TAKK – Unlearning the Anthropocene
The lecture presents TAKK’s design methodology through a selection of research and built projects that challenge anthropocentric assumptions in contemporary architecture. Integrating feminist thought, political ecology, and low-embedded-carbon material practices, it explores how critical theory becomes a design tool for questioning inherited spatial paradigms. Through research, experimentation, and construction, the lecture proposes architecture as a practice of negotiating new relationships between humans, other living beings, materials, and environmental systems, imagining more just, regenerative, and multispecies futures.
03.11.2026
6.30 PM
LUCA School of Arts, Auditorium A4, Alexianenplein Gent
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Hooke Park (AA) – Prototyping Futures
Kate Davies and Emmanuel Vercruysse, Directors of the Design + Make Master’s Programme at the Architectural Association’s Hooke Park campus (UK), present experimental timber projects developed by students. Set in a 350-acre working woodland, Hooke Park connects forestry, digital design and traditional craft through hands-on, 1:1 design and fabrication. As a living laboratory for interdisciplinary teaching and research, it explores innovative approaches to timber construction, architectural experimentation and ecological forest management, envisioning alternative futures through material exploration and making.
10.11.2026
6.30 PM
LUCA School of Arts, Auditorium A4, Alexianenplein Gent
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Photo: Tree + Truss: Integration of Natural and Engineered Timber Systems – Architectural Association Design + Mak
Manthey Kula – A feeling of sense
Founded in 2004 by Beate Hølmebakk and Per Tamsen, the Norwegian architecture practice Manthey Kula operates at the intersection of art, architecture and landscape with a production that spans from ideal, explorative projects to public commissions. The work is based not on the study of precedents, but rather on the desire to bring
something of distinct character into existence. It is about presence; and about how things are made, as a careful balance of site, material, structure, and narrative.
17.11.2026
6.30 PM
LUCA School of Arts, Auditorium A4, Alexianenplein Gent
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Hayatsu Architects – Architecture is an act of care
Hayatsu Architects takes a thoughtful, sensitive and playful approach to architecture, tailored to the specific context and needs of its users. The practice believes that carefully designed and crafted buildings can positively impact both individual lives and wider communities. At the heart of its work lies the ambition to foster a more harmonious coexistence between people and nature through care for materials, buildings and communities.
24.11.2026
6.30 PM
LUCA School of Arts, Auditorium A4, Alexianenplein Gent
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In November, the faculty collaborates for the second time with the Sto Foundation for the November Talks, an lecture series featuring four international practices.
Dates: November 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2026
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: LUCA School of Arts, Auditorium A4, Alexianenplein Gent
Admission: The lectures are free of charge and open to everyone. Learn more and register here.