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Theme 2026
In between



The ties between Ghent and Kanazawa (JP) will be strengthened again over the next five years. Since 1971, there has been cultural interaction between the sister cities, to which Archipel is keen to contribute in the coming period. Archipel therefore sought inspiration in Japan for the theme of this working year.

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Visit
29.08
A city in transition
A tour past public spaces and buildings where Sint-Niklaas is reinventing itself, between city and nature

Between staying put and moving around, between nature and the city, questions arise about how the city of today and tomorrow can deal with public space. What constitutes a city’s identity? And how does this transition, with an eye for people and nature? And is that measurable?
Visit
12.09
Building in the ugliest country in the world
Cycling through Leuven: the transition of a city caught between university and industry

Leuven, one of our most important cultural centres, benefited from the university’s presence in the city centre, whilst at the same time attracting workers to the thriving industrial sector centred around its transport hub by the canal and the railway station. This continued until the great turning point. The city centre became too cramped for the growing university, and industry moved away.
Misc.
14.09 — 20.09
Summerschool 2026
Encounters between Ghent (B) and Kanazawa (JP)

The first in a series of five summer school alternating in Japan and Belgium, to celebrate the friendship ties between both sister cities Ghent and Kanazawa since 1971. In this edition we focus on encountering Ghent.
Misc.
29.09
The vehicle
Maalstroom | Open Call °°4

Collecting stories, experiencing architecture, discovering Ghent: Archipel and Maalstroom are heading into the city!
Trip
01.10 — 04.10
Booming Barcelona
Immerse yourself in the nueva onda of architecture in and around Barcelona

We are travelling to Barcelona to meet a new generation of architects who are revitalising the city with a focus on reuse, circularity, and community-spaces.
Misc.
06.10
Between Ghent and Kanazawa
Re-think, Re-draw, Re-use, Re-imagine

Ghent and Kanazawa have been official twin cities since 1971, but their ties go back 160 years. From 2026, the partnership will be renewed for the next five years. We reflect on what we can learn from each other.
Misc.
24.10
Between me and myself
On the architecture of intimacy

In psychoanalysis there is the assumption of a gap between me and myself: the space of unconscious wishes and desires. We engage in conversation with different voices, in search of this inbetween space, through psychoanalysis and architecture.
Lecture
29.10
Territorial transition
Matthias Armengaud (F) and Aglaée Degros on transitional design at the landscape scale

The world is in transition: weather records such as the largest forest fires, droughts or floods are being broken year after year. There is less and less free space. Can transdisciplinary design help us tackle these ecological, social and spatial challenges?

Language: English
Lecture
20.11
Building: between land and materials
Material Cultures (UK) on a new culture in building

The young British design office Material Cultures wants to establish a new relationship with the building materials we use to create architecture, as they write in their manifesto Material Reform.

Language: English
Exhibition
10.12
In between: learning from the Japanese concept of ‘MA’
In search of a poetic experience of space

Students from the Learning from Japan studio at KU Leuven, Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent, are investigating the impact of traditional Japanese concepts of space. How can they be read and interpreted? What can we learn from Japan?