Ponds

Industrial ponds brought to a new life  Belval is an ex-industrial site in the south of Luxembourg, undergoing vast changes in the last couple of decades. It used to be the center of the Luxembourg steel industry, and today with its unique urban development project offers the possibility to up-cycle and integrate its rich industrial heritage in a contemporary setting. Two sintering ponds lost their purpose decades ago when the blast furnaces ceased to operate and were abandoned ever since. © Jessi Lang In the context of the new urban development, this particular location will host a new central square, ‘Place des Bassins’, giving a new life to this forgotten lieu. How to engage in adaptive reuse and respect the... More