Belgium
België / Belgique / Belgien
| WEEK 4 · BRUSSELS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTEXT: Current academic research & professional perspective on circularity. Visit key sites, attend PREUSE Symposium. | |||
| DAY | DATE | EVENT | DETAIL |
| TUE | 6 / 2 | Arrive in Brussels + Usquare (ABC Buildings, public space, Clos des Mariés) | |
| WED | 6 / 3 | Recypark Demets / 51N4E (Quai Fernand Demets 22, Anderlecht) Recyclart (Rue de Manchester 13/15, Molenbeek) | |
| THU | 6 / 4 | ⛔ PREUSE 2026 Symposium (Day 1) Lectures | |
| FRI | 6 / 5 | ⛔ PREUSE 2026 Symposium (Day 2) City reuse center, Recypark Dements tour, Architecture of Reuse workshop | |
| SAT | 6 / 6 | Rest day | |
| SUN | 6 / 7 | Grand Maritime +Park Tour & Taxis, Parckfarm | Train station renovated to arts, dining, community hub. Nearby park 'promotes ecological practices in urban areas,' run by local citizens |
| Lunch with Kristina, Societat Organica | Architect promoting circularity in Barcelona. Learned about Trümmerfrauen in WWII Berlin | ||
| MON | 6 / 8 | Petite Senne park, Quai de l'Industrie/Nijverheidskaai 79 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | Neighborhood development with daycare, intergenerational housing, recycling workshops, park space |
| Cantillon Brewery (Gheudestraat 56) | Brewery & museum, La Générale | ||
| Dinner: Old Boy | |||
| TUE | 6 / 9 | Meet with Colm for coffee, 10am Bourse. Cathedral, city hall, coffee, canal walk to Chantelle Ackerman mural | |
| Canal walk | |||
| KANAL (exterior, under construction) | |||
| MULTI | |||
| Materialenkaai | |||
| Tour & Taxis | |||
| Dinner: Boaboa | Record bar | ||
| WEEK 5 · BRUSSELS | |||
| INFRASTRUCTURE · Tour recycleparks and understand scaling of material storage in dense urban areas, material supply chain functions, challenges, constraints | |||
| DAY | DATE | EVENT | DETAIL |
| WED | 6 / 10 | Building Europe’s future: transforming the construction sector for a climate-neutral, circular and competitive economy | Missed talk - research speakers, esp Anna Heringer |
| Cafe Unusual, Rotor DC, Design With Sense | |||
| Gaston Glacier, Rotor DC & Atelkier Lionel Jadot | |||
| Designing with underutilised wood: NEB values in practice, WoodStock & TIMBERHAUS | |||
| Park Ouest | Will miss tour- reach out to architects. Dallas + Scope | ||
| Théâtre des Variétés (Rue de Malines 25) | |||
| Royal Beldge | |||
| THU | 6 / 11 | Akko cafe | |
| ROTOR Office Visit 2pm. Leave around noon + Rotor DC Store (Ave de Bâle 3, Evere) | |||
| BE-HERE (Rue Dieudonné Lefèvre 4) Gare Maritime | |||
| FRI | 6 / 12 | Zinneke / MaZui (Place Masui 13) Tour 10:30am. Recypark Buda (Ave Antoon Van Oss 6, Haren) | |
| 3:50pm LO-TEK Julia Watson lecture | |||
| Boaboa + Jalousy | |||
| SAT | 6 / 13 | Day trip: Ghent or Antwerp | |
| SUN | 6 / 14 | Saint Gilles Day - Grain, park, farmer's market | |
| Archiweek Tour: Plaine Marie Janson, 2pm | |||
| Decoratelier + Cassonade (Rue de Courtrai 47, Molenbeek) | |||
| Recypark Humanité (Blvd de l'Humanité 350, Forest) | |||
| MON | 6 / 15 | UHasselt Jury | |
| TUE | 6 / 16 | UHasselt Jury | |
| WED | 6 / 17 | Day trip: Louvain-la-Neuve- Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar OR Charleroi- Chapex, Palais des Expositions; Place Destrée; Caserne Trésignies South Wing (Rotor) | Charleroi - Place Destrée. |
| WEEK 6 · BRUSSELS | |||
| PRACTICE: Tour practices, key projects, academic institutions, governmental organizations to study details, aesthetics, construction and implementation, and cultural / regulatory frameworks | |||
| DAY | DATE | EVENT | DETAIL |
| THU | 6 / 18 | 51n4e office visit Brussels ➡️ Malmö. Visit Kasia & Jeff, see sites learned about from Finn Williams, city of Malmö architect | |
| FRI | 6 / 19 | Malmö | |
| SAT | 6 / 20 | Malmö | |
| SUN | 6 / 21 | Malmö & Copenhagen | |
| Louisiana Museum - Memoryscapes | |||
| MON | 6 / 22 | Kengo Kuma exhibition +SECO / Aarlen-Trier (Aarlenstraat 53, European Quarter) + Karper House (Karperstraat, Molenbeek) + Karreveld Primary School (Chaussée de Gand 615, Molenbeek) + Egied Van Broeckhoven School (Pierre van Humbeekstraat 5, Molenbeek) | |
| TUE | 6 / 23 | Materialenbank Leuven | |
| WED | 6 / 24 | ULB or VUB — academic visit (Usquare partner universities) | |
| THU | 6 / 25 | Your Utopias exhibition opening, Wallonia-Brussels Institute of Architecture | |
| StadsatelierdeVille (Anna Bochdreef 22, Tour & Taxis) + Gare Maritime (revisit with focus on CLT timber). Général Jacques (Blvd Général Jacques 202, Ixelles) + INSAS (Ave de la Couronne 159, Ixelles) + Usquare revisit (Ave de la Couronne 227, Ixelles) | |||
| FRI | 6 / 26 | Reflection + documentation day Optional: Movy Club / Magasin 4 / Dekkera Brewery (evening) | |
| SAT | 6 / 27 | Recypark Sud (Blvd de la 2ème Armée Britannique 676, Forest) + Bracops Hospital / Polyclinic (Rue Docteur Huet 79, Anderlecht) | |
| SUN | 6 / 28 | Arciweek tour: WVDM Living Lab 11am + Manufakture (Ropsy Chaudronstraat 24, Anderlecht) + Mobilis (Blvd Industriel 51, Anderlecht) | |
| WEEK 7 · BRUSSELS | |||
| DETAIL: BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |||
| DAY | DATE | EVENT | DETAIL |
| MON | 6 / 29 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | BC Materials production site (Ave du Port 104) |
| StadsatelierdeVille, Fallow Architects | Site promoting the transition to circular economy | ||
| TUE | 6 / 30 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| WED | 7 / 1 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| THU | 7 / 2 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| FRI | 7 / 3 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| SAT | 7 / 4 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| SUN | 7 / 5 | BC Materials Workshop, Fiber Focus | |
| WEEK 8 · BRUSSELS | |||
| DETAIL: BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |||
| DAY | DATE | EVENT | DETAIL |
| MON | 7 / 6 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| TUE | 7 / 7 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| WED | 7 / 8 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| THU | 7 / 9 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| FRI | 7 / 10 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| SAT | 7 / 11 | BC Materials Workshop, Earth Focus | |
| SUN | 7 / 12 | Flight home. Brussels ➡️ Reykjavik ➡️ NYC | |
| TBD PLACES TO VISIT | |||
| Running list of interesting places I've learned about and want to visit on this trip | |||
| Location | Place | Notes | |
| Brussels | Kengo Kuma exhibit | ||
| Brussels | Rile bookstore & audiovisual center | ||
| Brussels | Boa Boa records cafe | ||
| Brussels | MILCAMPS COHOUSING - Rotor & La Générale | ||
| Brussels | Botanique | ||
| Antwerp | Recycling Park in Kielsbroek | ||
| Gent | Propa(ganda) | ||
| Paris | Exhibition on storage centers | ||
| Paris | Meet with Ilana, American landscape architect I met at Preuse conference | ||
| Paris | LeCorbrusier's apartment | ||
| Paris | Tadao Ando museum | ||
| FUTURE PLACES TO VISIT | |||
| Places currently under construction | |||
| Location | Place | Notes | |
| Brussels | Recypark Jette | ||