Robbrecht en Daem architecten

New reception building of the Rubenshuis completed

A space without natural light, architect Louis Kahn once stated, does not deserve to be called architecture. With and through light a building becomes real; it becomes inscribed in the cyclical time of the seasons. This thought seems too obvious to be defended. Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to museums. The bulk of museums being built today eschew natural light.... Read more

In this extract, which preceded the realisation of The House Where It Always Rains, the artist evokes a ritual carried out by a small community in the Andes, during which it uses the broken wooden fragments of houses to build “the house of the forefathers”, after which the transparent and symbolic construction is set on fire. Muñoz’s erudite description evokes the sculpture that was erected in 1992 on the beach at Barcelona.... Read more

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