Collective 1030
Stagione 1
On temporary occupations - Communa
di An activist group of architecture students, educators and practitioners
In this episode "A Just Radio" elective investigates the beginnings of Communa, and highlights their sites and their just practices in urbanism around Brussels. Communa is a non-profit organization that is committed to a more affordable, more democratic, more resilient and more creative city. While temporary occupation is their main tool, they are also developing other concrete proposals to deal with the commodification of urban spaces. Episode produce by: Angela Mahouli Atikarn Bamroongvuth Anıl Ege Şireli Edited by: Rosie Romero
On this episode we explore the role of radio in architecture as a way to challenge and question the profession. We discuss the journey of 'Safe Space Collective' in the making of their podcast series, a platform for social justice that highlighted many underrepresented narratives without polarising its audience. They leave us with good practices and lessons on how to be sensitive with an activist heart. Episode produced by: Rosie Romero Edited by: Rosie Romero
In this interview, we are welcoming a student from Hasselt University. Doga is explaining to us how her architecture education was in Hasselt, Belgium which is giving a broader perspective on living and studying as a one-year master's student as an international student where most of the students are from local universities and cities.
In this interview, we are welcoming a student from the KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture. Angela is explaining to us a different perspective of living in Brussels as an architecture student and her experiences about the architectural school's needs, spaces and administrational processes.
In this interview, we are welcoming a student from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. We are talking about how being an international student in an architectural school and the UK. She is explaining to us what is important about and different than her old experiences in a different country. We also discussed more about the needs of the university environment and how it should be.
In this interview, we are welcoming a student from the KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture. We discussed her multinational background and her opinions on the architectural university environment that she had in different countries. She is explaining to us how she sees the architectural environment's pros and cons and also how much student embodies are integrated with the organization of the faculty.
In this interview we talk to Heleen Goethals. Heleen is a student in her second year of master's in architecture at the Ku Leuven. She has a lot of experience with the faculty, through her school career and her career as a jobstudent. She started as a student in her early years as a jobstudent and has become a fixed value of the KUL team. From the insight of an 'insider' we have been able to cite a few interesting topics. In addition, Heleen has had an Erasmus exchange in which she received a scholarship at the MOME in Budapest. She talks about what it was like to end up in a different environment and compares the system of the MOME with that of the Ku Leuven. Finally, we asked what her ideal education system looks like. Heleen answers this through her experience of the two schools where she attended classes.
We also had the pleasure of having an interview with Carl Bourgeois. He is one of the key figures within the Faculty of Architecture and has experienced the integration from start to finish. Carl was able to answer our questions from his experience as an ex-vice-dean. In this way, he has been able to present a number of fascinating answers that create a better picture of his vision on education and how architecture education works. While he was vice-dean, he was also a lecturer. In this way he saw how things were going in practice and not only through policy. "I don't believe in an ideal educational system," Carl says. He adds: "You learn to design by yourself and as a school, you can only support that process."He says that as a vice-dean he mainly had to mediate. So above all listening to all partners, discussing and negotiating. "I believe that the policy comes from others, or else, it has to come from others. That's why I find an initiative like 1030c equally valuable alongside all the formal organizations." During the interview, we mentioned the WTC24 project. WTC24 was a project of reflection, discussions and reinventing architecture education. We also questioned his opinion on the upcoming Pacheco building, the new future base of the campus Brussels. If you want to learn more about Carl's opinion in differing viewpoints, we definitely recommend listening to the interview below. And in addition, if you want to get more info specifically about the WTC24 project, you can always check out the book he has co-authored, in this link. https://issuu.com/faculteitarchitectuursintlucas/docs/wtc_tower_teachings