A.DAY.19 people-places-partners
Excursion weekend A.DAY.19 MECHELEN Belgium
We visit many projects, with comments by the architects who designed the buildings.
Initiative & organization: AMD-ABITARE / Ann Maes & Marleen Bruurs
Program Saturday, October 5, 2019
09.00 walk-in at the Nekkerpool, registration in Anemoon, coffee in Seahorse, welcome by director Danny De Wit and tour of Manfred Wansink (Venhoeven CS) and Simon Claeys (B2Ai)
10.00 welcome speech and introduction of A.DAY.19 by Ann Maes and introduction of the partners with audiovisual
10.45 bus ride via the ring past Tinel site and Keerdok, with history about the developments
11.00 visit to housing project Buso (dmvA) with explanation by Tom Verschueren and David Driesen
11.45 developments Komet site (AREAL architects and BINST architects) with explanation by Thomas Cols
12.30 arrival at Fred & Ginger Group FNG headquarters (Stéphane Beel Architects) with welcome by co-founder and board member Anja Maes
12.45 lunch buffet at FNG and explanation of the architecture by architect Stéphane Beel and tour of the building
14.15 bus ride through Ragheno site and station area, both under development. Get off at Dijleterras; city walk along interventions, squares and streams from Secchi & Viganò, OKRA and ARA,
via Kruidtuin to Apostolinnen (dmvA),
via Dijlepad along residence Fonteynbrug (Stéphane Beel)
'walking across the water' to Lamot (51N4E), standing still at Drabstraat -conversion (dmvA + ars horti),
via Melaan (OKRA) to Maan Theater (Import Export Architecture) and Huis van Lorreinen (dmvA), walk past Huis van de Mechelaar (formerly Nollet-Huyghe / Studio Mouton),
Rik Wouters garden (OKRA),
Clarenhof with Mauro Poponcini (POLO architects) and Roeland Joosten (WIT architects),
19.00 reception with drink in the arts center nOna (dmvA), explanation by Tom Verschueren and David Driesen
19.30 lecture by Chief Government Architect Floris Alkemade The State of the Netherlands, in the theater of nOna
20.15 dinner in the multipurpose room of nOna
22.00 presentation of the mystery guest Kees van Kooten in the theater of nOna, followed by a dessert buffet
Program on Sunday, October 6, 2019
07.30 breakfast at the hotel and check out at 8.30; walk to Hof van Busleyden
09.15 reception at Museum Hof van Busleyden (dmvA + ars horti), explanation by the architects
10.30 welcome to Kazerne Dossin, Museum and Research Center on Holocaust and Human Rights
Veerle Vanden Daelen and tour with Geert Driesen and Ilse Van Berendoncks (awg architects)
11.30 along execution wall and Tinel garden with historical explanation
reflect on projects on the Tinel site by Dirk Somers (Bovenbouw)
12.00 to the public library Het Predikheren, restoration and re-use of the former Predikheren monastery (Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten i.s.m. Callebaut Architecten and Bureau Bouwtechniek) and historical introduction to the courtyard by Mechthild Stuhlmacher
12.30 warm lunch, offered by the Mechelen city council in restaurant Tinèlle by chef Ken Verschueren. Ships Stadsontwikkeling, RO & Wonen, Greet Geypen welcomes all guests.
14.00 tour of the building with the main architects Mechthild Stuhlmacher and Rien Korteknie
15.30 dessert buffet in the 'Blauwe' Zaal, followed by a word of thanks
16.30 bus ride to the parking lot of the Nekkerpool
17.00 end of program A.DAY.19