Gent, 2018
This research project explores the Open Call architecture competition procedure as developed and used by the Flemish Government Architect and his/her team between 1999 and 2019. With the Open Call, the Government Architect supports public commissioners in their appointment of a design team for a commission. The exhibition highlights how this specific procedure creates opportunities for architectural quality. Case studies examine how clients, supported by project supervisors from Team Vlaams Bouwmeester, develop an ambitious commission, and how subsequently design teams are selected, sketch designs compared, and finally a design commission is awarded. The exhibition also examines how projects relate to the fragmented urbanisation in our country, and which contemporary architectural expressions were given to public institutions within the Open Call. These three aspects are addressed in an Archive, Panorama and Wunderkammer section of the travelling exhibition.
The exhibition is an initiative of the Flemish Master Builder, and was realised in cooperation with the Team of the Master Builder by the various members of the professional group:
Curating and research:
Maarten Liefooghe, Maarten Van Den Driessche, Pieter-Jan Cierkens
Scenography and production:
Eef Boeckx, Kris Coremans, Hans Lust
Panorama and Wunderkammer:
Ester Goris, Malgorzata Maria Olchowska and Joris Kerremans (in collaboration with Louis Seynaeve and Toon Verdonk).
