1978 THE BRUSSELS DECLARATION Reconstruction of the European City Whlepbising afew texts an ey 20 centr Mode ach ecu, dhe Arches Trchtecure Mederne (A2M) become mas well certhe 1970 fr roi more eles nt Mode rchtecare and urbane boson tinal and yell ana ‘The fires masts osocoed wi he AN were Maurie ub and Leen Kr koe work often fue ns pubic These two were vsvuneral deg together parca fam ss Europe i cola en the ey of Sr ot whch he foioing stent was mae. ‘The parcpans of he ntersional Clloquivm eld in Brussel fm the 1h 19 the I7thof November under th aegis ofthe Commission Frans del Clear ‘andthe Agglomeration de Bralles have decided, unger he ems oth tiv ‘is, 1 formate the following decturtin: = ‘they highlight the value ofthe combined action etd hy the resident? supe Brass in the efor to defend and este ths iy deta by brutal and aberrant transformation ot stractr;they coer in pat ticular the iesponsible politics af the EEC whose destructive active i siting its own biking avec al qual eri ces uch Laneme bourg, Strasbourg and Buses they demand the formation, within the Eu ean Insiuions of Commission tha wilt stake nto account the objet ‘the Reconstruction ofthe European City eid hy its init ~ ‘the askall te schools of architetere o focus heir tacing and research on the ask of repsiving European ties ~ ‘they ak that the ehnial nd peoesional ning the bung aden Be rected toward these os ~ they mean by repiing the European ity, he negation of istry naan racic: the builfing heritage mast be pct tut inthe oad iste Allintevention inthe armpean ity mist focus on what he city has lays bon tha is streets, squares avenues, blocks, gardens. bd "gure All intervention athe European city mst on the oe hand, ais ban ‘learways and motoreay, monofunctional Zones and esd een space 176 Theories end Manifestons IRisnot posible to have indent zone, ceil zones, pedestrian res but nly quarters tat include al he setts of ura ie Tie necenary to move toward the rduction of the blk perimeter of cites 1nd define more precisely rural zones inorder to establish clearly what i town and whit is countryside they denounce uncon archcture sn urbanmscae tha deroyed the European ity in sponse othe exigencies of publi nd pat capitalist industrial purposes equally they denounce the compaiane of rehitets and thee professional orguisaton in aceig the conditions of rodction a8 tie ha as sbstanialy contributed 10 the presen sate of hig they omer that the ony posible way toward the reconsrcton ofthe European ‘ity inthe development ofa abou force with improved poesional aie: dhe ejection of industrial methods developed solely forthe profit of their promotes. ‘The prtcipuns, gathered fr discussion an debate on the reconstruction ofthe «ity prelim their conviction thatthe Burpee ea be repaize, htt mas ‘band tha the means achieve hat end are within seach Im consequence they resolve to pursue thee workin this irecton inorder o ulate the general agreemest and pola support ofthe population. (31) ‘The picipans ofthe calogian: Pere Lacoate (Brussels Jagues Lucan (Pais) Sean Casts (Versailles) Antoine Grumbach (Pais, Léon Keer (London), Frangois Loyer Rennes, René Schoonbrot Brises) Jigies Vander Bis Brass), Ferman Montes (Chit Pari) Berard Het (Prin), RAL Delevoy (Brass), André Baey (Baestona), Maurice Cuot Brose) Pilippe Peri Vera, ieruigt Nivoin Milan! Palermo), (Gras) 1982. Arcee dArchtectre Meere Fist pub ino Declan dt eves Eton es Aries archer Mr. No 5 (rel) 1976 forts pueatonty Ka op ‘Treditional 177