Onsite Prototype No. 01 – “Jonction” / Recyclart, Brussels

The OS.01 prototype was conceived as a proposal to create an artistic landmark marking the 50th anniversary of the North–South railway connection in Brussels — a key element in the modernization of the city center, both underground and above ground.

The name of the competition project, "Jonction", refers to a paradox: while the urban intervention aimed to connect the two parts of the city — and by extension, the country and its people — drawing a line between two points inevitably also creates a division.

It is within this context that the urban and cultural center Recyclart emerged in the neighborhood surrounding Gare de la Chapelle, occupying a symbolic position within the unresolved fracture between north and south Brussels.