Book Launch: 'Soft Power. 10 Years of Bouwmeester Maître Architecte in Brussels' & archithese 4.2024 Belgien/Belgum
6 PM, English
Looking back on ten years and two mandates of Kristiaan Borret as Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BMA) in Brussels cannot be limited to describing the bricks that have been laid. Working on and living in the city also underwent a remarkable transformation in the past decade. Photo essays, guest contributions, and records of conversations between designers, users, clients, and BMA staff during collective site visits show how the city is both built and lived. In doing so, it explores the confrontations between vision and materialisation, design and appropriation as well as the formal and informal ways — the soft power of the BMA — of making the city.
A dialogue with Kristiaan Borret (Bouwmeester Maître Architecte), Jan Denoo & Hedwig van der Linden (Eds.) and other practitioners from Brussels.
Moderation: Andreas Kofler (S AM).
In addition, issue 4.2024 of archithese, dedicated to Belgium, will be presented.
