However, Peterbos is far from being a “tabula rasa”. A large slope and a marked relief between a ridge line, now highlighted by the green walkway, and the “broek,” the bottom of the small Broekbeek valley, are the geographical features on which the Peterbos neighborhood is built. The park is built on this striking topography of the tributaries of the Senne valley. Peterbos is a landscaped area within a network of green spaces on a metropolitan scale. Along the Brussels green walk, it neighbors the Scheutbos to the north and Queen Astrid Park to the south, both of which are accessible via a dense network of paths. To the west, a series of tree-lined avenues descend along the ridge to the West Station, the canal, and the Anderlecht slaughterhouses.
The Masterplan articulates a series of clarified spaces that restore the park's metropolitan status and local environment. New spaces connecting the interior and exterior reweave the neighborhood's links to the city, and a renovated network of public spaces clarifies the routes and gives new qualities to the open spaces. These include equipped plains that welcome collective and emancipatory practices, and parking lots that have been reorganized and redesigned for better integration into the landscape. The spatial and socio-economic relationships of the ground floors are also being investigated in relation to this system of landscaped spaces. These elements form the structure of the master plan. Their qualities and spatial clarity will support all of the programmatic developments that Peterbos will see come to fruition in the coming years.
photographs : © Michiel De Cleene