Maalstroom

Maalstroom gives students and recent graduates from different creative disciplines a voice in the debate on space and architecture in the broadest sense. We make student work visible, help young designers develop their ideas and contribute to Ghent’s architectural culture. We build an accessible maelstrom of images and ideas that inspire and stimulate interaction between architecture, interior design, landscape and urban planning. This gradually forms a rich foundation for reflections, interventions and public moments. Maalstroom is an incubator of ideas, a catalyst and a digital archive for work on current themes.

What if you could rethink landscape – without boundaries of education, discipline or title? Landscape today is a crossroads between city and nature, between humans and systems, between disciplines. Landscape architecture, architecture, interior architecture, urbanism and spatial planning: all approach space in their own way, with their own tools, perspectives and sensitivities. But what happens when they come together in the design of a landscape?
Deadline: June 20, 2025

Conversation

Maalstroom in conversation with Oana Bogdan (&bogdan)

On the pursuit of a more inclusive city

As part of open call °°1, we reflect on the talk ‘Inclusive City’ that took place in September 2024.

open call °°1

Inclusive Space

What does it mean to put inclusivity at the heart of designing our spaces? How can we integrate the voices of those who are often pushed to the margins into our design process?

Share your work and help build the digital archive!
Deadline: May 10, 2025