The
Belgium Pavilion - Bravoure
Commissioner:
Christoph Grafe, Director Flanders Architecture Institute
Curator:
Bravoure Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu - Doorzon Interieur Architecten -
Filip Dujardin
“Together
with Bravoure, we are exploring what craftsmanship can mean during a period of
economic scarcity.”
Jan
De Vylder - Curator
Belgium. Exhibiting fragments of thirteen
representative projects from thirteen Flemish architects in the Belgian
pavilion. The execution of a piece of music that combines excellent technical
control with unique vigor and personality is described as a Bravura
performance. Architecture can also been implemented with Bravura. Although Scarcity would not immediately appear to be an idea that could
be linked to bravura, the architecture of necessity follows the cadence of the
economy. It is the imperative nature of Scarcity that acts as the ultimate
challenge to the execution of a Bravura performance.
Project: Maarschalk Gerardstraat 5,
Antwerp, 2014
Architect: Eagles of Architecture
Belgium. For the
reconversion of a nineteenth-century house into separate units, a new kind of
materiality was developed in contrast to the original architecture. The metal
stud frames and standard colored plasterboard panels only received a layer of
polish, instead of being painted over as would be expected. The resulting
materiality and its technical logic of colors – pink plasterboard is
fire-resistant, green is waterproof and blue is for acoustics seem to connect
to the rich, rococo-like atmosphere of the house, while being completely different.
Project: Maarschalk Gerardstraat 5,
Antwerp, 2014
Architect: Eagles of Architecture
Belgium. For the
reconversion of a nineteenth-century house into separate units, a new kind of
materiality was developed in contrast to the original architecture. The metal
stud frames and standard colored plasterboard panels only received a layer of
polish, instead of being painted over as would be expected. The resulting
materiality and its technical logic of colors – pink plasterboard is
fire-resistant, green is waterproof and blue is for acoustics seem to connect
to the rich, rococo-like atmosphere of the house, while being completely different.
Project: Refuge II, Nevele, 2014
Architect: Wim Goes Architectuur
Belgium. Refuge II is a
house built for a friend diagnosed with ALS and a limited life expectancy. The
house had to accommodate the different stages of the illness and will be
disassembled afterwards. But, more importantly, the house was built by friends
and relatives, who wanted to celebrate life and focus on constructiveness. The
construction of the house was transformed into a communal process, uniting a
group of over hundred people in a meaningful activity.
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