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Context building

and neighborhood

The building that will be discussed in the following
three scenarios is situated in 45-47 Fritz Toussaint
street, on the corner with Juliette Wytsman street,
in the Brussels commune of Ixelles. In the current
urban zoning plan this building’s parcel, together
with the site of the former military barracks on
the other side of the street, is coloured in as “area
for facilities of collective importance or public
services” . The other surrounding parcels are
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mainly residential.

The building was probably built around 1913,
and served as an elderly home for a while. Signs
spotted on the entrance door of the building
indicate that it has been put to use by both Fedasil
and Samusocial; the last known use was by the
Federal Police. The building is owned by Regie Fig. 1
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Light blue stands for “areas for facilities of
der Gebouwen/Régie des Bâtiments, the federal collective importance or public services”
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real estate manager. The USquare definition
study included this building (lot), but it seems
this was only because the Régie des Bâtiments no
longer wants to own it. 5

Fig. 2 The building is situated in Ixelles, near the Etterbeek railway station, in front of the USquare premises

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