Until 15 January 2012 work of PT architects is shown. PT architects focuses on the reconstructionfarms.
For the duration of two seasons, deSingel and the Flemish Architecture Institute are offering eight young architectural firms a platform on which to present their ideas on architecture, urban planning and landscape design to a broad audience. The architects are selected by the curators Katrien Vandermarliere (VAi project leader) and Christoph Grafe (director of VAi) and are commissioned to carry out design-based research. These are projects that mirror real assignments and which show what contribution architecture can make to society, more specifically to the organisation of cities and landscapes. They might for example be asked to reflect on the contemporary appearance of mosques in Flanders or the urban development of a city such as Antwerp. Or else the curators may ask the architects to devise new concepts for buildings that have fallen into disuse as a result of the increase in the scale of agriculture. In short, these are stimulating exercises that may provide solutions to pressing issues in society and to intellectually challenging questions.
The solutions put forward undoubtedly provide material for critical debate, not only between different generations of architects, but also between architects and the public. The designs are displayed simply on the corridor walls, where they can be commented on directly, just as in a design studio. And it is not only the professionals who can air their views; you too will have the chance to do so. Openly, freely and frankly.
‘Young Makers Thinkers Dreamers – Architecture in Flanders’ demonstrates a faith in the challenge of a stimulating assignment, the necessity of constructive discussion, and the power of the architectural drawing. But above all in making the acquaintance of the makers, thinkers and dreamers in a new generation of designers in Flanders. Poetic, creative, socially committed, questioning, investigative and critical.