Dead Poets Society (1):
Mnemosyne’s Dwelling in the Dark Forest.
Master thesis studio
Prof. dr. Architect Jo Van Den Berghe
Exposition master dissertation, Master Architectuur
KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, campus Sint-Lucas Ghent,
Hoogstraat 51, 9000 Gent, room 240
16/06/2026 19:00 – 22:00
19/06/2026 14:00 – 22:00
Students: Lena Henckes, Michiel Geldhof, Robin Vermeulen, Yaron Vanhooren, Marie Huysentruyt, Arthur Bamelis, Mathis Mincke, Maud Dewaele, Elise Decrem, Eliyah Caestecker
(2) Image
Program.
Dwellings for poets in residence (3), a secret library, a declamation stage for poetry. Seclusion, silence and remembrance—Mnemosyne (4)—are key qualities. To be designed as far as to the window details.
(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) The collage is Simon on his column of contemplation (from the film Simón del desierto (1965). Director Buñuel, L. Productora Cinematográfica S.A.) in the dark forest in Sint-Lievens-Esse.
(3) 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”.
(4) Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, is the personification of memory and remembrance.