Book presentation
On 25 November 2026 at 7 pm, What Would a Non-Ableist City Be Like? Speculations on Architectural Heritage, Design and Practice will be launched in the Horta Hall at Bozar, Brussels.
Büro Juliane Greb will engage in a conversation with the audience, exploring how disability can challenge and expand our understanding of architecture and heritage. The audience is also invited to discover the related intervention in Bozar’s vestibule.
From classical ideals of beauty and proportion to contemporary accessibility standards, architecture has long defined which bodies are taken as the norm and which remain exceptions. But what if we saw disability not simply as an issue of access, but as a way to rethink architecture itself?
What Would a Non-Ableist City Be Like? Speculations on Architectural Heritage, Design, and Practice explores disability as a source of architectural knowledge, imagination and practice. Drawing on research by design with students from the university of Antwerp, the book brings together different approaches to challenging ableist assumptions embedded in architectural heritage. The second part of the book turns to the design process itself, examining how dialogue, the production of architectural knowledge, and carefully positioned interventions can open up broader processes of change.
We warmly invite you to join Büro Juliane Greb as they explore with the audience how disability can both challenge and broaden our perspective on architecture and heritage. Afterwards, you are welcome to discover the accompanying installation in the BOZAR foyer.
25.11.2026 at 7 PM
Horta Hall, BOZAR
Brussels
Publication
The publication will be available from 26 November 2026 in paperback format. It comprises 128 pages and is published exclusively in English.
25.11.2026
7 PM
BOZAR, Horta Hall
Ravensteinstraat 23
1000 Brussels
Free, with prior registration
Bozar takes every visitor into account, and has therefore taken measures for people with reduced mobility. The Centre for Fine Arts dates back to the 1920s and is located on a steep incline. Its various staircases could prevent people with reduced mobility from accessing certain parts of the building but Bozar has taken measures to ensure that all visitors are given an optimal experience within Bozars walls.
We kindly ask you to announce your visit in advance via +32 (0)2 507 82 15 or fieldcoordination@bozar.be This will enable us to inform you and prepare your visit as well as possible. If you haven’t been able to notify Bozar in advance, simply present yourself at Bozar Tickets (across the street) or the info desk in the entrance hall of the Centre for Fine Arts. Bozar staff will be happy to help you.
If required, a wheelchair can be placed at your disposal, upon reservation via +32 (0)2 507 82 15 or fieldcoordination@bozar.be
There is an accessible toilet for people with a reduced mobility. In the Bozar foyer take the door to the right of the main staircase. The toilet is at the end of the hallway.
An assistance dog is specifically trained to enhance the autonomy and independence of a person with a disability. The dog’s harness/cape and identity badge are meant to prove that its handler is accompanied by a certified assistance dog. Only these animals are allowed into the Bozar building.
View the map of public car parks nearby Bozar equipped with accessible parking spaces for people with reduced mobility here.
