01/07/2017 – 01/07/2017
Turncoats Debate: The Good, the Bad and the Belgian
Elsbeth Ronner (Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk) Jan de Vylder (architecten de vylder vinck taillieu) Job Floris (Monadnock) Martino Tattara (DOGMA)
A Turncoats Debate at 019 — Museum of Moving Practice
“A post-war self-build housing boom has saddled the entirety of Belgium with a rash of eccentric, highly individual, often hideous homes. Yet the trope of the Ugly Belgian House is a tribute to the civic freedom of the Belgian citizen. In an era of rising xenophobia, architectural taste can play a new role as a built barometer for social tolerance.
Many in our industry are trying to regain power, wresting architectural control back from the man in the street. They must be stopped — liberty trumps beauty.”
Speakers:
Elsbeth Ronner (Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk)
Jan de Vylder (architecten de vylder vinck taillieu)
Job Floris (Monadnock)
Martino Tattara (DOGMA)
Free admission. Registration essential.
Supported by the Faculty of Architecture – KU Leuven
