Category : | Exhibitions |
Next date : | 24/05/2024 > 13/10/2024 |
Place : |
CIVA Rue de l'Ermitage 1050 Ixelles |
Since the start of his career as an architect, Stanislas Jasinski (1901-1978) had planned to radically modernize Brussels. “The city with a rotten core” was to undergo a vast demolition and reconstruction program geared toward accommodating the new means of transport that would revolutionize town and country planning: the automobile. The modernization of the city center was reserved for national administration buildings and modern public facilities, while large housing buildings were to be constructed in park areas in the city’s green outskirts. With the exception of the Deurne airport near Antwerp and the Bordet Hospital in Brussels, none of Jasinski’s major projects were completed and he never became the great architect of the “Belgian Nation” that he aspired to be. Not for want of trying: his plans included a project for three cruciform towers to house all of Belgium’s administrative offices; a project for the Albertine Royal Library; a project for a residential tower on Louise Avenue; a project for the development of Antwerp’s left bank; a project for a Mundaneum to be presented at Expo ’58; a project for the Belgian radio and television network; and, finally, a project for the Palace of the Academies. On the occasion of the exhibition opening on 23.05, CIVA and CFC-Editions will present the book Stanislas Jasinski. Un architecte moderniste (1901-1978), Yaron Pesztat (dir.), Amaury De Smet, Geoffrey Grulois, CFC-Editions, Brussels 2024.
Opening |
Thursday 23 May 2024 from 19:00 |
Date |
24/05/2024 > 13/10/2024 monday: closed tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:30 to 18:00 |
Place |
CIVA Rue de l'Ermitage 1050 Ixelles http://www.civa.brussels |
Information and Reservations |
http://civa.brussels Phone : +32 2 642 24 50 Email : info@civa.brussels |
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CIVA |