Homborch: A Common Architectural Idiom in the Landscape

51N4E, Essay, Middle Density, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms.

Brussels, Collective housing, Community, Density, Integration, Landscape, Neighborhood, Participation, Productive City, Project, Sustainable.

Fernand Bodson’s Homborch garden city has grown gradually over the course of time. Each extension built further on the initial qualities of the first dwellings. This inspired us as we reflected on what this fourth intervention, in 2021, should offer the neighborhood: continuity in terms of a common architectural idiom with a focus on discovering the possibilities of the surrounding landscape.