homeroom

Alexander D’Hooghe and ORG for Permanent Modernity
PRESENTATION followed by a dynamic discussion between the architect & audience

> Is the landform an architectural proposition to structure suburban growth ?
> Is the generic building an aesthetic principle of anti-expressionist architecture ?
These are two propositions subject to Home-Room #14 judgment and discussion.

“Title: Design for a big-box neighborhood based on the abolition of the buffer zone principle as made possible by the invention of the electric car”

The Organization for Permanent Modernity is a project in architectural urbanism. It exists to further the emancipation of individuals by raising their consciousness about the character of the territories in which they live. We aim for this liberation through a collision with architecture. Architecture’s autonomy is thus placed at the service of a bigger project - territorial consciousness.

•The Organization has an Office in Brussels and Boston, which designs buildings and urban plans.
•The Organization also has a research group based at MIT.
•Their work has been featured in several magazines, such as Volume, Archis, Perspecta, Block, Neutra, New Geographies, etc.

Recent projects by the Organization for Permanent Modernity has included a plan for the coastal defense and development of the Low Countries at the North Sea, a competition win for the biggest landfill in the world (Saemangeum, South-Korea), and a study into the potential of high-speed rail in the USA. Current architecture projects include the design of a 1000ft- landform building in the suburbs of Brussels as an alternative to suburban sprawl. A second project is a ‘generic’ building’, a 200,000 sq.ft. container without program. Both are due for construction in 2012.