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PRECARE

Links

Concerning the precarious occupation

General information:
  • www.urbancatalyst.net  :
    European study with texts of reflection and practical tools.
  • www.templace.com  :
    Information in different fields about the temporary use of buildings (texts of refection, practical tools, market of exchange of occupation)
  • www.nicc.be  :
    About the studio management for visual artists in Flanders.
  • Scolair  :
    Gestion des plages horaires libres dans l'occupation des écoles - Mediatory office between school and neighbourhood. The aim of the project is to allow community organizations to use school facilities at times when these are not used for school activities and to generate cooperation projects inside the school . It is an alternative way to optimise the use of the existing building stock. Scolair picks up the needs and strenghts of the neighbourhood and the school, establishes with the school terms of occupation and also takes part in renovating the buildings
Practical examples:
  • www.zwischenpalastnutzung .de  :
    Presentation of the DDR presidential palace in Berlin, temporary occupied.
  • www.vrijeruimte.nl  :
    The Vrije Ruimte (Free space/ Espace Libre) is a group of urban activists and researchers from Amsterdam that is stimulating a critical notion of urban dynamics under the conditions of the global worldsystem The group is defending artistic expression, small scale economic activity and collective ways of working and living against the intruding powers of the free market. The Vrije Ruimte aims to sustain a differentiated mix of social, cultural and political functions within the city.
  • Miles de Viviendas (Barcelona)  :
    Collective of squatters that occupies since 2004 a property of the Guardia Urbana, located in the old port of Barcelona. Place to live but mainly meeting space for discussion concerning the right to have housing, urban issues and transmission of their experiences in occupation.
  • Centro Sociale Leoncavallo (Milano)  :
    Espace public autogéré qui offre différents services: e.a. production et accueil de projets artistiques, culturels, débats d’idées, cuisine avec repas à prix modiques, librairie et centre de documentation , service d’informations aux migrants, siège de 4 ONG. - TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH WILL FOLLOW
  • Raw Temple (Berlin)  :
    RAW temple e.V. was founded in 1998. The area is owned by the German Train Company (more than 8 acres), situated in the centre of Berlin. RAW temple e.V. is the biggest self- organized sociocultural project in the city.
  • Ecobox (Paris)  :
    Self-organized urban space project e.g. started up by l'atelier d’architecture autogérée - AAA (Paris) : an interdisciplinary association which promotes strategies and tactics of research and intervention in the city at the crossroad of different points of view. http://multitudes.samizda t.net/article.php3? id_article=1912

Possibilities to rent halls / workspaces in Brussels

Possibilities to rent halls / workspaces in Brussels
  • AIRes de fête  :
    Banque de données reprenant les salles pour événements culturels, répétitions... Réalisée par IDJ, l'Association pour l'Information et la Documentation des Jeunes et du grand public. Tél: 02 772 70 20 E-mail: idj @ idj be - TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH WILL FOLLOW
  • www.barr.be  :
    BARR - Ateliers and Rehearsal Spaces in Brussels - is an online database of studios and rehearsal spaces in the Brussels-Capital Region. If you, as an artist or a collective, are looking for a suitable place to work, you can find here short descriptions and contact information of more than 100 spaces in Brussels. You can search by municipality or using specific criteria. It is also possible to leave an ad on the message board.
  • www.sdrb.irisnet.be  :
    List of the SDRB with initiatives proposing spaces for artists.

Connected topics

Concerning the housing:
  • www.habiter-autrement.org  :
    Utopies/co- housing/mobile habitat/alternative constructions/autonomous effective habitat...
  • www.vrijeruimte.nl  :
    The Vrije Ruimte (Free space/ Espace Libre) is a group of urban activists and researchers from Amsterdam that is stimulating a critical notion of urban dynamics under the conditions of the global worldsystem The group is defending artistic expression, small scale economic activity and collective ways of working and living against the intruding powers of the free market. The Vrije Ruimte aims to sustain a differentiated mix of social, cultural and political functions within the city.
Concerning squating: Concerning freezoning: