自从1695年路易十四的军队用大炮轰炸布鲁塞尔以来,布鲁塞尔又经历了试图给该市赋予帝国首都形象的利奥波德二世的统治时期,作家安德烈·德弗里斯(André de Vries)因此断言,“除了一些教堂和市政厅外,几乎没有一栋1695年之前的建筑仍然存在”在城市之中。[7]到20世纪中叶,开发商和地方政府之间形成了默契的联盟,他们提出了现代主义议程,并专注于大型开发项目上,同时将布鲁塞尔市民大抵被排除在讨论之外。[8]
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