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From lead casters to sanitary installers. The evolution of the plumbing trade in nineteenth-century Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel
By analysing the development of the plumbing trade in nineteenth-century Brussels, this paper aims to address two research gaps. In Construction History, despite a growing attention for business actors, the focus mainly lies on large-scale firms such as general contractors, whilst little is still known on the many small-scale craftsmen that made up the majority in the building industry. Similarly, although increasing attention is paid to ...
De Essentiële Economie Vrije Universiteit Brussel
De ‘essentiële economie’: een sociaal rechtvaardige onderlegger voor de 15 minutenstad? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Re/Building Brussels. De Brusselse bouwsector in beeld Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels iron and steel builders in the 19th and 20th centuries: a macroeconomic and spatial exploration Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In construction history research, the focus is often on large and prominent enterprises, whilst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain largely overlooked. Yet, in Brussels, like in other major cities like London, 67% of construction workers were employed in SMEs in 1896 – a number that remained relatively constant until today. Accordingly, these historically long-neglected members of the urban construction industry were largely ...
De 15 minutenstad als ruimtelijke kapstok voor de ‘essentiële economie’ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Built to construct: Learning from the architecture of construction workspaces in the Brussels-capital region (1869-2020) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Ruimte maken voor de foundational economy: Stedelijk economische beleids- en planningsperspectieven uit Brussel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Baukultur in Brussel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels’ urban space, like that of many other cities, is dotted with evidence of a productive industrial past. The activities that took place there were generally not geared to mass production for export, but to small scale manufacturing aimed at supplying the needs of local city dwellers. That smallscale manufacturing in dustry included members of the building trade such as contractors, joiners and builders’ merchants who ca tered to the ...