. With a photo essay by the well-known Belgian photographer Maxime Delvaux All plans have been drawn in standard scales, especially for the publication An atlas of exemplary historical and contemporary housing typologies Substantially expanded edition of the successful typological manual
Penser à partir de l'architecture
Cet ouvrage interdisciplinaire s'ouvre sur une question philosophique: quels modes de réflexivité pour penser – ou repenser? – l’architecture, ce vaste et complexe domaine, tendu entre hier et demain. Les chapitres qui suivent abordent les rapports de l’architecture avec la poétique, la technique et enfin l’éthique. En effet, si l’architecture aujourd’hui n’a de sens qu’en partant des préoccupations des architectes eux-mêmes, les questions qu’elle soulève doivent faire l’objet d’un débat avec d’autres praticiens et théoriciens, dans le double but de garantir le recul critique et d’ouvrir l’imagination créatrice.
Déconfiner l'Europe
L’épidémie de la Covid-19 a balayé le monde à une vitesse vertigineuse, résultat de profondes interconnexions. La catastrophe provoquée par la Covid-19 constitue une épreuve existentielle pour l’Europe. En effet, elle est apparue comme un catalyseur anthropologique capable à la fois de mettre en évidence les structures et les imaginaires profonds de nos sociétés. Les confinements ont révélé et ont amplifié des vacuités et des inflexions sociétales sur le long terme. De fait, les politiques publiques ne sont pas seulement fondées sur la « science » et les données factuelles. Elles reposent également sur des choix politiques qui découlent de visions du monde et de hi...
Un Québec urbain en mutation
Le Québec est une société fortement urbanisée. Aujourd’hui, quatre Québécois sur cinq habitent la ville, dans des agglomérations qui s’étalent de plus en plus. Comment expliquer ce phénomène ? Quels défis environnementaux et sociaux l’urbanisation implique-t-elle désormais ? Est-il trop tard pour concevoir des aménagements conséquents ?
Femmes et hommes, l'égalité en question
Femmes et hommes — L'égalité en question fait le point sur les inégalités entre femmes et hommes aujourd'hui en France. Cette édition succède à celle de 2012 Femmes et hommes — Regards sur la parité. L'ouvrage propose d'abord une vue d'ensemble sur les parcours des femmes et des hommes aux différents âges de la vie (scolarité, vies familiale et professionnelle, retraite) et les inégalités qui en découlent. Quatre dossiers analysent de manière approfondie différents aspects des inégalités entre femmes et hommes. Le premier décrit les progrès récents enregistrés en France concernant l'accès des femmes aux catégories cadres et cadres encadrants en début de vie activ...
JET
JET is a publication on contemporary art by and for young people, aged 14 to 18.The publication has the form of an eclectic, colourful, inspiring scrapbook, which arouses curiosity and challenges readers to investigate further. Themes, artists, disciplines, philosophies, principles, continents and cultures intersect, revealing the diversity of contemporary art and society. Readers can leaf through the book casually, but they can just as easily lose themselves in a probing story, in-depth interview or evocative illustration. Artists and topics are drawn from Witte de With's extensive network and program. JET is produced in collaboration with an editorial staff of five young people, so that it will tie into the intellectual contexts and lived experience of young people. This staff is called the Junior Editorial Team (JET); their ages and educational levels vary. Through this initiative, Witte de With is using its expertise to encourage young people to experience contemporary visual art and learn more about it. It is intended to set a national and international standard for art books for young people.
AUDAX TOURNAI PLUS QUE JAMAIS !
Ce livre raconte l'histoire des cyclotouristes de l'Union Audax Tournai pour la période 1973-1994 - L'auteur, André Tignon, toujours sociétaire depuis 1973, fut secrétaire durant 10 ans puis président durant 9 ans de son club. Il est considéré comme un "observateur de la planète cyclo" et invite à découvrir l'univers de son cyclotourisme.
Towards a Metropolitan City Centre for Brussels
Between 2015 and 2020, the city centre of Brussels witnessed the creation of its first major pedestrian zone, one of the largest urban projects in recent decades. Has the Brussels city centre finally done away with the car hegemony? Can the city centre be extended to become the centre of the Brussels metropolis where everyone can find his or her own place? This book presents scientific background to the issue and brings together in words and images the research carried out over the past four years by the Brussels Centre Observatory.
Farmer First Revisited
Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world's most pressing issues- climate change, globalization and food security. Twenty years ago, the Farmer First workshop held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, launched a movement to encourage farmer participation in agricultural research and development (R & D), responding to farmers' needs in complex, diverse, risk-prone environments, and promoting sustainable livelihoods and agriculture. Since that time, methodological, institutional and policy experiments have unfolded around the world. Farmer First Revisited returns to the debates about farmer participation in agricultural R & D and looks to the future.The book presents a range of experiences that highlight the importance of going beyond a focus on the farm to a wider innovation system, including market interactions as well as the wider institutional and policy environment. If, however, farmers are really to be put first, a politics of demand is required in order to shape the direction of these innovative systems.
