Opening
On 21 October, we open BWMSTR Label 034: Living Frameworks at DE SINGEL. Curators Didier El-Bacha and Joris Van Reusel (HOP.office), together with architects and nature experts, will share their research process and the ideas behind the exhibition.
The exhibition presents design and architecture projects from an ecological perspective. During the opening evening, architects and nature experts will reflect on the relationship between architecture and nature, focusing on two of the featured projects: the North-South Connection in Limburg and Emergency Housing in Oudenaarde.
You are invited to reimagine buildings as ecosystems and to view architecture as a catalyst for a better relationship between humans and nature.
20:00h: Welcome
20:10h: Presentation of the research project by HOP.office: Didier El-Bacha & Joris Van Reusel
20:40h: Presentation of the project De Limburgse Noord-Zuidverbinding/The North-South Connection in Limburg by Armand Eeckels (NU architectuuratelier), Filip Buyse (MAAT ontwerpers) and Niels Luyten (Natuurinclusief bouwen Provincie Oost-Vl),
20:55h: Presentation of the project Noodwoningen/Emergency Housing Oudenaarde by Charlotte Van Damme & Anke Vandemeulebroeke (KNAP architecten) and Bart Van Camp (butterfly expert)
21:10h: Q&A
21:20h: Drinks
The divide between the construction sector and the natural world has grown wider over the years. Living Frameworks emphasises the urgency of bridging this gap. Eleven diverse architectural projects demonstrate how knowledge from ecological and biological disciplines is slowly but surely becoming integrated into contemporary architecture.
The exhibition invites critical reflection on the role of buildings as ecosystems. The aim is to position architecture as an agent for a better relationship between humans and nature.
21.10.2025
20:00h
Programme: 20:10h-21:20h
Drinks: 21:20h
free of admission, upon registration.
Book your ticket(s) via the link
Muziekstudio
DE SINGEL
Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp (BE)
Flanders Architecture Institute, Flanders Government Architect Team and DE SINGEL
The Government of Flanders
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
You can store your coat, handbag or backpack in the free lockers available at DE SINGEL. These are located in two places: in the locker area under the stairs at the main entrance via Desguinlei, and at the Theatre Square in Beel Laag. Instructions on how to use the lockers can be found on the side of the locker column.
