Architectural firm Dogma is known for its research into the evolution of housing in a rapidly changing society. In this exhibition, the architects take the urban villa as a starting point for the promotion of collective living.
Built in many European cities since the 19th century, urban villas are detached, medium-sized residences containing several flats. They were intended to reconcile the expectations of suburban life with rising land costs in the city. The compact and speculative nature of urban villas attracts a diverse range of residents, thereby ensuring their commercial success. In this exhibition, Dogma challenges the urban villa’s market and investment-orientated character and explores its collective potential.
The exhibition consists of two parts. The first outlines the history of the urban villa as a specific typology; from town houses to multi-family residences in cities such as Lausanne, Berlin and Rome. The second section showcases a series of design proposals by Dogma. Four projects approach the urban villa as a cooperative home, while another presents it as a collective and affordable housing model.
On 6 February, Dogma launches their book Urban Villa, co-published by Black Square and Flanders Architecture Institute. As part of the event, Carles Baiges Camprubí, from the architects’ cooperative Lacol, will give a lecture on their practice and get in dialogue with Martino Tattara and Pier Vittorio Aureli of Dogma.
06.02.2025
read more04.10.2024 - 09.02.2025
The exhibition is closed from 23.12.2024-01.01.2025.
From Wednesday to Sunday - 02:00 pm until 7:00 pm and during evening performances until 10:00 pm
€5 (tickets online and on site)
€0 (students, -19-year, kansentarief/omnio-statuut and ICOM, tickets only on site)
De Singel (Expo)
Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp (BE)
Dogma
Dogma
Flanders Architecture Institute and DE SINGEL
the Flemish Community
There are spaces reserved for wheelchair users in all halls of DE SINGEL. Please contact us in advance at tickets@desingel.be so that we can reserve a space for you. You can use an elevator to reach the halls. Enter through the main entrance of DE SINGEL and make your way down the ramp to the left of the stairs to take the lift. Read more about the accessibility
In 2024-2025, the architecture programme of the Flanders Archtecture Institute is all about what we share.
How do shared spaces influence our way of life? In 2024-2025, the architecture program of the Flanders Architecture Institute will focus on what we share. In our exhibitions, lectures, debates, workshops and publications we investigate the different aspects of cohabitation and living together.