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History
- Early 20th century: construction of the military complex (riding school: 1906)
- January 2018: purchased by the Brussels-Capital Region from the Federal State
- 2018 to 2026: conversion of the site by the Urban Planning Corporation and the universities ULB and VUB
Site
- 3.9 ha: area of the former barracks quadrangle
- 56,000 m²: current floor area of the former barracks buildings
- 27: the number of former barracks buildings
- +/- 800 m: perimeter wall of the former barracks
Conversion
- Some 600 student housing units
- Maximum 20,000 m² of public housing for families
- 8,700 m² of university facilities
- 1,100 m² of public facilities
- 1,520 m²: floor space of the sustainable food court – the heart of a new range of local facilities
- 2,500 m²: area of the main esplanade – the centre of a network of new public spaces
- +/- 300 seats in an auditorium
- 65: the number of social housing units planned in the former gendarmerie accommodation to be converted by the SLRB-BGHM on Rue Juliette Wytsman, just opposite Usquare.brussels