Marie-José Van Hee architecten, House Van Hee (image: Crispijn Van Sas)

30.11.2022 - 21.05.2023

Marie-José Van Hee architecten. A walk

In 1993, as a young architect, Marie-José Van Hee exhibited her work at DE SINGEL. At that point, it was already clear that she would have a lasting influence on the architectural landscape in Belgium and far beyond. Almost thirty years and four hundred projects later, the Flanders Architecture Institute is again inviting this grande dame of the Belgian architecture scene to stage an exhibition. In Marie-José Van Hee architecten. A walk not only are you introduced to her work, but you also walk through that of other architects, artists and thinkers. Marie-José Van Hee: “As an architect you cannot be an ego tripper. The whole point is that you are working with and for people.”

Exhibition
30.11.2022 - 21.05.2023
De Singel, Antwerp

Opening
(SOLD OUT)
29.11.2022 - 8pm
De Singel, Antwerp

Flanders Architectural Review N°15 Alliances with the Real

new publication

New edition Flanders Architectural Review holds a mirror up to the world of architecture

now available at vai.be

Contemporary architecture is facing social upheavals that are harder than ever to ignore. The housing shortage, changing visions on education, the collective past, public space and new care needs – these issues are becoming more urgent by the day. The hesitant response to such crises puts the (international) success of architecture from Flanders and Brussels into perspective.

Flanders Architectural Review N°15. Alliances with the Real showcases some of the most striking recent architecture in Flanders and Brussels and the surprising responses to the aforementioned challenges. Ten essays and two photo series provide critical reflection and hold a mirror up to the world of architecture. Alliances with the Real calls for social commitment and social entrepreneurship from all those who contribute to the (un)built environment.

Alte Pinakothek, Munich © Luis Bartolomé Marcos, Wikimedia

call for abstracts

As Found: International colloquium on adaptive reuse

deadline 31.01.2023

From 5 to 7 September 2023 the Flanders Architecture Institute and the Hasselt University organize the international colloquium As Found. It aims to bring together designers, researchers and students to discuss experimental concepts and practices to intervene in the existing built environment and heritage.

Send us your contribution before 31 January 2023.

Bakboordstuurboord, Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office, 2022, Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, © Dieter Daniëls

installation

New work by Luc Deleu and T.O.P. office revealed

from November 2022

On behalf of the Flanders Architecture Institute, curators Peter Swinnen & Anne Judong invited T.O.P. office to make a new work as the culmination of half a century of practice. The sculpture Bakboordstuurboord [Portstarboard] is a steel climbable staircase. It is a reuse of the staircase detail from Barcelona Towers 1989-92, a monumental proposal of Deleu for an apartment complex in Barcelona in the form of two identical towers, one upright and one horizontal.

M352 PIC PROJECT 20210825 FLOW press c POOL IS COOL b 059

Prize / competition

The European Prize for Urban Public Space

edition 2022

The winner and finalists of the European Prize for Urban Public Space are known. The Beglian project FLOW by Jozef Wouters and POOL IS COOL was among the five finalists.

Construction of Av. Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 1967 / Bouw van Av. Calouste Gulbenkian, Lissabon, 1967 Image source: Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa / Lisbon Municipal Archive (Photo: Armando Maia Serôdio) PT/AMLSB/CMLSBAH/PCSP/004/SER/008464

Exhibition

Disquietude. Architecture and Energy in Portugal

17.11.2022 – 26.03.2023 | Lisboa, Portugal

The exhibition Disquietude. Architecture and Energy in Portugal curated by Common Room addresses the entanglement between architecture and energy in the 20th century with a view to current transformations, using Portugal as an example. Invited by Galerias Municipais Lisboa, the exhibition is on view from 17 November 2022 to 26 March 2023 and will feature artistic, architectural, archival, and creative works that address the relationship between architecture and energy in a broader sense.

STORY Journee detude EN 864x1536 f1668004933

call for abstracts

History of modern architecture in the light of gender studies

deadline 09.01.2023

Hortence lab of the Faculty of Architecture of La Cambre-Horta (Université Libre de Bruxelles) offers to young researchers a Research Student Symposium on the history of modern architecture in the light of gender studies to discuss and exchange.

Poster lecture series final 10 11

Lecture series

Materiality in the History and Theory of Architecture

November 2022 - April 2023

The History and Theory group of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning from Ghent University is hosting a lecture series on "materiality". Over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year, five distinguished scholars will address the theme, presenting research from distinct epochs of architectural history.

More news

More activities

Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 155
2018 Antwerp, Belgium
info@vai.be
T +32 (0)3 242 89 70

Partners

This free newsletter is being published by the Flanders Architecture Institute. It is allowed to forward this newsletter to people who are interested. You receive this newsletter because you showed interest in the activities of the Flanders Architecture Institute or because an acquaintance forwarded it to you. In order to assemble this newsletter reliable sources were being used. The publisher is not responsible for any improper use of re-use by a third party. The Flanders Architecture Institute is not responsible for the display of any incorrect information. The Flanders Architecture Institute has the right to publish or not publish the announced information. The Flanders Architecture Institute forwards the available information, but doesn't claim any completeness.