ATLAS: How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Tradition

The event will launch the homonymous publication by the OSA architecture students association and Mendrisio Academy Press. The volume compiles interviews from different architects around Europe, including an interview to Freek Persyn.

1st prize - Résidence étudiante Paris-Saclay

51N4E, together with Bourbouze & Graindorge Architectes of Nantes, won the competition for 330 student accomodations and additional amenities in Paris-Saclay.

Arquitectura y Industria

Paul Steinbrück, collaborator of 51N4E, will give a lecture at a seminar concerning the relation of architects and the building industry, organized by Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad.

Thu, 21/11/2013 - Fri, 22/11/2013
Salón de Actos del Ministerio de Fomento, P. Castellana 112, Madrid (ES)
50.000 logements in the 13th "Forum des projets urbains"

Suzanne Eliasson of GRAU will represent the team of 51N4E and GRAU in the 13th Forum of Urban Proejcts, Paris, presenting the project for 50.000 dwelling in Bordeaux.

Four prospectives on Istanbul

Within the framework of the studio 'ISTANBUL, atlas de la métropolisation en cours' at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles Freek Persyn will talk about 51N4E' s work on Istanbul. The introduction to this conference will be held by Florian Hertwerk, Djamel Klouche and Cédric Libert.

Tue, 22/10/2013 - 10:00
In Vitro

La Theorie du Balcon, a highrise speculation for Brussels, will be presented as part of the exhibition In Vitro, dealing with the process of making architecture.

Thu, 24/10/2013 - Sat, 16/11/2013
La Maison de l’architecture en île-de-France, 148 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, Paris (FR)
A Week

As part of the first 'Week of Architecture' that takes place in Brussels from the 13th to the 20th of October project architect Aline Neirynck will present the project 'De Lork' to the public.

Thu, 17/10/2013 - 12:00 - Sat, 19/10/2013 - 14:00
Bronstraat 83, 1060 Brussel
Marathon de Conferences

Freek Persyn takes part in the 'Marathon of Conferences' at BOZAR in the framework of A.WEEK, the Architecture Week Brussels. He will talk about projects of 51N4E related to Brussels.

Wed, 16/10/2013 - 20:30
BOZAR Centre for fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
Day of Architecture, Flanders

Under the title 'Bloeiende Landschappen'(organised by the Flemish Architecture Institute) more than 200 projects will be open to the public. You will have the chance to visit and take part in guided tours in our projects C-Mine, Buda Art Center, Huis aan't Laar (presentation by Karel Verstraeten) and OCMW Nevele (presentation by Jan Haerens).

Sun, 13/10/2013
Opportunités 2/2

Johan Anrys will talk about the subject of reconversion as part of the conference 'opportunités 2/2' at the CAUE 92.

Thu, 10/10/2013 - 19:00
Nanterre, Paris
Staten-Generaal van stad Limburg

As part of the ‘Day of Architecture’ organized by the Flemish Architecture Institute Freek Persyn will hold an introduction to a debate on the question 'Which scale for Limburg?'. The debate is open to the public.

Wed, 09/10/2013 - 14:45
C-mine 10, 3600 Genk, BE
Competition for the new NCCA, Moscow

The team of 51N4E, Office KGDVS, Bollinger + Grohmann, Transsolar and Simon Castets is among the shortlisted teams of the competition for the new National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Moscow.

51N4E contributions to the Book of Copies exhibition

The 'Book of Copies' of San Rocco magazine will be on show in the Architectural Association Gallery in London. The exhibition features contributions by Freek Persyn (elderly homes) and Peter Swinnen (fortresses).

Sat, 05/10/2013 - Sat, 02/11/2013
AA Gallery, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES
Dépaysements, a 51N4E lecture in Paris

Freek Persyn will present a selection of belgian and international projects of 51N4E in a lecture at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.

Mon, 16/09/2013 - 19:00
7 avenue Albert de Mun, Paris 16e
In pursuit of Architecture

Freek Persyn will present TID tower in "Pursuit of Architecture", a public conference in New York organized to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Log magazine. The selection of the 10 projects for the conference resulted from an open, international call for submissions of projects of the last 10 years. A daylong discussion on architecture and its cultural value.

Sat, 21/09/2013 - 10:00 - 17:00
Museum of Modern Art, NY
De Zevende Dag

Freek Persyn and Johan Anrys will be guests in the belgian TV Show 'De Zevende Dag' talking about the project TID Tower, Albania.

Sun, 15/09/2013 - 11:00
C-Mine winner of the Flemish Heritage Award 2013

The rehabilitation project for the former mine site in Genk is the winner of the 2013 edition of the Flemish Heritage Award (Vlaamse Monumentenprijs). The prize is awarded yearly by the cultural heritage agency of the Flemish Government (Onroerend Erfgoed) to a public or private initiative with an exemplary contribution to heritage management.

Mon, 02/09/2013
Beykoz Riva

51N4E, together with landscape architects H+N+S, hydrology experts N. Taminiau and W. Oliemans, additional Dutch experts and the local authorities have launched the startup of the Riva Valley Environmental Protection and Integrated Regional Development project in Beykoz, Istanbul. The project aims at an alternative strategy for improved floodsafety in the Riva Caddesi valley, in combination with a strategy for integrated regional development.

Sun, 25/08/2013
Les Alveoles, Saint Nazaire

After a preselection phase, the team of 51N4E, Bollinger + Grohmann, TTAS, Daidalos, Alto Ingenierie, VPEAS and Nathalie Dewez has been asked to realize a project for the rehabilitation of unit 12 and 13 of the sub-marine bunker in St Nazaire into a multi-event space and facilities. The assignment is part of the project of the City of Saint Nazaire to reappropriate the WWII infrastructure. Completion of the project is foreseen for 2016.

Sun, 01/09/2013
Albania of the New/Next Generation Conference

Johan Anrys and Freek Persyn are invited to attend the conference 'Shqiperia e Gjenerates se Re/Tjeter'. Over 30 architects, urban planners, and economists from all over the world will discuss the future of a sustainable urban territory/adequate infrastructure and a possible economic model to go with it.

Sat, 24/08/2013 - Mon, 26/08/2013
Tirana, Albania
bOb Van Reeth: Talks

Freek Persyn is participating in the first debate evening organized in the framework of the exhibition "bOb Van Reeth: architect" with bOb Van Reeth, Bart Verschaffel, Christophe Van Gerrewey and Pieter T'Jonck.

Sun, 18/08/2013 - 15:00
Centre for fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
Porto Academy 2013

Johan Anrys of 51N4E will conduct one of the workshops in the first edition of the Porto Academy, a weeklong event of masterclasses, lectures and workshops for students in architecture.

Sat, 20/07/2013 - Sat, 27/07/2013
Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Portugal
C-Mine shortlisted for the Flemish Heritage Award 2013

C-Mine has been selected as one of the four finalists for the 2013 edition of the Flemish Heritage Award (Vlaamse Monumentenprijs). The final selection of the winner project is planned for September 2nd. The prize is awarded yearly by the cultural heritage agency of the Flemish Government (Onroerend Erfgoed) to a public or private initiative with an exemplary contribution to heritage management.

Mon, 08/07/2013
Final presentation '100 Lakes' studio

The work of the academic studio on territorial analysis and visions for the Tirana-Durres region is presented in the Università IUAV in Venice. The studio happened in the framework of the Master program on Urbanism and Strategic Planning of KU Leuven and the European Master of Urbanism program.

Fri, 28/06/2013 - 08:30
Palazzo Badoer, IUAV, Venice
Final presentation studio 'The Megacity: Food, Rituals, Logistics'

The final conversation of the studio on Istanbul,including a film screening, a round table discussion with Mark Brearley, Stefano Milani, Freek Persyn, and
Laurens Tait, and a discussion with the studio participants and Vedran Mimica, will take place at the Berlage Institute.

Thu, 27/06/2013 - 10:45
Berlage Institute, Room A, Aula, TU Delft
Buda Art Centre in the Mies van der Rohe Awards catalogue and exhibition

The project for Buda Art Centre was selected for the shortlist of 34 projects for the 2013 edition of the Mies van der Rohe Awards. The shortlisted projects will accompany the 6 prizes in the traveling exhibition and catalogue.

Wed, 12/06/2013
Atlas of the Unbuilt World

The 51N4E project for LRLP features in the exhibition "Atlas of the Unbuilt World", an international collection of architectural models.

Fri, 07/06/2013 - Thu, 27/06/2013
The Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK
San Rocco presentation, Cologne

Freek Persyn will be one of the speakers in the presentation of the San Rocco magazine in the Ungers Archive in Cologne

Wed, 05/06/2013 - 19:00
Belvederestrasse 60, 50933, Cologne
Louise Marie

51N4E is selected to participate in a competition for a residential tower nearby DeSingel in Antwerp. The competition is jointly organized by the Antwerp Stadsbouwmeester and CORES development.

De Lakenhal

The team of 51N4E was selected to participate in a competition for the extension and renovation of City Museum De Lakenhal, organized by the City of Leiden.

Alzette-Belval/ Micheville

The team of 51N4E, 2001, SCE and Franck Boutté Consultants is competing in the final round of negotiation for the urban and landscape study of Alzette-Belval. The former industrial area is part of an Operation of National Interest (OIN) on French ground in close proximity to Luxembourg. The selection procedure for the study team on the scale of the territory as well as on the scale of an important brownfield site, will be complete before the end of 2013.

Ilot Desaix

51N4E is invited to take part in the consortium of Bouygues with Atelier Christian de Portzamparc and Clement Vergely for a competition for the development of 22.000m² of housing and services in the south sector of the Lyon Part Dieu development. The masterplan for Lyon Part Dieu was developed by l'AUC and BBS in 2010.

Public and Intimate

In the framework of the public lectures series ‘Making architecture politically’ at the Umea School of Architecture, 51N4E (Sotiria Kornaropoulou) will give a presentation on "Public and Intimate".
The lecture will be followed by a round discussion seminar with the students of Umea School of Architecture the day after.

Thu, 25/04/2013 - 19:00 - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 12:00
Umea School of Architecture, Sweden
Urban Mutations on the Edge: RE-FORM

51N4E (Freek Persyn) will participate at the research seminar "RE-FORM" at the ETH with a public presentation.

Mon, 29/04/2013 - 15:45
Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
The Big Transformation Congress

The Big Transformation Congress is taking place on Wednesday the 17th of April in Trouw, a former newspaper printing facility in the centre of Amsterdam.
Johan Anrys will give a public lecture on "Transformations" and the approach of 51N4E.

Wed, 17/04/2013 - 10:00 - 13:00
Trown in Amsterdam, NL
Ageing Revolution

A workshop with the theme of 'ageing revolution' is jointly guided by studio Chevalier-Masson (Anne Masson, Eric Chevalier) and 51N4E (Freek Persyn, Jan Haerens) in MOME Budapest. The workshop is accompanied by an exhibition of the work of the two studios, while a public lecture will mark the launch of the event.

Mon, 18/03/2013 - Fri, 22/03/2013
Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem, 1121 Budapest, Zugligeti út 9-25.
Brussels 2040: public presentation of the project

The strategic vision on Brussels 2040 will be presented in public by Freek Persyn in the annual colloquium of ARAU (Atelier de Recherche et d'Action Urbaines). This year, the event is focusing on the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development of the Brussels Region (PRDD).

Tue, 26/03/2013
51N4E presentation for Hong Kong delegation

Belgium will be the partner country of the upcoming edition of Business of Design Week (Hong Kong-Shenzen). Four Belgian offices present their work for the delegation from Hong Kong visiting Belgium in preparation of the 2013 edition of the event, Sotiria Kornaropoulou will represent 51N4E.

Wed, 06/03/2013
100 Lakes-Tirana, workshop

A workshop in Tirana marks the beginning of the parallel academic studios in the Catholic University of Leuven (MaUSP) and Epoka University in Tirana (Architecture faculty). The studios are focusing on the future of the metropolitan area between Tirana and Durres through an investigation on the artificial water reservoirs made under the socialist regime. The collaboration was launched by 51N4E in the summer of 2012 and the office (Sotiria Kornaropoulou, Freek Persyn)is guiding the studio in Leuven.

Mon, 25/02/2013 - Fri, 01/03/2013
Basin City – Productive Landscape Urbanism

As part of the Symposium "New Babylon - Architecture And Urbanism After Crisis", Freek Persyn will talk about the the Strategic Vision Plan for Arnavutkoy Municipality, referring to the meaning and influence of Infrastructure and Environment on urban planning.

Fri, 01/02/2013 - 18:15
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Faculty of Architecture, Lecture Hall 37, Englerstraße 7, Karlsruhe (DE)
Metropolitan Metabolism

Freek Persyn will talk about the recent urban studies of 51N4E at the Agoria Smart Cities Forum 2013.

Thu, 31/01/2013 - 14:30
Agoria, Diamant Building, A. Reyerslaan 80, Brussels (BE)
Highrise study for the city of Bruges

The team of 51N4E, Space-Lab, H+N+S landscape architects, Studiebureau Monumentenzorg, ARAT, and Architecture Workroom Brussels is selected to develop a strategic framework on highrise for the city of Bruges, BE.

Mon, 07/01/2013