Her.Bronnen has been on a quest to reimagine the way we deal with the 220 known sources in Brussels that have been shut off or redirected towards the sewage system in the last century. For playcation 2024, they imagined a new use for the Meudonsource in Neder-over-Heembeek, which has been calmly flowing from its source over the Meudon Street into the sewage system a bit downhill for as long as the neighbors can remember.
What if this serene stream can become a water playground during the summer months, offering some coolness and letting the children decide for themselves how this little stream should run? After some initial tests on site, a playful and green intervention was imagined, where a mobile forest would flourish in several ponds along a new stream that emerges on the sidewalk. By stacking recuperated pavement stones, which were taken out for de-pavement projects in the city, and using natural clay as mortar, a series of ponds, streams and waterfalls was added along the Meudon Street. Children could build their own aqueducts, waterfalls and ponds by simply stacking the remaining pavement stones and sealing them with clay, becoming river-builders themselves!
On the opening day, Meow collective organized workshops to help children build this new water-infrastructure and motivate the parents to take a dip in the new ponds. What a fun way to show the incredible potential that is murking below our feet!
Project by Herbronnen.resources, plantenhoutgoed and Meow collective
Supported by VGC in the framework of Playcation.Brussels 2024
Speelbroek
Speelbroek is a project initiated by our friends at Her.Bronnen and Plantenhoutgoed and funded by the VGC in the framework of playcation 2024.