The exhibition Feminist Perspectives1980 - 1990 looks back at Flanders in the 1980s, when the battle for gender equality reached the architecture sector. Dive into the archive of the ‘Women and Housing’ [Vrouwen en Wonen] working group and make your own connections between contemporary developments and historical precedents.

From 3 April at the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) in DE SINGEL, Antwerp.

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The VAi and DE SINGEL present a performance and exhibition on virtual space as a refuge (Belgian premiere).

How can a video game offer a solution to the growing sense of insecurity in our society? Antwerp-based artist Samuel Baidoo has developed an autobiographical virtual world as a place of refuge. Wandering and encounters take centre stage, becoming an archaeological process of mourning, healing and play. Awaken the gamer within you and dive into this analogue and virtual journey of discovery from 8 April.

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What do architects do in a world full of challenges? Over the next two seasons, the VAi and DE SINGEL invite eight young architects* to explore this question during a twelve-week residency. Each resident will choose a single verb as the starting point for their research, experiment or project. Together, they will build a multifaceted picture of what architecture is or can be.

Submit your application by Thursday 7 May 2026.

Until 10 April 2026, you can discover the artistic work of no fewer than ten Belgian architects at the Works + Words Biennale in Aarhus (Denmark). Their experimental, artistic contributions challenge, broaden and renew the discipline of architecture and encourage new ways of thinking and acting in architecture.