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until 26.11.2023 | Venice

Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 focuses on more inclusive and ecological architecture

On 20 May the Venice Architecture Biennale opened its doors to the public. With The Laboratory of the Future as the main theme, the 18^th edition considers how architecture can respond to the social and ecological challenges of today and tomorrow. For the Flanders Architecture Institute, the opening days meant the international launch of the Flanders Architectural Review N°15. Alliances with the Real.

What are the main highlights and trends? Which Belgian offices are present? Who won prizes? The Flanders Architecture Institute provides you with an overview.

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recap

Architecture from Flanders on first day of London Festival of Architecture

01.06.2023 | London (UK)

On 1 June, the first day of the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) and the General Representative of Flanders in the UK organized a talk about contemporary architecture from Flanders and Brussels.

"Architecture in Flanders is the envy of many practitioners in London." ‐ Vicky Richardson, head of architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts

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Lecture / congress

Flanders Architecture Institute at conference Tacit Knowledge in Architecture

19 - 21.06.2023 | Zurich (CH)

ITN ‘Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing’ convenes a three-day International Conference at ETH Zürich (CH) between 19 and 21 June 2023, that aims to explore tacit knowledge in architecture culture. During the 'object session' Lineages on 20 June Sofie De Caigny and Tine Poot (Flanders Architecture Institute) will present "a Studio for Orbanism: the living archive of Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office as a source of commons for unsolicited architecture practice”.

T.O.P. office 2018 ©Christine Clinckx for M HKA

Exhibition

Unausgesprochenes Wissen/Unspoken Knowledge/Le (savoir) non-dit

19 - 21.06.2023 | Zurich (CH)

The exhibition Unausgesprochenes Wissen/Unspoken Knowledge/Le (savoir) non-dit at ETH Zurich explores the tacit dimension in architecture culture through a series of objects, artifacts and installations. Among other contributors from Flanders the Flanders Architecture Institute presents a Studio for Orbanism by Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office.

Prize / competition

Award and special mention for 2 Belgian projects at European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention

01.06.2023

The Organization of the AHI European Award (Architectural Heritage Intervention) has published the finalist projects. The restoration of Gruuthuse Museum in Bruges by B-juxta architecten received a special mention and the film La vie en kit / Life, assembled by Elodie Degavre won the Award in the Dissemination category.

Inauguration du Magasin Electrique

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Le Magasin Électrique, Atelier LUMA inaugurated

28.05.2023 | Arles (FR)

As from May 28, Atelier LUMA in Arles (FR) is presenting the renovation project of Le Magasin Électrique, Lot 8, through an exhibition in its agora. For three years, this former industrial building, renovated and inaugurated in the spring of 2023 in collaboration with BC architects & studies, has been the scene of a large-scale, experimental worksite with the vocation of being a leading figure in the field of renovation.

Dialogue

Open Plan Open Decision ⁄Hypercollective & Participatory

28.06.2023 | Aachen (D)

On 28 June The Chair of Housing and Design at RWTH Aachen University organizes a discussion and exchange of experiences on collective design, authorship, participatory planning tools, and contemporary processes in architecture as part of a joint research project with the housing cooperative KOOPERATIVE GROSSSTADT eG. Among others Belgian architect Jan De Vylder will join the talk.

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