In 2024-2026, the architecture programme of the Flanders Archtecture Institute is all about what we share.
How do shared spaces influence our way of life? In 2024-2026, the architecture program of the Flanders Architecture Institute will focus on what we share. In our exhibitions, lectures, debates, workshops and publications we investigate the different aspects of cohabitation and living together.
THEME
In 2024-2026, VAi focuses on shared spaces where people live and gather together. Architectural design and urban planning can enable and enrich the social interactions between people, and propose new forms of co-existence in the built environment, both together with other people and various species. What we share are more than spaces, but also histories, cultures and everyday habits. With this theme, we aim to show the intricate tapestry of collective spaces, examining their impact on the social patterns, cultural narratives and natural landscapes of our communities.
The theme shapes the programme of VAi in different formats, such as exhibitions, workshop series, publications and movie screenings; and in various perspectives, ranging from collective housing to participatory design, urban nature to spaces of assembly. One of the first productions in this theme is the Dogma: Urban Villa exhibition (4 October 2024 – 9 February 2025, De Singel) and book (co-published with Black Square). With this, the Brussels-based architecture office Dogma explores the potential of the urban villa typology for contemporary collective living arrangements. At the same time, during the Fall of 2024, VAi runs a series of workshops, titled Participation for Real, to develop a critical reflection on the existing participatory design processes today in Flanders and Brussels, in collaboration with Timelab, Ghent. Over the years, the theme of What We Share will outline an exhibition on the history of green spaces and daily urban living, and another on architecture’s engagement in generating and enriching social interactions among diverse groups of people.
BOEKPRESENTATION
PUBLICATION
On 6 February, Dogma launches their book Urban Villa, co-published by Black Square and Flanders Architecture Institute. As part of the event, Carles Baiges Camprubí, from the architects’ cooperative Lacol, will give a lecture on their practice and get in dialogue with Martino Tattara and Pier Vittorio Aureli of Dogma.
06.02.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
PUBLICATION
Endeavour's tenth anniversary is a pertinent occasion to celebrate, develop and instrumentalize their multifaceted practice in ten chapters.
28.01.2025
PANEL SESSION
What are the limitations and potentials of the existing policy and regulations on housing in Flanders? What can be the role of architecture in introducing more quality living arrangements? Revolving around these questions the Flanders Architecture Institute is organising a debate on the housing policy in Flanders, as part of the exhibition Urban Villa by Dogma.
09.01.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
LECTURE
As part of the Tomorrow Will Be Too Late festival, De Singel and the Flanders Architecture Institute invited Lydia Kallipoliti. She will join us for a lecture at De Singel on 15 October 2024, following the footsteps of her recently published book Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia. Kallipoliti defines different eras in which philosophers, architects and designers conceived various forms of co-habiting our planet. Today with the emergency of the climate crisis, she will take us on a journey of reflection on our past practices of intervening the earth in making cities, spaces and objects.
15.10.2024
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
LECTURE
Following the exhibition Dogma: Urban Villa architects Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara (Dogma) give a lecture on 8 October at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Brussels. The lecture explores the historical and contemporary significance of the urban villa.
08.10.2024
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussel
EXPO
Architectural firm Dogma is known for its research into the evolution of housing in a rapidly changing society. In this exhibition, the architects take the urban villa as a starting point for the promotion of collective living.
04.10.2024 - 09.02.2025
DE SINGEL, Antwerp
LECTURE & WORKSHOPS
With a lecture from Liesbeth Huybrechts and a series of workshops in autumn 2024, VAi and Timelab focus on the challenges of participation in current architectural and urban planning projects in Belgium.
lecture: 26.09.2024
workshops: 11.10.2024, 25.10.2024, 15.11.2024 and 06.12.2024
Timelab, Ghent
