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Waardebepaling van jong erfgoed. Het belang van materialiteit in een geïntegreerde benadering Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Re/Building Brussels. The construction sector and the production of urban space, from 1695 until today Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Structural Dimension in Horta's Art Nouveau Grammar Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Roof slates have featured prominently in the residential architecture of Western Europe for several centuries. Artificial slates made from fibre cement, and asbestos-free fibre cement slates in particular, are more recent, however. This paper will examine the transition towards asbestos-free fibre cement slates that was initiated following the controversy concerning asbestos in the 1970s to determine the impact of that transition upon ...
Capturing the practice of deconstruction in Brussels (1903-1939) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper uses the photographic collection created by the heritage organisation ‘Comité d’Etudes du Vieux Bruxelles’ to study deconstruction practices in Brussels between 1903 and 1939. An analysis of images just before, during and after buildings were taken down, allows insights into the demolition techniques that were used and the economic and heritage value of the materials that were dismantled. By doing so, the paper contributes to the ...
Iron and steel construction workshops in 19th and early 20th century Belgium: retrieving their oeuvre via trade catalogues Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the 19th century iron and steel were worldwide applied to construct halls, markets, stations and bridges. Belgium, being an early industrialised country on the European mainland, was famous for its iron and steel construction workshops and the export of iron and steel structures. Yet, the majority of the early Belgian construction workshops is hardly studied. As company archives of Belgian construction workshops are seldom preserved, we ...
Salvaging construction materials in Brussels, 1900-1925 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper studies the demolition and salvage process of construction materials in Brussels in the early twentieth century (1900-1925), a period that is generally considered as a turning point in the reuse practice of construction materials but has not been researched into depth. The paper is based on an analysis of the pho-tographic collection of the Comité d’Etudes du Vieux Bruxelles, the building specifications of public sales of buildings to ...