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Brutalism in Belgium

A collection of buildings from 1950s to 1980s

  • Pierrick de Stexhe
49,00 €
  • Architecture
  • Photography

Brutalism in Belgium

A collection of buildings from 1950s to 1980s

  • Pierrick de Stexhe

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49,00 €
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Book details

ISBN :
978-2-930451-47-3
Year :
2024
Cover :
cardboard
Size :
23.3 x 31 cm
Pages :
264
Languages :
Fr En

Les principaux édifices brutalistes belges, érigés entre 1950 et 1980, sont à un carrefour crucial de leur existence : menacés de démolition, transformés ou simplement abandonnés. Brutalism in Belgium recense plus de 50 constructions dont le destin est en jeu. 

Architecte et photographe, Pierrick de Stexhe capture chaque bâtiment en photographie argentique noir et blanc avec une chambre technique grand format. Chaque négatif est développé et digitalisé par l’auteur.

 

Belgium's main Brutalist buildings, which were constructed between 1950 and 1980, are at a watershed moment: they are being threatened with demolition, are being transformed, or are simply being abandoned. Brutalism in Belgium lists 50 buildings whose fate is now hanging in the balance.

Architect and photographer Pierrick de Stexhe has taken shots of each building with a large-format black-and-white argentic camera, and has developed and digitised each negative himself.

 

The authors

  • Pierrick de Stexhe

    Pierrick de Stexhe (1994), architecte praticien depuis 2017 (ULiège), se passionne très tôt pour la photographie. Une enfance bercée par les travaux photographiques familiaux l’initie notamment à la beauté des négatifs ainsi qu’à la composition des cadrages qu’il exerce depuis ses débuts. La photographie et l’architecture se retrouvent naturellement mêlées dans son parcours, devenant des éléments indissociables. Outre la prise de vue de projets de sa pratique architecturale, l’auteur vise avant tout la sauvegarde et la mise en valeur du patrimoine construit belge.

     

    Pierrick de Stexhe (1994), a practising architect since 2017 and an alumnus of ULiège, developed a passion for photography at an early age. A childhood surrounded by family photographs introduced him to the beauty of negatives and the composition of shots—to techniques he has been practicing ever since. Photography and architecture are naturally intertwined in his work, to the point that they become inseparable. In addition to shooting projects as part of his architectural practice, Pierrick’s main aim is to preserve and highlight Belgium’s architectural heritage.

  • Marc Dubois

    Marc Dubois (1950), architecte et RIBA Honorary Fellow. Jusqu’en 2015, professeur à la Faculté d’Architecture KU Leuven. Commissaire de plusieurs expositions (Flandre - Biennale de Venise 1991) et auteur de plusieurs livres, dont une monographie, Gaston Eysselinck (1907-1953), in de voetsporen van Le Corbusier en 2019, et une analyse profonde, Riverside Tower Antwerpen: Iconische woontoren door Stynen en De Meyer en 2022. Président DOCOMOMO Belgique de 2015 à 2022.

     

    Marc Dubois (1950) is an architect and an RIBA Honorary Fellow. Until 2015 he was a professor at the KULeuven Faculty of Architecture. He has curated numerous exhibitions, in Flanders, as well as The Venice Architecture Biennale of 1991. He is the author of several books, including a monograph, Gaston Eysselinck (1907-1953), in the Footsteps of Le Corbusier (2019), and an in-depth analysis, Riverside Tower Antwerpen: Iconische woontoren door Stynen en De Meyer in 2022. From 2015 to 2022 he was Chair of DOCOMOMO Belgium.

  • Jean-Marc Basyn

    Jean-Marc Basyn (1968), historien de l’art (UCLouvain), Master en Conservation du patrimoine architectural et urbain (RLICC, KU Leuven), DES en Sauvegarde du patrimoine bâti moderne et contemporain (Université de Genève – Institut d’Architecture). Attaché administration Région de Bruxelles-Capitale en charge du patrimoine. Chargé de cours ISURU (Ateliers Saint-Luc) et Faculté d’architecture ULB La Cambre Horta. Publications et conférences sur le patrimoine industriel, patrimonialisation de l’architecture moderne et récente. Membre DOCOMOMO Belgique, ICOMOS Wallonie-Bruxelles, ICOMOS ISC20C, La Fonderie.

     

    Jean-Marc Basyn (1968) is an art historian and an alumnus of UCLouvain. He holds a master’s in the Conservation of Historical Towns and Buildings, Conservation of Architectural Heritage, from the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation at KU Leuven, and a DES en sauvegarde du patrimoine bâti moderne et contemporain (a post-graduate diploma in the preservation of modern and contemporary built heritage) from Université de Genève – Institut d’Architecture. He is an administrative attaché for the Brussels-Capital Region in charge of heritage, and a lecturer at ISURU (Ateliers Saint-Luc) and at the Faculty of Architecture at ULB La Cambre Horta. He has published and presented conference papers on industrial heritage and the heritage of modern and recent architecture, and is a member of DOCOMOMO Belgium, ICOMOS Wallonie-Bruxelles, ICOMOS ISC20C, and La Fonderie.

  • Jacinthe Gigou

    Jacinthe Gigou (1982), historienne de l’art et de l’architecture (Université de Tours et ULB). Directrice d’Arkadia (2008-2020), commissaire d’expositions au CIVA (2011-2012), co-fondatrice du BANAD Festival et de la Brussels Biennale of Modern Architecture (BBMA). Critique d’art, journaliste et auteure de 150 Houses You Need to Visit Before You Die et Modern Brussels Map. Depuis 2021, fondatrice et directrice du projet Modernista valorisant l’architecture et la culture moderniste, brutaliste et postmoderne à Bruxelles et en Belgique.

     

    Jacinthe Gigou (1982) is a historian of art and architecture, and an alumna of the University of Tours and ULB. She was Director of Arkadia from 2008 to 2020, and in 2011 and 2012 curated a number of exhibitions at CIVA. She is a co-founder of the BANAD Festival and the Brussels Biennale of Modern Architecture. She is also an art critic, a journalist, and the author of 150 Houses You Need to Visit Before You Die and Modern Brussels Map. In 2021 she launched and ran a project, Modernista, on modernist, brutalist, and postmodern architecture in Brussels and Belgium.

  • Aurélien Jacob

    Aurélien Jacob (1990), historien de l’art (UCLouvain) et enseignant. Master en Archéologie gréco-romaine (2012-2013) et AESS en Histoire de l’art (2014). Coordinateur de la programmation culturelle et de la pédagogie à l’Institut Culturel d’Architecture Wallonie-Bruxelles (ICA-WB) (2019-2024), et à l’initiative de l’écriture et de la coproduction d’ouvrages et d’expositions visant à sensibiliser les publics aux questions de l’architecture, dont L’architecture fait l’école buissonnière en 2021. Actuellement, directeur des divers publics du Musée Horta à Bruxelles.

     

    Aurélien Jacob (1990) is an art historian and teacher, and an alumnus of UCLouvain. He holds a master’s in Graeco-Roman Archaeology (2012–2013) and a Higher Secondary-Education Teaching Certificate (AESS) in Art History (2014). In 2019 he was named Coordinator of Cultural Programming and Pedagogy at the Institut Culturel d’Architecture Wallonie-Bruxelles, a position he held for five years. He has been a driving force behind the writing of books and the organisation of exhibitions aimed at raising public awareness of architectural issues. Among these initiatives are L’architecture fait l’école buissonnière (2021). He is currently Director of Public Affairs at the Musée Horta in Brussels.

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