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Participation for Real

With a lecture and a series of workshops in autumn 2024, VAi and Timelab focus on the challenges of participation in current architectural and urban planning projects in Belgium.

26 September 2024 - 6 December 2024
Timelab
Ghent

Participation

In many architectural and urban projects participation is a tool in the design process. It may be bottom-up with citizen organisations or a mandatory process expected by the authorities. We encounter various levels of citizen engagement and numerous challenges in these processes. Participation in architecture has been under the spotlight since the 1960s, yet the ever-changing social dynamics also altered the position of architecture and the role of architects accordingly. As a result, the discourse on participation remains relevant still in contemporary practices.

(Illustration: Sofie De Cleene)

Illustratie © Sofie De Cleene

Lecture and workshop series

Through this series of workshops and a lecture, entitled Participation for Real, VAi and Timelab aim to understand the challenges of participation in architectural and urban planning projects today in Belgium. The main motivation is to gather critical insights and good practices from architects and participation professionals (social workers, people engaged in community management) and explore possible equitable positions that one can take regarding the multi-faceted social dynamics of the 21st century. The series is designed to foster peer-to-peer learning among people who are intensely occupied with participatory projects, as well as to introduce a series of skill sets to younger and/or interested architects and architecture students.

Programme  

Practical

dates

26.09.2024 - 06.12.2024

location

Timelab
Kogelstraat 34, 9000 Ghent

access

free, with registration

language

Dutch

production

Flanders Architecture Institute and Timelab

curators

Hülya Ertas and Evi Swinnen

Illustration

Sofie De Cleene

with the support of

The Flemish Community

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What We Share

In 2024-2026, the architecture programme of the Flanders Archtecture Institute is all about what we share.

How do shared spaces influence our way of life? In 2024-2026, 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.

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