E13 Sites - Charleroi (BE)

Charleroi (BE), E13

Site Location Charleroi, Gilly, Place Destrée
Category Urban - architectural
Site Family How to create positive dynamics from a difficult situation?

Commision after competition Town planning study, architectural design of public spaces and some buildings

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How can the site contribute to the adaptable city? 

An old industrial community to the East of Charleroi, Gilly has developed along the communication lines that link the North of the Charleroi conurbation to the town of Châtelet in the South, as well as to the Centre of Charleroi and its periphery to the East towards Fleurus and Namur. With its many shops and public facilities, the “Quatre bras de Gilly” crossroads constitute the pole of attraction of the former municipality, now merged with Charleroi. The transit traffic is diverted by the fast lane and the tram has been replaced by a light metro on the site in the Gilly crossing. In spite of a loss in economic vitality and a drop in its social life, Quatre bras remains the heart of Gilly. Its appeal must be further enhanced, however, to re-endow it with a quality of life and urban intensity that can spell renewal for the quarter.