Celebrating Public Architecture
deSingel
Desguinlei 25
2018 Antwerpen
Belgien
This autumn, the Vlaams Bouwmeester Team and the Flanders Architecture Institute are joining forces for an exciting program around 40 years of architectural competitions. The traveling exhibition 'Open Call' will be shown one last time, in an expanded version with new audiovisual material. It accompanies the 'Coming of Age' exhibition, which the Flanders Architecture Institute is devoting to architectural competitions in Flanders and Brussels in the period 1980-2000. On this occasion, two new publications will be published, also in partnership between the VAi and the Team Vlaams Bouwmeester. Register now for a special opening night!
Vernissage and opening talk
40 years of competition culture
On November 26, we will present both exhibitions and present two brand new publications.
Following the Open Call exhibition, a series of interviews took place with, among others, Team Vlaams Bouwmeester. We let these voices have their say in a video.
We conclude with a lecture on the role of the Open Call procedure within the architectural culture in Flanders and Brussels and an announcement of the side program.
Program
Welcome by Sofie De Caigny (Flemish Architecture Institute)
Explanation Open Call expo
Explanation Coming of Age expo
Book presentations
More than a competition—The Open Call in a Changing Building Culture and Celebrating Public Architecture
Intro lecture by Erik Wieërs (Vlaams Bouwmeester)
Lecture by Irina Davidovici (ETH Zurich)
Publication Celebrating Public Architecture
The lavishly illustrated English-language book 'Celebrating Public Architecture' will also be published by the Berlin publishing house JOVIS. The German architecture critic Florian Heilmeyer examines the built results of two decades of Open Call there.
More information
Exhibition 'Open Call. 20 years of architecture in public order'
After presentations in Ghent, Brussels, Hasselt and Kortrijk, the exhibition 'Open Call. 20 years of architecture in public commission' one last time. She was supplemented for the occasion with new video testimonials.
More information
Exhibition 'Coming of Age'
Under the title 'Coming of Age', the Flanders Architecture Institute highlights the most controversial architectural competitions in Flanders and Brussels from the period 1980-2020 on the basis of original documents and objects.
More information
Publication More than a competition
On the occasion of the opening of the two exhibitions, the new publication 'More than a competition' will also be published. The book includes a series of essays on the evolution of the public building culture in Flanders, and the role played by the master builder and the Open Call in this.
26.11.2021, 20:00 Uhr
deSingel
Desguinlei 25
2018 Antwerpen
Belgien
This autumn, the Vlaams Bouwmeester Team and the Flanders Architecture Institute are joining forces for an exciting program around 40 years of architectural competitions. The traveling exhibition 'Open Call' will be shown one last time, in an expanded version with new audiovisual material. It accompanies the 'Coming of Age' exhibition, which the Flanders Architecture Institute is devoting to architectural competitions in Flanders and Brussels in the period 1980-2000. On this occasion, two new publications will be published, also in partnership between the VAi and the Team Vlaams Bouwmeester. Register now for a special opening night!
Vernissage and opening talk
40 years of competition culture
On November 26, we will present both exhibitions and present two brand new publications.
Following the Open Call exhibition, a series of interviews took place with, among others, Team Vlaams Bouwmeester. We let these voices have their say in a video.
We conclude with a lecture on the role of the Open Call procedure within the architectural culture in Flanders and Brussels and an announcement of the side program.
Program
Welcome by Sofie De Caigny (Flemish Architecture Institute)
Explanation Open Call expo
Explanation Coming of Age expo
Book presentations
More than a competition—The Open Call in a Changing Building Culture and Celebrating Public Architecture
Intro lecture by Erik Wieërs (Vlaams Bouwmeester)
Lecture by Irina Davidovici (ETH Zurich)
Publication Celebrating Public Architecture
The lavishly illustrated English-language book 'Celebrating Public Architecture' will also be published by the Berlin publishing house JOVIS. The German architecture critic Florian Heilmeyer examines the built results of two decades of Open Call there.
More information
Exhibition 'Open Call. 20 years of architecture in public order'
After presentations in Ghent, Brussels, Hasselt and Kortrijk, the exhibition 'Open Call. 20 years of architecture in public commission' one last time. She was supplemented for the occasion with new video testimonials.
More information
Exhibition 'Coming of Age'
Under the title 'Coming of Age', the Flanders Architecture Institute highlights the most controversial architectural competitions in Flanders and Brussels from the period 1980-2020 on the basis of original documents and objects.
More information
Publication More than a competition
On the occasion of the opening of the two exhibitions, the new publication 'More than a competition' will also be published. The book includes a series of essays on the evolution of the public building culture in Flanders, and the role played by the master builder and the Open Call in this.
