50th Anniversary of the Urban Planning Law - A series of talks and movies

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the urban planning law (1962), the Flemish Architecture Institute's Centre for Flemish Architectural Archives (CVAa) is programming a series of talks and films. You can see four films from the 1950s to the 1970s, each introduced by an expert in postwar urban planning and urbanisation. How did the urban planning law come into being? Why did it take so long for such a law to appear in Belgium? What effect did it have? You will get the answers in these films and talks.

Tuesday 23 October 2012
Talk: Michael Ryckewaert (Erasmushogeschool Brussel, KU Leuven)
Film: Trilogy: Eigen schoon, rijke kroon/Mensen in de stad/Een centenkwestie (1951) - director Charles Dekeukeleire

Tuesday 6 November 2012
Talk: Michiel Dehaene (Ghent University)
Film: Six mille habitants (1958) - director Luc De Heusch

Tuesday 27 November 2012
Talk: Marcel Smets (KU Leuven, former Flemish Government Architect)
Film: De straat (1972) - director Jef Cornelis scenario Geert Bekaert

Tuesday 11 December 2012
Talk: Bruno Notteboom (Ghent University, Sint-Lucas Architecture)
Film: Vlaanderen in vogelvlucht (1976) - director Jef Cornelis scenario Geert Bekaert 

All talks will be in Flemish. All movies will be in Flemish, except 'Six mille habitants' (in French, with Flemish subtitles).

Entrance is free, but please book your seat by mailing to cvaa@vai.be.