This issue of a+u magazine examines works by architecten de vylder vinck taillieu, a practice based in Ghent which has increasingly gained international appreciation in recent years.
With projects characterised by intervention and revitalisation, and that at times might seem kitsch or surrealistic, the office prefers to emphasise the stories that connect people and things to buildings, rather than provide objective, primary information. Seventeen works are introduced where the building’s own story is retold and developed, whether through a new addition, changed facade, or alternative approach to the existing space. With essays by Jan De Vylder, Gideon Boie, and Seng Kuan and Angela Pang.
CONTENT:
Poem – A sudden overview:
The Poetry of Incongruities – Spatial Proof by Contradiction
Lieven De Cauter
Verbrande Brug
Enghien
Leefdaal
Sanderswal
Essay: Genius of the North
Seng Kuan and Angela Pang
Tangram
Enoteca dai Tosi
Caritas
Palais des Expo
Kraakje
Katten
Essay: Gay Architecture – On the Famous Project by a dvvt
Gideon Boie (BAVO)
LA FILLE D’O
Natalie Vleeschouwer
Twiggy
IGLO
Aarschot
Bravoure
Carrousel
Essay: architecture is not a matter of architecture
Jan De Vylder
