Building Biospheres, Bureau Bas Smets © Michiel De Cleene

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First tree of Building Biospheres prototype equipped with sensors

In the run-up to the 2025 Biennale Architettura in Venice, the team of Bas Smets together with researchers of the University of Ghent are working on a prototype of the installation for the Belgian pavilion; Building Biospheres. In a greenhouse on the Campus Coupure, they are experimenting with innovative climate control for buildings.

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interview

Homing Instincts: Apparata and Dogma on the urban home

until 09.02.2025 | de singel, antwerp

Following the exhibition Dogma: Urban Villa the independent publication platform and research-driven studio KoozArch publishes an interview with Dogma and APPARATA.

The exhibition runs until 9 February 2025 at the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp.

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Prize / competition

Flow receives Ammodo Architecture Award

19.11.2024

The Brussels-based project Flow receives the award for Social Engagement for initiator Pool is Cool’s innovative use of architecture to foster social cohesion in a deprived neighbourhood. The project features accessible infrastructure around a mobile pool, made from reused materials, offering outdoor activities, education and jobs to vulnerable local youth.

Lecture / congress

Sofie De Caigny gives lecture at Abe Bonnema Stichting

07.12.2024 | The Netherlands

Sofie De Caigny (former director of the Flanders Architecture Institute and from 1 February Head of Collections at Nieuwe Instituut) will give a lecture on 7 December at Abe Bonnema Stichting about the role of quality chambers, government architects and other spatial mediators in the Belgian building culture.

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