In the ACROSS lecture series, the Brussels architects of Mamout give an online lecture on 23 February. Els Claessens of architecten Els Claessens en Tania Vandenbussche gives the introduction.
The Brussels architectural firm Mamout is based in LaVallée, a shared workspace and meeting place for creative souls. Its founders Sébastien Dachy and Matthieu Busana use this dynamic environment from time to time to involve the landscape architects, artists and ceramicists with whom they share the building in their architectural projects.
Mamout is currently working on Jette’s new cultural centre, a project whose starting point is an existing, abandoned structure. At the same time, they are renovating a building with social apartments in Ganshoren. In all their projects, they try to preserve the existing structure so that it can be used to house a varied programme.
For each of its commissions, Mamout always experiments with different volumes and therefore produces a large number of small study models in white paper. For renovation projects, this preparation helps them to become more familiar with the existing building.
When developing their projects, materiality only comes on board in a second phase. Dachy and Busana attach great importance to reusing materials and to the circular economy. A good example is their Charles Malis project. Here they transformed a former cigarette factory into the municipal administrative department of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. The floor is partly fashioned from recovered Brussels cobblestones, which emphasises the public nature of the building.
ACROSS 2020
This lecture is part of the ACROSS lecture series that invites young Belgian architects from both sides of the language border. Four young French-speaking firms give a lecture in Antwerp and four Dutch-speaking firms give a lecture in Liège.
Practical
- DATE:
23.02.2021
- TIME:
20:00 h
- LOCATION:
Facebook Live
- ORGANIZOR:
A+ Architecture in Belgium, the Flanders Architecture Institute and the Faculty of Architecture of University Liège
- WITH SUPPORT OF:
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Culture Cultuur