{"id":5276,"date":"2023-12-22T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2024-11-15T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:34:19","slug":"luma-project-by-bc-architects-studies-selected-in-the-guardians-best-architecture-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/2023\/12\/22\/luma-project-by-bc-architects-studies-selected-in-the-guardians-best-architecture-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Luma project by BC architects &#038; studies and Assemble Studio selected in\u00a0The Guardian&#8217;s Best Architecture of 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 27, 2023, the LUMA Arles cultural center in Arles, France inaugurated the opening of a new workspace for its research and design laboratory, <strong>Atelier LUMA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>BC architects &amp; studies and Assemble Studio uplifted and transformed Le Magasin \u00c9lectrique, a historical building in the Parc des Ateliers, into an experimental hub, using algae, salt, and bioplastics. The building welcomes the public and professionals alike through visits, conferences, projections, and workshops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BC <\/strong>is<strong> BC architects &amp; studies &amp; materials<\/strong>. BC stands for Brussels Cooperation and points to how BC grew &#8211; embedded within place and people. It was founded by alumni <strong>Ken De Cooman, Laurens Bekemans, Nicolas Coeckelberghs and Wes Degreef.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2023\/dec\/19\/the-best-art-and-architecture-of-2023\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/le-magasin-electrique-historical-building-renovation-atelier-luma-large-scale-laboratory-arles-france-06-17-2023\/\">https:\/\/www.designboom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bc-as.org\/\">https:\/\/bc-as.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"m-pad post-title-inner\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 27, 2023, the LUMA Arles cultural center in Arles, France inaugurated the opening of a new workspace for its research and design laboratory, Atelier LUMA. BC architects &amp; studies and Assemble Studio uplifted and transformed Le Magasin \u00c9lectrique, a historical building in the Parc des Ateliers, into an experimental hub, using algae, salt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[254,188,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6121,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions\/6121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}