Three essential elements of modernism consolidated through war: a centralised welfare state, a serial industrial apparatus and, often, a territorial tabula rasa. Hence, for many modernist architects and urban planners, post-war Europe became the ideal ground to put their ideas to the test. However, there is a genuine discrepancy between the proposals of the first four Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and what was massively implemented throughout Europe after 1945. To explore this divergence, Brussels proves to be an interesting case study for two main reasons. First, it hosted the third CIAM in November 1930, where Victor Bourgeois presented his views on housing and cities, in line with the ideals of the time. Second, af...
After World War I, the debate on Belgian reconstruction divided the architects. Some claimed that th...
The field of public housing in Belgium formed the backdrop for two crucial phenomena in the shaping ...
As recent international scholarship has shown, the Modern Movement was not as coherent as authors su...
Three essential elements of modernism consolidated through war: a centralised welfare state, a seria...
After the Second World War, the social and economic organisation of Belgium was reformed in accordan...
Post World War II European modern housing often exhibited a Corbusian influence, but Le Corbusier wa...
A critical reflection on the II CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne; in Frankfurt, 1...
Founded in June 1940 under the Militaerverwaltung, the German occupying forces, the Commissariat-Gen...
A critical reflection on the II CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne; in Frankfurt, 1...
The history of architecture and urbanism is classically represented as a sequence of major movements...
Founded in June 1940 under the Militaerverwaltung, the German occupying forces, the Commissariat-Gen...
In the course of the 20th century, housing became a science due to the huge efforts of progressive a...
Collective modernist housing was once a shared ideal. But it often proved to be a mere chimera. Yet,...
Collective modernist housing was once a shared ideal. But it often proved to be a mere chimera. Yet,...
Despite our taste for architectural geniuses, landmark structures and avant-garde manifestoes, the b...
After World War I, the debate on Belgian reconstruction divided the architects. Some claimed that th...
The field of public housing in Belgium formed the backdrop for two crucial phenomena in the shaping ...
As recent international scholarship has shown, the Modern Movement was not as coherent as authors su...
Three essential elements of modernism consolidated through war: a centralised welfare state, a seria...
After the Second World War, the social and economic organisation of Belgium was reformed in accordan...
Post World War II European modern housing often exhibited a Corbusian influence, but Le Corbusier wa...
A critical reflection on the II CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne; in Frankfurt, 1...
Founded in June 1940 under the Militaerverwaltung, the German occupying forces, the Commissariat-Gen...
A critical reflection on the II CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne; in Frankfurt, 1...
The history of architecture and urbanism is classically represented as a sequence of major movements...
Founded in June 1940 under the Militaerverwaltung, the German occupying forces, the Commissariat-Gen...
In the course of the 20th century, housing became a science due to the huge efforts of progressive a...
Collective modernist housing was once a shared ideal. But it often proved to be a mere chimera. Yet,...
Collective modernist housing was once a shared ideal. But it often proved to be a mere chimera. Yet,...
Despite our taste for architectural geniuses, landmark structures and avant-garde manifestoes, the b...
After World War I, the debate on Belgian reconstruction divided the architects. Some claimed that th...
The field of public housing in Belgium formed the backdrop for two crucial phenomena in the shaping ...
As recent international scholarship has shown, the Modern Movement was not as coherent as authors su...