This summer and autumn our exhibitions, publications, lectures and debates, we examine how architecture and ecological practices create space for new ways of living together – between people and nature, past and present, established structures and alternative futures.
EXHIBITION
From 10 May to 23 November the 19th edition of the Biennale Architettura runs in Venice. The Flanders Architecture Institute is commissioner of Building Biospheres, the Belgian contribution. The exhibition, curated by Bureau Bas Smets and Stefano Mancuso, investigates how the natural intelligence of plants can be used to produce an indoor climate. During six months, the pavilion will serve as a prototype for this innovative research.
> 23.11.2025
Belgian Pavilion, Giardini, Venice
FILM
ARCHITECTON is a beautifully poetic study of the awarded filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky (GUNDA) where concrete plays the main part — as the foundation of civilisation and as a silent witness of her downfall. What does our way of building say about who we are? And what remains if everything collapses?
19.07.2025
20.07.2025
16.08.2025
23.08.2025
De Studio - De Cinema, Antwerp
SYMPOSIUM
From 4 tot 6 September Decoratelier organizes a symposium around Boring. They invite dwellers and expert readers to perform a drilling, read a soil sample and amplify the histories it contains.
04.09.2025-06.09.2025
Decoratelier, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
EXHIBITION AND LECTURE
On September 16, the Flanders Architecture Institute and DE SINGEL will open the exhibition Tamed Nature. The exhibition explores the layered history of urban green space through the lens of the city of Antwerp. From the first urban parks in the 19th century to the growing climate activism in the second half of the 20th century, the transformation of Antwerp reflects global evolutions in power dynamics, spatial and social ideals and the relationship with nature and ecology. It showcases unknown and underappreciated stories from the history of urban green space. Contemporary artistic and architectural interventions challenge conventional notions of urban nature and look ahead to a more inclusive, layered, and resilient urban future.
17.09.2025-01.02.2026
OPENING 16.09.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
FILM
From October 2025, you can attend Architecture on Film again at De Studio in Antwerp. Curated by VAi and De Cinema, the Architecture on Film series puts documentaries and fictional movies about architecture in the spotlight.. Explore the art and impact of architecture through the lens of cinema, where buildings become characters, cities set the stage, and design shapes stories.
07.10.2025/21.10.2025
04.11.2025/18.11.2025
02.12.2025/16.12.2025
De Studio - De Cinema, Antwerp
EXHIBITION
The Living Frameworks exhibition examines the relationship between the built environment and the natural world. In an era where the consequences of human interventions in natural ecosystems are increasingly coming to light, HOP.office explores the role of architecture and urban planning as a mediator between two seemingly separate domains.
22.10.2025 - 01.02.2026
OPENING 21.10.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
RESEARCH DAY
On Thursday 20 November 2025, the Flanders Architecture Institute organises its annual research day in De Singel in Antwerp. Entitled Hors catégorie, it explores how archival classifications shape – but also limit – our understanding of design heritage.
20.11.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
