With the aim of boosting investment in start-ups and sustainable urban development, the European Commission has recently launched two new financial instuments. One of the aims of these is to encourage the regeneration of urban areas.
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- Country: Belgium
- Project: Masterplan of Marexhe hub, the construction of a public space, a train station and a park
- Contractor: Town of Herstal
- Year of construction: 2009-2015
- Location: Herstal (Liège Province, Belgium)
- Architecture: ARJM, Abdelmajid Boulaioun, Jean-Philippe Jasienski Stéphane Cutter, Marc Rouserez, Ana Siwik
- Urbanism: SUM Project
- Engineering & technical studies: ARCADIS Belgium
- Photo credits: Filip Dujardin
This is a global project that included the construction of a new building for the station, reorganisation of the public space and pedestrian link, the rehabilitation of several streets and a private housing development. The project also includes the refurbishment of a park containing urban vegetable gardens for the inhabitants of the city.