Christophe Van Gerrewey, architect and writer: We Will No Longer Build (in Belgium)
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, view of the 1907 exhibition…
After the Party, Venice Biennale, 2008
– © OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen / Photo: Bas Princen
Back-to-school conference for the “Designing and Building Architecture” field of study
The history of Belgian architecture, like that of most countries, is a succession of demolitions and new constructions. When this history comes to an end, what will the consequences be? Christophe Van Gerrewey will discuss the ethical and aesthetic implications of this very contemporary issue, drawing on his book ” Something completely different. Architecture in Belgium “, recently translated by Éditions de la Villette.
Biographical highlights
Christophe Van Gerrewey is an architect and writer, as well as a theorist of architecture and literature. He holds degrees in architecture from Ghent University and in literature from the Catholic University of Leuven; in 2015, he defended a dissertation on the work of Geert Bekaert, whose writings he has edited in a critical edition. He has taught architectural theory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and at ENSA Paris-Est. A contributor to leading international architecture journals, he is a member of the editorial boards of *De Witte Raaf* and *OASE*. In addition to novels in Dutch, he has notably published Rooted in the Real: Writings on Architecture by Geert Bekaert (2011), OMA/Rem Koolhaas: A Critical Reader (2019), and Choosing Architecture: History, Criticism, and Theory Since the 19th Century (2019).
Lecture in French, moderated by Pierre Chabard.
Free admission, subject to availability.
The conference will be recorded and posted later on the school’s YouTube channel.
