Metropolis of co-existence

The City of Paris and the bouwmeester – maître architecte of Brussels will discuss on the topic of co-existence in the metropolitan context. Guest speakers are Charles-Antoine Depardon (FR) urban planning and architecture counselor of the vice-mayor of Paris, Sophie Mourthé (FR) landscape and ecological transition project manager for the city of Paris, and Kristiaan Borret (BE), bouwmeester of Brussels Capital Region.

In today’s social-ecological transition, the city of Paris and the Brussels Capital Region pursue urban development addressing social inclusion, sustainability, climate change, air quality, solidarity, innovation, and citizen participation, which are essential aspects defining the future of both metropolises. Charles-Antoine Depardon and Sophie Mourthé, with their colleagues in the city of Paris, promote an ambitious program to create socially and economically mixed districts to improve the overall quality of life for residents and to ensure an ‘ecological transformation’ of the capital. Kristiaan Borret, as the bouwmeester – maître architecte of the Brussels Capital Region (BMA), stimulates and supervises the quality of urban development projects and tackles the co-existence of the working and living spaces, the social mix, and the evolution of mobility in the transformation of Brussels. The conversation will discuss the challenges of co-existence in the environmental, mobility and the social transition within the metropolitan area and more.