For the second edition of Unfolding the Archives, the Flanders Architecture Institute draws on the oeuvre of Juliaan Lampens (1926-2019). Based on a selection of unique archive pieces, the exhibition offers an unprecedented insight into this architect’s working method.
Jo Taillieu talks about Juliaan Lampens
The Lampens archive
The non-profit organisation vzw Juliaan Lampens, which manages Juliaan Lampens’ archive, is currently hard at work cataloguing, digitising and unlocking its contents. It contains a wide variety of pieces, including design sketches, composition sketches, exploratory drawings and architectural plans for both completed and unbuilt projects, and full-scale architectural details. These working documents demonstrate the importance that Lampens attached to the craft of drawing and materialisation. In his long career as a teacher and professor at Sint-Lucas in Ghent, he inspired several generations of architects. For this exhibition, we therefore invite some of his pupils to make a selection from his legacy.
The Architectural Detail
The thematic selection illustrates Lampens’ fascination with architectural detail. This plays a pivotal role throughout his oeuvre. Design sketches, exploratory drawings and architectural plans reveal how the development of the detail has a vital impact on the creative process of his architecture, from embryonic idea to completion.
Juliaan Lampens. 1950-1991
To accompany the exhibition, the catalogue Juliaan Lampens. 1950-1991 which was compiled for the architect’s retrospective exhibition at deSingel in 1991 will be reissued.
More information on the publicationPractical
- DATE:
13.11.2020 - 28.03.2021
- OPEN:
From Wednesday to Sunday from 2 pm to 7 pm and during evening performances until 10 pm
- CLOSED:
25.12.2020 & 01.01.2021
- OPENING:
12.11.2020 at 8:00 pm (Livestream - no Facebook account necessary)
- ADMISSION:
free
- EXHIBITION GUIDE:
- ACCESSIBILITY:
not wheelchair accessible
- LOCATION:
deSingel (Expo)
- STREET:
Desguinlei 25
- POSTAL CODE:
2018
- CITY:
Antwerp
- PRODUCER:
Flanders Architecture Institute and deSingel
- CURATOR:
Jo Taillieu, VZW Juliaan Lampens (Jo Van Den Berghe, Luc De Vos, Koen Dekeyser, Franck Velghe, Dieter Lampens) and Daan Dufait
To make your visit as safe as possible, you must respect the following measures:
* Face masks are mandatory in all public areas of deSingel
* Keep 1.5m away from other visitors at all times
* Payments at the book counter are only done electronically
* Individual online registration for exhibitions in the Expo is mandatory (max. 20 people per time slot)
Unfolding the Archives
In the Unfolding the Archives series, the Flanders Architecture Institute exhibits major pieces, hidden treasures and striking discoveries from its collection. It enriches contemporary architectural themes with a historical dimension, shows newly acquired archives to visitors for the first time, or elucidates prominent figures or moments from architectural history.