THE TASK

Two approaches for our workshop: site-independent and site-specific

1. The free, explorative approach: adding shared places throughout Oude Dokken
   This approach maps, explores, and understands the area and suggests small spatial interventions based on the five points presented in the concept.
   
   For example;
   Do the Schipperskaai and the old Docks generally need more gathering spaces and sheltering?
   
   Do you have ideas for the future parks?
   
   Could small spatial interventions inside the already planned parks (at each crane) be added to improve the parks?
   
   How can the old industrial architectural heritage be maintained, incorporated, and integrated into the new development?
   > We have, for example, the bus depot, the massive complex at Oceaniëstraat and the beautiful building at Afrikalaan 201.
   
   

2. The case study approach: Bar Bricolage and the Buurtscontainer
   Bar Bricolage is the last participant of the area's once numerous "creative hubs", and we see them as a form of modern industrial activity.
   
   How can we maintain and foster Bar Bricolage's activities?
   
   The triangle at Oceaniëstraat/Fohrstraat will be Bar Bricolage's new home. But how?
   
   Also, The Buurtscontainer is a community project inside a temporary shipping container. Could this activity be permanent and what would that venue look like?  
   
   

THE SITE

SCHEDULE

 Webinars part 1 

Monday, October 28: 14:00-19:00

• 14:00-15:00 Introducing the course

• 15:00-17:00 lecture by Agnieszka Zajac, SoGent (15 - 16:30)

• 17:00-19:00 Fredrik / Karel: Flanders

 Workshop in Ghent 

November 4th-8th

Where to meet: 

Room 220 / Campus Sint-Lucas

KU Leuven Faculteit Architectuur, Campus Sint-Lucas Gent

Hoogstraat 51

9000 Gent, Belgium

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tAMb39D4P31YuZWN8 

recommended evening activities:

• https://chinastraat.be/agenda 

• https://clubwintercircus.be/ 

• https://visit.gent.be/nl/zien-doen/vlasmarkt 

• https://visit.gent.be/nl/zien-doen/overpoort (student bar street)

• https://www.bozar.be/nl/kalender/rotor-entangled-matter 

• https://desingel.be/nl/programma/architectuur/dogma-stadsvilla-huisvesting-hertekend-van-speculatie-naar-samenwerking 

• https://archipelvzw.be/nl/agenda/734/rethinking-housing 

Monday, November 4th (start at Campus Sint-Lucas)

• 09:30-12:00 Lectures on methodology and precedents

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Campus Sint-Lucas

• 14:00-14:40 Meeting dean of KU Leuven

• 15:30-17:00 Visit at Bar Bricolage with Ruben Peeters. Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NvS8kj5HGNkU3kwKA
  
  
  
  

Tuesday, November 5th (start at Campus Sint-Lucas)

• 09:30-10:30 Lecture by Jo Liekens

• 10:45-12:00 Lectures

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Campus Sint-Lucas

• 13:00-15:30 Mapping the site

• 15:30-16:45 Visit at Buurtcontainer with Tomas Navratil + Q&A at Campus Sint-Lucas with Agnieszka Zajac and Raf, SoGent.be. Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fwVpdwgadd1mRg1B6   

Wednesday, November 6th  (start at Campus Sint-Lucas?)

• 09:30-11:00 Mapping the site

• 11:00-12:00 Meeti at Campus Sint-Lucas

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Campus Sint-Lucas

• 13:00-14:00 

• 14:00-16:00 Luuk Qinyi Zhang, Studio Paola Viganò: on the studio's philosophy and projects.

• 15:00-17:00

Thursday, November 7th

• 09:30-10:30 Wim Goes presents his project at Gasmeterlaan 191, Gent

• 10:45-12:00 

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Campus Sint-Lucas

• 13:00-15:00 Lecture by Massimo and Fredrik

• 15:00-17:00 Working on projects

recommended evening activity:

• 20:00 Rethinking housing https://archipelvzw.be/nl/agenda/734/rethinking-housing 

• 20:00 Bar Bricolage Vernissage
  
  
  
  

Friday, November 8th

• 09:30-12:00 Working on projects

• 11:00-11:45 visit at SoGent

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Parnassus https://maps.app.goo.gl/ntTZNALfHfEYVc3a7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy  

• 1-17:00 Final presentation with guest critics

details on the presentation

Guest critics:

Agnieszka Zajac, SoGent 

Raf Mandervelt, Stad Gent

 Webinars part 2  - on Zoom 

Friday, November 22nd, 16:00-19:00.

First half: lecture. Second half: Project consultation in separate Zoom rooms.

Friday, November 29th, 16:00-19:00.

First half: lecture. Second half: Project consultation in separate Zoom rooms.

Friday, December 6th, 16:00-19:00.

Final presentation on Zoom

Agnieszka Zajac, SoGent 

Raf Mandervelt, Stad Gent

WORKFLOW + SUBMISSION

 teams  
You will work in small groups of three students.  The three schools will be mixed.

Sign up for a team here.

 online workspace  
We have a shared GoogleDrive where you can find material, recordings and upload your work. 

Access it here.

 Ghent workspace  

Leiekaai 18/ Campus Sint-Lucas

KU Leuven Faculteit Architectuur, Campus Sint-Lucas Gent

Leiekaai 18

9000 Gent, Belgium

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tAMb39D4P31YuZWN8 

on-site mapping  

Explore the site. 

Observe, take photos, and most importantly, take notes and sketch! 

What are the characteristics of:

• the architecture

• the people

• the routes people take

• the existing gathering spaces and potential gathering spaces

Be critical. What can be improved? What is lacking? What is good? 

How can we make more comfortable, inclusive shared places? 

Where is your site and what architectural intervention would enable your ideas?

 continous sketching 

Study the attached 3D models, drawings, and references shown by the lecturers.

Make sketches throughout the week using your preferred method

• paper and pen

• 3d-models

• photo collage

•  - Whatever you prefer and feel comfortable with

Use this Mymap  https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=19N_pz9i7UCypL4blxRnYECGyboubz_s&usp=sharing 

 submission info 

For the presentation in Ghent on November 8th.

Upload your presentation PDF to the FINAL WORKS-folder.

This material should be included in the presentation:

• Texts explaining your 

  • problem / design statement

  • research question

  • the location and its users (who they are and how they use and move through the site)

  • strategy, mindset

  • description of how the proposal answers your questions and materialises your strategy/mindset

    • Define at least three design principles (for example, like in the Gran Paris project presented by Massimo).
      These three present your project and they also summarise leassons learned. They are tools for exploring and sketching, and also for future design recommendations. 

The design proposal

• plan drawings, if you have time

• if needed, sections

• perspective drawings or visualisations - the primary visual material!
  
  
  

• Format

  • all groups present in one flow. Discussions on everything aftwewards. 

  • we present from FINAL WORKS-folder. 

  • you have 7 minutes to present your idea. Please write a text of maximum 700 words! (100 words equal 1 minute of speaking). 

For the final presentation on Zoom, December 6th, see below:

STUDENT WORKS / FINAL SUBMISSIONS