Dead Poets Society (1):
Mnemosyne’s Dwelling in the Dark Forest.
Master thesis studio
KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture
Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent
Hoogstraat 51, 9000 Gent, room 241
20/04/2026
19:00 – 21:00
Prof. Architect Jo Van Den Berghe
Students: Lena Henckes, Michiel Geldhof, Robin Vermeulen, Yaron Vanhooren, Marie Huysentruyt, Arthur Bamelis, Mathis Mincke, Maud Dewaele, Elise Decrem, Eliyah Caestecker
(1)The title and theme of this studio is indebted to the film Dead Poets Society (1989). Director Peter Weir, Scenario Tom Schulman. Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners IV.
(2)See also Steven Holl’s project Hybrid Building, Seaside, Florida (1985-88). “…, the building expresses the idea of a society of strangers (…) rooms for melancholic types (…) inclined to silence and solitude (…): a tragic poet, a musician, and a mathematician”.
(3)Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, is the personification of memory and remembrance.