Usquare Brussels

​The Usquare district will be a comprehensive circular neighbourhood in both its development and implementation. First, during the design and construction phase, the project will favour buildings reconversion, the reuse of materials in the new buildings and thus limits construction waste. Second, the site aims to create an innovative local urban metabolism connecting the different projects together in a circular way (i.e. the waste generated by the food-hall could become biocompost used as raw material for urban agriculture).

The conception in the objective of a carbon-neutral economy is not limited to buildings and businesses: the academic investment on site will create new jobs and opportunities, especially in academic research focused on sustainability. The universities aim people to make its studies their own. Community empowerment and social diversity could thus also come from the interpretation centre focused on sustainability, the wide-open Fab-Lab, the public spaces and commons.

Usquare district is to be finished by 2025. Meanwhile, it is hosting the biggest temporary occupation in Belgium providing a wonderful opportunity for social, economic and environmental experimentations.

Usquare district has to be considered as a regional project that brings a comprehensive urban approach to post oil city planning. This pilot project will bring feedback, solutions developed will be carried out in all others regional projects.