book launch and debate ‘Talking Structures’
We are thrilled to announce the release of our book, ‘Talking Structures. Mouton and the Under-Order in Architecture’, that will be launched at a debate evening about ‘architecture, design and structure in dialogue’. Click here to register for the debate on Tuesday March 17 at 6:30 pm in Ghent, Leiekaai 18.
On 17 March the book ‘Talking Structures. Mouton and the Under-Order in Architecture’ will be published. To mark the occasion, a debate will take place with Véronique Patteeuw, Mechthild Stuhlmacher, Jeroen Vander Beken and Guy Mouton. The panel will engage in conversation about the significance of structure for architecture and about collaborative design. Architect Bernard Wittevrongel will introduce the discussion through the lens of the book.
The book reflects on Mouton’s design philosophy and practice. Projects from the past thirty years demonstrate how structures can be more than load-bearing elements. As an underlying layer within the design, they organise, reinforce, materialise and sustain the architectural idea. Eighteen project narratives describe not only the challenges and outcomes, but also the inspirations, intermediate stages and dialogues. Structural design, from concept to realisation, is examined both reflectively and technically within an architectural context. In a personal and associative essay on drawing and designing together, Jolien Naeyaert explores the interweaving of structural and architectural thinking.
The publication seeks not only to document but also to inspire. It is a plea for an in-depth dialogue between structure and architecture and is intended for architects, engineers, students and anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the role of structures as both carriers and shapers of meaningful space.