Michael Ryckewaert

Biographic Data

ID4896030
NAMEMichael Ryckewaert
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMERyckewaert
SIGNATURERYCKEWAERT M
AFFILIATIONSVrije Universiteit Brussel
ORCID0000-0003-1775-678X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Prefiguring the right to housing. Right to the city approaches in alternative housing initiatives in Belgium

    Open AccessAikaterini Anastasiou, Céline Drieskens et al.ARTICLEHousing Studies2026References: 35

  • Multi‐Actor Housing to Address Vulnerabilities at a Personal and Local Level

    Open AccessAikaterini Anastasiou, Nele Aernouts et al.ARTICLESocial Inclusion2024References: 7

    In response to an everlasting housing crisis, cities worldwide have witnessed a surge in alternative housing initiatives (AHIs) driven by third‐sector organisations. In Brussels, a network of third‐sector organisations has been developing strategies with each other and local authorities, resulting in a plethora of initiatives focusing on various critical situations. Drawing on ethnographic research in a Brussels AHI, this article investigates how…

  • Institutional ethnography: A transformative mode of inquiry in the renovation of a Brussels high-rise housing estate

    Jeanne Mosseray, Nele Aernouts et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2023

    In spite of a clear interest in ethnography and institutions, the method of institutional ethnography has been underexplored in the planning field. This paper looks at its critical potential in the renovation process of the high-rise social housing estate of Peterbos, Brussels. By doing, it sheds light on its transformative capacity. Using multiple approaches of institutional ethnography enabled us not only to develop a better understanding of lo…

  • Variable Arrangements Between Residential and Productive Activities: Conceiving Mixed-Use for Urban Development in Brussels

    Open AccessMichael Ryckewaert, Jan Zaman et al.ARTICLEUrban Planning2021

    Mixing productive economic activities with housing is a hot topic in academic and policy discourses on the redevelopment of large cities today. Mixed-use is proposed to reduce adverse effects of modernist planning such as single-use zoning, traffic congestion, and loss of quality in public space. Moreover, productive city discourses plead for the re-integration of industry and manufacturing in the urban tissue. Often, historical examples of succe…

  • The Preservation of Productive Activities in Brussels: The Interplay between Zoning and Industrial Gentrification

    Open AccessSarah De Boeck, Michael RyckewaertARTICLEUrban Planning2020

    Urban activities such as housing, productive space, green space, offices, etc., compete for scarce urban land, especially in cities with population growth, such as London and Brussels. Thereby, low-value uses such as production have a more vulnerable position in a private property market governed by real estate dynamics in comparison to high-value uses such as offices and housing. While local authorities of post-industrial cities grow more suscep…

  • Urban industries and the production of space: A typomorphological analysis of the mixed urban fabric around the historical national road Jetsesteenweg in Brussels, Belgium

    Frederik Vandyck, Inge Bertels et al.ARTICLEUrban Morphology2020

    From the second half of the twentieth century, industries have moved from locations in urban areas to the monofunctional fringe due to zoning policies and rising real estate prices. More recently, high unemployment rates, lengthy commuting journeys and economic dependability have reoriented the urban planning agenda towards the qualitative retrofit of small-scale production in vital inner-city areas. However, this reveals that designers seem to h…

  • Reproducing housing commons. Government involvement and differential commoning in a housing cooperative

    Nele Aernouts, Michael RyckewaertARTICLEHousing Studies2019Cited by: 5References: 16

    Since the late nineteenth century, reoccurring economic depressions and related housing crises have led to the development of collectively shared and managed housing systems. Nowadays depicted as ‘housing commons’, these systems are rooted in the early twentieth-century cooperative garden city housing model. Some of these housing initiatives have been marketed, while others have been scaled-up or co-opted by the state. Through a detailed discussi…

  • Making space for a more foundational economy: The case of the construction sector in Brussels

    Open AccessSarah De Boeck, David Bassens et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2019Cited by: 11References: 5

  • Easing spatial inequalities? An analysis of the anticipated effects of Urban Enterprise Zones in Brussels

    Sarah De Boeck, David Bassens et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2017

    This paper offers an ex-ante policy analysis of the Zone of Economic Expansion (ZEE) in inner-city neighbourhoods of the Brussels Canal Area. It identifies the anticipated effects by scrutinizing the impact of a similar and already implemented Urban Enterprise Zone – the Zone Franche Urbaine – in the city centre Roubaix (Lille). The key question is whether the ZEE can be interpreted as a policy measure to effectively reduce spatial inequalities, …

  • Reconceptualizing the “Publicness” of Public Housing: The Case of Brussels

    Open AccessNele Aernouts, Michael RyckewaertARTICLESocial Inclusion2015Cited by: 2References: 7

    This article brings together various spatial and political theorizations on the commons as a broader project to understand multiple dimensions of the inclusive nature of public housing. By picking up theorizations on the commons, the article feeds the debate on the loss of “publicness” of public housing and removes attention from what is seen as a state related business. Four core-dimensions are identified: ownership, participation, community act…