Think Public Space

(English summary below)  In deze aflevering staat de voormalige bibliotheek van Eke centraal, ontworpen in 1970 door Juliaan Lampens (1926–2019). Het modernistische gebouw is georganiseerd rond een centrale tafel of balie, een plek waar mensen samenkomen om te lezen, te ontmoeten en te verblijven. Met de tafel als vertrekpunt verkennen we Lampens’ visie op architectuur: zijn gebruik van ruw beton,...

(English below) Luisteren naar gebouwen is een podcastreeks binnen Think Public Space, gemaakt door onderzoeker Angelique Campens en sound designer Raf Enckels. In deze reeks verkennen we gebouwen, architecten en de verhalen die zich in en rond die plekken afspelen, gedragen door de stemmen van mensen die er gebruik van maken of maakten.   Vandaag staat het werk van Axel Ghyssaert (geboren in 1933...

Welcome to our podcast series, Think Tank Sessions: On Experiencing Art in Public Space. This podcast emerges from engaging workshops conducted across various Belgian locations. How do you turn public space into a place where people truly meet each other? In this special edition of the podcast Think Tank: Experiencing Art in Public Space , we explore how art, dialogue, and participation are transf...

Welcome to our podcast series, Think Tank Sessions: On Experiencing Art in Public Space. This podcast emerges from engaging workshops conducted across various Belgian locations.   Have you ever considered parking lots as spaces for artworks? Today, I am taking you to the parking garages in Brussels, exploring them as platforms for artistic possibilities. Inspired by the innovative thinking of urba...

We start to become familiar with this place as we go again to the outskirts of Antwerp and we explore the integration of art in social housing and public spaces, drawing inspiration from the works of architect Renaat Braem's units at Kiel. These high-rise blocks were built between 1949-1958 in Kiel. It was Braem’s first project where he integrated painting, murals, and sculpture, and shows th...

Today we are going to the outskirts of Antwerp where we explore the integration of art in social housing and public spaces, drawing inspiration from the works of architect Renaat Braem's units at Kiel.  These high-rise blocks were built between 1949-1958. It was Braem’s first project where he integrated painting, murals, and sculpture, and shows the importance of the synthesis of the arts.  H...

Today we are going to the outskirts of Antwerp where we explore the integration of art in social housing and public spaces, drawing inspiration from the works of architect Renaat Braem's units at Kiel.  These high-rise blocks were built between 1949-1958 in Kiel. It was Braem’s first project where he integrated painting, murals, and sculpture, and shows the importance of the synthesis of the...

Today, we are going to the Stadshal in Ghent. In this first episode of the think thank, we have the pleasure of speaking with the renowned architect Paul Robbrecht , co-founder with Hilde Daem of the architecture firm Robbrecht and Daem architects in Ghent.  Starting with the Stadshal, designed by them in collaboration with Marie-José Van Hee, we will take a closer look at this covered public spac...

Today we explore art in the subway and we start with the work of the artist and architect Jacques Moeschal and end with the Alma metro stop, designed by the artist and architect duo Simone and Lucien Kroll.  The Jacques Moeschal ceiling painting extends over 7000 square metres and  over three levels in the Gare du Midi subway station in Brussels. Moeschal painted the ceilings yellow, red or orange...

Today, we have the pleasure of discussing the power of art and design with graphic designer and researcher Annelies Vaneycken at our third Think Tank session. Here we are focusing on art along the highway. We explore how graphic design can be used to create a more democratic environment in public spaces. We are in Aalbeke to discuss Jacques Moeschal’s monumental sculptures, known as "signals,...