Voyage #15. En Plein Public. Maastricht's Street, Bridges and Squares
The monuments define the streets! This city walk introduces you to the well-trodden paths, bridges, and squares that narrate Maastricht’s rich past and shape its cityscape. Follow your feet and discover the streets that guide you. Walking through Maastricht, you’ll discover the stories behind its bridges, courtyards, and plazas and how they continue to inspire contemporary architecture. You’ll encounter new inner-city housing, historical streets, cul-de-sacs, unused squares, and heritage with potential. But how do we restore, preserve, and renovate such treasures? And how do Maastricht’s citizens feel about this? To address these questions, curator Remco Beckers of Bureau Europa and conservator Joes Minis of Centre Céramique have devised this walk specifically for the 2023 Maastricht Day of Architecture.
Bureau Europa is going on a journey! With a brand-new excursion program titled "Voyage Voyage Voyage," we seek out the undiscovered places with unique stories, the fringes of our environments and landscapes, the places you often pass by without notice. Right now, you may be a casual passerby, but soon you'll become an intentional explorer.
In a growing database of virtual excursions, city walks, guided tours, and special mental journeys, Bureau Europa invites you to open yourself to a new perspective on your surroundings. The outdoors serve as a starting point to absorb design, architecture, and culture at your own pace and discretion. From interventions to classic hikes, from podcasts to scripts - we offer it all on our website.
Especially in times of COVID-19, when our movements were restricted, travel and culture became more experimental: this online environment, with its photo albums and video stories, will inspire you in surprising ways and emphasize the boundlessness of our region.
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