Year: 2022

The design in the studio is driven by the production of well-crafted documents such as the model, the section, the drawing.

Presentation slides from the ASSEMBLEA >WWMA 22-23 ASSEMBLEA_r (*) inspired by Non-Extractive Architecture by Space Caviar

Third spaces is about generosity. It can be generous in its detailing and materials. An extroverted exhibit façade with a gently detailed bronze door handle that opens to the street (C), a slightly more pulled back façade that gives shelter in between pilasters at front of the entrance (B). A hidden outdoor space, generous in […]

Dear all members of this semester length gathering*, Hope you’re ready to read to my flow of thoughts that stuck with me after this semester. Shortly, I can say I was learning to see the potential. I know this is not the answer Tomas and Robin wish to hear – it is like saying nothing […]

Buildings can’t stand silent days Unlocking spatial potential through drawn illustrations, by Andrea Hofer The approach to the vacant social housing at Witte Kaproenenplein 1-15, is not based on existing plans as usual. The existing structure is analysed and understood through observations, photographs and illustrations to unlock the existing qualities of the building. The illustrations will create findings and […]

I can Boogie – Take the Long Way Home by Helen Liloth Wenzel This study is about the establishment of third places in underused buildings from the post-war period, such buildings that are referred to as young heritage. These post-war buildings are currently neglected in debates about building, preferably demolished and not re-used in the […]

Lou Vanderhaegen is intrigued by the informal appropriation of a former shopping mall and officebuilbing now under redevelopment to become a hotel. He is curious about how to achieve a form of ‘natural freedom’ through exploring the threshold between private, public and collective. Catalogue Raisonné

Joris Vandenhaute searches for space where people meet and wonder. Using models, sketches and details he puts the human center stage in his interventions. Catalogue Raisonné

Febe Clinckemaille explores the spatial potential of the vacant Leon Steynen building in Gent. The former C&A store is considered as a ‘third building’ and is investigated through the urban section. Catalogue Raisonné

Dear Robin, Dear Tomas, Thank you very much for an outstanding semester in these difficult times. You have always managed to keep a good atmosphere in the team and to strike the right note. Something I can’t always say from my past experiences Thank you for this and hope to see you soon without mask […]