Ur-bains Collectief stedelijk baden Publieke badhuizen vormden ooit een essentieel onderdeel van de stedelijke infrastructuur, niet alleen als plekken voor hygiëne, maar ook als ontmoetingsplaatsen. Afhankelijk van het type badhuis bestonden ze vaak uit douches, badkuipen, zwembaden, stoomkamers en sauna’s – waarbij sommige gericht waren op ontspanning en wellness, terwijl andere vooral dienden voor lichaamsverzorging. […]

Vergankelijkheid, het omarmen van verval Er bestaan talloze posities en visies om met bestaande architectuur om te gaan, zoals behoud, herstel, renovatie of herbestemming… Verval blijft echter opvallend afwezig binnen het hedendaagse architectuurdiscours. In een tijd waarin transformatie, hergebruik en verdichting steeds meer de praktijk bepalen, groeit de nood aan een doordachte en bewuste omgang […]

Unframing the Territory of an Arancini Vendor In a world where daily life is in constant change, where familiar places disappear and social dynamics evolve rapidly, documentation becomes more than recording facts; it transforms into an engaged observation, revealing incipient patterns that shape how we inhabit and experience spaces. Within these interactions lies a deeper […]

Space Oddities explores ten heterotopic cemetery sites across four cultures and zoning typologies within Bangkok’s rapidly evolving urban fabric. By analyzing environmental issues, urban conditions, and participant experience, the project identifies micro-cultures as catalysts for transformation. These sites—once abandoned and disconnected—are reimagined as urban laboratories that contribute much-needed public space in a sprawling metropolis. Focusing on […]

Each student in the Incipient RAUM studio produces a personal catalogue raisonné—a carefully edited book that brings together the full body of work developed throughout the dissertation process. More than just documentation, it serves as a project monograph: a space to reflect, frame, and communicate the architectural thinking behind the work. It’s both a record and […]

Catalogue Raisonnée > link

Incipient Raum – International Jury Moment At the close of the Incipient Raum Master Dissertation Studio, the international jury moment brought together a diverse group of voices around a carefully curated physical setup. Architectural drawings, models, and texts were presented not as static artifacts, but as instruments of thought—arranged to invite conversation, provoke reflection, and reward […]

What precedes architecture? Architect and artist Malgorzata Maria Olchowska explores how personal and collective memories influence our view of the built environment. At the invitation of the Flanders Architecture Institute, she engages in dialogue with the collection of the Red Star Line Museum. Guided tour by the artist at the Red Star Line Museum (Antwerpen)

Ekin Başkentli’s master thesis project ‘Mending Wall‘ has been awarded by the jury of the HERSUS Prize on Modern Heritage, UNESCO. Ekin completed her thesis in the Master of Architecture under the supervision of Tomas Ooms. The HERSUS Prize on Modern Heritage is an initiative within the Erasmus+ project Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built […]

Mending Wall, Documenting as an act of maintenance: Maintaining the border wall of Divided Nicosia (North-Nicosia, Cyprus) by Ekin Bastkenli wins the Van Hove Award 2022. Here is a link to the Catalogue Raisonné

The fortress of Montjuïc, Gerona, Spain stands as many other historical ruins, in a state of slow decay. It has been on this journey of decay since the day of its inception. The state in which the fortress can be seen today is the by-product of its rich history, a history that perhaps cannot be […]

This book is a figurative amendment to the index on the practice of architecture. It poses as a guide to an alternate practice of architecture, the anthological method. This methodology accounts for the recently unmeasurable aspects of a project, its apparently irrational data, and its irrelevant (until proven otherwise) affiliations. The issue with current architectural […]

Dis-Close documents explorations on Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The city’s distinctive natural land- scape of steep hills and deep valleys have shaped the city throughout time. Resulting in a particular topography and atmosphere. Challenges and restrictions of this dramatic landscape have caused the emergence of a unique urban fabric. These unique features are most […]

To Meet Galileo on Day Fourteen is, initially, a response and an indignation to a widespread indifference towards buildings that are considered ‘architecturally insignificant’. It is often, that these buildings are the ones to hold the most valuable traces of the collective memory. The abandoned prison of Gjilan—the case study of this exploration—is the anchor […]

The Incipient Raum is honoured to announce that Gjiltinë Isufi won the Laureate prize of the International Master of Architecture and that Ekin Baskentli won the Dean’s choice prize with her dissertation project Mending Wall. Congrats to the both of them.

The Incipient Raum embraces tactility and engaging presentations. Being able to touch, move, replace, rearrange and discuss are important characteristics of the studio.

The well-crafted architectural artefact of inquiry takes a central position in the Incipient Raum Studio. It is the driver of careful observations, controlled experiments and the documentation of the explorations and discoveries.

The Incipient Raum went on a field trip discovering the early modernist and late Art Deco gems in the Antwerp World Expo district.

During the spring semester of 2022 the Incipient Raum welcomed Malgorzata Maria Olchowska (York architecture), Johannes Berry (SUGIBERRY) and Argjirë Krasniqi as guests. They each gave a lecture on their practices and joined the remains of the day the studio.